Invited Lecturers from Japan

Ichiro Hiratani (Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), RIKEN in Kobe)

Developmental regulation of replication timing and the 3D genome organization

Kei-ichiro Ishiguro (Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University)

The mechanisms of cell cycle switching from mitosis to meiosis

Tomoya Kitajima (Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), RIKEN in Kobe)

Mechanisms of chromosome segregation errors in oocytes

Takehiko Kobayashi (Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (IQB), University of Tokyo)

Genome stability and cellular senescence

Katsuhiko Shirahige (Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (IQB), University of Tokyo)

 Significance of Rare Diseases in Chromosome Biology

Invited Lecturers from France

Benoit Arcangioli (Institut Pasteur, Paris)

The absence of DNA replication defines a new genetic force

Emmanuelle Fabre (Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris)

4D Genome: organization , dynamics and integrity

Bernard de Massy (Institute of Human Genetics (IGH), CNRS / University of Montpellier)

Meiotic recombination: short and long term consequences

María Moriel-Carretero (Centre for Biochemical and Macromolecular Research (CRBM), CNRS / University of Montpellier)

What the fat! (or the realization that lipids impact genome stability)

Philippe Pasero (Institute of Human Genetics (IGH), CNRS / University of Montpellier)

Cellular responses to replication stress in yeast and human cells