The Genetic and Epigenetic Basis of Sex Bias in Disease

 09 h – Opening Remarks, Edith Heard

09 h 10 – X Chromosome Inactivation Escape: a driving force in adaptive B cell responses, Jean-Charles Guery

09 h 45 – X Chromosome Inactivation from Molecules to Sex Biases, Taru Tukiainen

10 h 20 – Are Sex Differences Epigenetically Controlled before Hormones Kick in? Implications for understanding sex bias in health and disease, Richard Festenstein

10 h 55 – Pause

11 h 10 – Systems Epigenetics Implicates X-Linked Transcription Factor in Sex-Bias for Autoimmune Disease Risk, Judith Zaugg

11 h 45 – The Neuroscience of Sex Bias in Behavior, Cornelius Gross

12 h 20 – Déjeuner

13 h 20 – The Sex of the Intestine and why it Matters, Irene Miguel-Aliaga

13 h 55 – Uncovering the Missing X Factors to Understand Sex Bias in Cardiovascular Disease, Daniel Andergassen

16 h 30 – Pause

16 h 45 – Gonadal Hormones Define Brain Sex Differences, Jessica Tollkuhn

17 h 20 – Intergenerational Disease Risk: Why your father’s microbes matter, Jamie Hackett

17 h 55 – Closing Remarks, Edith Heard