Name: GMIA Symposium 2027
Start: 2027-03
Location: Duke University

Friday — Day 1: Opening & Keynote

5:00–5:20 PM	Opening Remarks & Welcome — Li Lan (Duke), GMIA President
5:20–6:05 PM	Keynote Lecture — Evelyn Hartmann-Cole (Stanford University)Genome maintenance across scales — from forks to organisms
6:05–6:30 PM	Keynote Discussion / Q&A
6:30–8:30 PM	Welcome Reception, Dinner & Networking at Duke JB

Saturday — Day 2: Scientific Program & Duke Campus

8:00–8:30 AM	Breakfast & Coffee
8:30–10:00 AM	Scientific Session 1 — 5 × 15 min + discussionChair: I. Svalbard Chair: I. Svalbard · 6 talks 8:30 Maren Okafor — R-loop resolution at stalled forks 8:45 Tomas Herrejón — RNA-templated repair in neurons 9:00 Yuki Aramaki — Telomeric oxidative lesions 9:15 Claire Dubois — PARP trapping revisited 9:30 Daniel Osei — Transcription-coupled repair maps 9:45 Discussion
10:00–10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:15 AM–12:15 PM	Duke Campus, Gardens & Cherry Blossom Walk — Networking
12:15–12:30 PM	Return / Transition
12:30–2:00 PM	Sponsor Presentation, Lunch & Student Poster Session I
2:15–3:30 PM	Scientific Session 2 — 5 × 15 minChair: C. Dubois Chair: C. Dubois · 5 talks 2:15 Ingrid Svalbard — Replication stress in lymphoma 2:30 Marco Bellini — Condensates at break sites 2:45 Hana Cerná — G-quadruplex and repair choice 3:00 Priya Raghunath — Single-molecule R-loop imaging 3:15 Sofia Almeida — DDR in dormant tumor cells
3:30–4:30 PM	Coffee Break & Student Poster Session II
4:30–6:00 PM	Scientific Session 3 — 5 × 15 min + discussionChair: D. Osei Chair: D. Osei · 6 talks 4:30 Jonas Petersen — Nucleolar DNA damage 4:45 Aisha Bello — POLQ inhibitors in the clinic 5:00 Elena Morales — Chromatin memory of damage 5:15 Wei-Ting Kuo — mRNA at double-strand breaks 5:30 Sarah McAllister — CRISPR screens for DDR synthetic lethality 5:45 Discussion
6:30 PM onward	Conference Dinner at G58

Sunday — Day 3: Scientific Program & Closing

8:00–8:30 AM	Breakfast & Coffee
8:30–10:00 AM	Scientific Session 4 — 5 × 15 min + discussionChair: M. Okafor Chair: M. Okafor · 6 talks 8:30 Viktor Grün — Cryo-EM of repair intermediates 8:45 Lucía Fernández — Mitochondrial genome surveillance 9:00 Omar El-Sayed — Base excision repair in hypoxia 9:15 Nadia Petrova — Replication timing and fragile sites 9:30 Minjun Park — Long-read maps of structural variation 9:45 Discussion
10:00–10:30 AM	Coffee Break
10:30–11:30 AM	Closing Session: Discussion, Future Directions & Farewell
11:30 AM–12:30 PM	Lunch / Transition
12:30–3:30 PM	Optional Eno River State Park Hike & Networking
3:30 PM onward	Departure

Program

Friday — Day 1: Opening & Keynote

Saturday — Day 2: Scientific Program & Duke Campus

Sunday — Day 3: Scientific Program & Closing

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