{"id":69390,"date":"2026-10-22T09:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/?p=69390"},"modified":"2026-10-22T09:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:39:23","slug":"international-conference-on-epigenetics-brings-together-scientists-in-the-search-for-new-treatments-for-rare-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/?p=69390&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"International conference on epigenetics brings together scientists in the search for new treatments for rare diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The international conference \u201cUnlocking the Epigenome: New <\/strong>Horizons in Molecular Medicine and Rare Diseases<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> opened today in the \u201cProf. Marin Drinov\u201d Hall of BAS. The two-day forum is organised by the \u201cAcad. Roumen Tsanev\u201d Institute of Molecular Biology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The event is taking place as part of the AEGIS-IMB ERA Chair project funded by the European Union.<\/p>\n

Leading scientists, doctors, researchers and representatives from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors from a number of countries are taking part in the conference. They will discuss the latest advances in the fields of epigenetics, chromatin biology, molecular medicine and rare diseases, as well as the potential for scientific discoveries to be translated into new diagnostic methods, technologies and personalised therapies.<\/p>\n

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The international speakers include researchers from prestigious scientific institutions and universities, including the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) (India), the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), Grenoble and the University of Grenoble (France), the University of Crete and the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH) (Greece), the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB\u2013University of Antwerp) (Belgium), the University of Essex (United Kingdom), the Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (Turkey), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), the University of W\u00fcrzburg (Germany) and the Moores Cancer Centre at the University of California, San Diego (USA).<\/p>\n

The plenary lecture will be delivered by Prof. Tapas Kumar Kundu<\/strong> from JNCASR, India \u2013 an internationally recognised scientist in the field of epigenetics and molecular biology. His research into the regulation of gene expression and chromatin organisation is contributing to the development of new approaches to the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.<\/p>\n

Bulgarian participation includes scientists and specialists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia University \u201cSt Kliment Ohridski\u201d, the medical universities in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna, the National Genome Diagnostics Laboratory, healthcare facilities, diagnostic laboratories and biotechnology companies.<\/p>\n

A particular highlight of the programme is the<\/strong> panel discussion <\/strong>\u201cFrom scientific research to medical practice: innovations in the field of rare diseases and epigenetics<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> which focuses on the challenges involved in applying scientific discoveries in clinical practice. The programme also includes a poster session, presentations of scientific research and awards for young scientists. The conference forms part of the AEGIS-IMB ERA Chair<\/strong> project\u2019s efforts to strengthen the scientific capacity of the \u201cAcademician Roumen Tsanev\u201d Institute of Molecular Biology and to develop international partnerships in the field of epigenetics and molecular medicine.<\/p>\n

Further information: https:\/\/imb-era.eu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The international conference \u201cUnlocking the Epigenome: New Horizons in Molecular Medicine and Rare Diseases\u201d opened today in the \u201cProf. Marin Drinov\u201d Hall of BAS. The two-day forum is organised by the \u201cAcad. Roumen Tsanev\u201d Institute of Molecular Biology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The event is taking place as part of the AEGIS-IMB ERA Chair project funded by the European Union. Leading scientists, doctors, researchers and representatives from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors from a number of countries are taking part in the conference. They will discuss the latest advances in the fields of epigenetics, chromatin biology, molecular medicine and rare diseases, as well as the potential for scientific discoveries to be translated into new diagnostic methods, technologies and personalised therapies. The international speakers […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":69345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1769,1485],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biomedicine-and-quality-of-life","category-selected"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69391,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69390\/revisions\/69391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}