Transposable elements, also known as mobile DNA, are present all over the tree of life. They play a major role in the biology of prokaryotes and eukaryotes, have implications in agriculture and medicine and are useful biotechnology tools. Due to their fascinating capacity to jump around, and their structural and functional impact on the genomes in which they reside, a large palette of research is dedicated to them, tackling a broad spectrum of organisms using a wide variety of biological processes and methodologies.

Following the 2020 online version, we are excited that the 2024 edition can happen in person again, and we look forward to seeing friendly old faces as well as new ones, and to exchanging exciting science.

The aim of the congress will be to foster science and exchanges among researchers from diverse fields such as evolution, epigenetics, biochemistry, structural biology, ecology, genomics, bioinformatics, plant biology, microbiology, neurobiology, aging research, or oncology, and across various career stages. As in previous editions of this congress, we hope that it will be a fertile ground to promote unconventional interactions and give rise to novel cross-disciplinary ideas and collaborations.

In addition to the classical topics addressed in previous editions, this 2024 edition will bring a new flavour through a poster space dedicated to education and outreach and will include a satellite workshop on new challenges of TE annotation organized together with TE Hub. Be aware, the TEhub workshop is full and we will only accept registrations for the ICTE conference.

Registration is now closed!

Submissions for oral presentations are also closed!

The meeting will occur from April 20th to 23rd, followed by the TE Hub workshop on April 24th. Be aware places are limited for the TE Hub workshop.  Registration and abstract submission are now open!  Early bird registration ends on January 15th, and registration closes on February 15th. Abstract submission also closes on February 15th and we will do our best to send the acceptance emails in the following weeks. Poster submissions remain open until March 15th.

Preliminary topics include:

• TEs, genome evolution and adaptation
• TEs in health and disease
• TE control and epigenetics
• Transposition mechanisms and applications

• Sandra Duharcourt, Institut Jacques Monod, France
• Richard Durbin, University of Cambridge, UK - the EMBO keynote lecture

• Orsolya Barabas, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Christine Beck, The Jackson laboratory and the University of Connecticut Health center, USA
• Déborah Bourc'his, Institut Curie, France
• Kathleen Burns, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA
• Séverine Chambeyron, Institut de Génétique Humaine, France
• Joshua Dubnau, Stony Brook University, USA
• Geoff Faulkner, University of Queensland, Australia
• Cédric Feschotte, Cornell University, USA
• Josefa Gonzalez, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC, Spain
• Harmit Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, USA
• Rob Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
• José Penadés, Imperial College London, UK
• Carla Saleh, Institut Pasteur, France
• John Sedivy, Brown University, USA
• Sam Sternberg, Columbia University, USA

• Emilie Brasset , iGReD, Clermont-Ferrand
• Gaël Cristofari, IRCAN, Nice
• Clément Gilbert, EGCE, Gif-sur-Yvette
• Pascale Lesage, Institut de recherche Saint Louis, Paris
• Didier Mazel, Institut Pasteur, Paris
• Rita Rebollo, BF2i, Lyon
• Clémentine Vitte, GQE-Le Moulon, Gif-sur-Yvette

icte2024@sciencesconf.org

For any question on the TE Hub satellite meeting, please contact Clément Goubert (goubert.clement AT gmail.com) and Johann Confais (johann.confais AT inrae.fr)