This webinar explores how the epigenome is altered in embryonic development in mammalian and non-mammalian species. From a non-mammalian perspective, we will hear about inheritance and developmental reprogramming of non-CpG methylation in zebrafish. We will then hear about early mammalian development, from fertilization to gastrulation with a focus on zygotic genome activation and the transfer of control from the mother (oocyte) to embryo.

This is perhaps one of the most fascinating and important fields of biology as it pertains to how much of life is created and there is still a lot to learn on the complexity underlying these processes.

Our invited speakers are Dr Melanie Eckersley-Maslin, BBSRC Discovery Fellow at the Babraham Institute (UK) and Dr Ozren Bogdanovic, Senior Research Fellow at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

This webinar was chaired by Professor Marnie Blewitt, who jointly leads the Epigenetics and Development Division at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and she is also an Associate Editor for the Biochemical Society Transactions journal.

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