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The fundamental unit of chromatin, the nucleosome, consists of ~147 base pairs of DNA wrapped around a histone octamer composed of H2A, H2B, H3, and H4. These nucleosomes are connected by linker DNA, forming a “beads-on-a-string” structure that enables efficient packaging of the genome.<br>\r\nBeyond structural compaction, nucleosomes play a central role in regulating genome function. They can restrict access to DNA and act as barriers to essential processes such as transcription, replication, and repair. At the same time, nucleosomes serve as key epigenetic platforms, where histone modifications and histone variants modulate chromatin structure and dynamics to control gene activity.<br>\r\nTo better understand these regulatory mechanisms, we employ biochemical and structural approaches to investigate nucleosome structure and dynamics. Our studies aim to elucidate how structural transitions of nucleosomes influence DNA accessibility and ultimately govern genomic regulation. I will present our recent structural and biochemical insights and discuss their implications for understanding nucleosome-mediated genome regulation.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Bio:</strong><br>\r\nHitoshi Kurumizaka is a Professor at the Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in 1995, he started his postdoctoral training at NIH in the USA, in the laboratory of Molecular Embryology (Alan Wolffe Lab), where he began chromatin research. In 1997, he joined RIKEN as a Research Scientist. He subsequently moved to Waseda University, where he served as Associate Professor and later as Professor of Molecular and Structural Biology. Since 2018, he has been Professor at the Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo. His research focuses on the structural basis of chromatin and epigenetic regulation in eukaryotic genomes. 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In this context, this talk will focus on recent research advances on biomass and CO<sub>2</sub> conversion to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), chemicals and bio-based materials. Considering the challenges associated with low-carbon resources, including dispersed distribution, significant fluctuations in raw material composition, and high conversion costs, a distributed-centralized system utilizing alcohols as key platform molecules has been proposed. Alcohol synthesis from biomass and CO<sub>2</sub> will be presented with the focus on catalysis for methanol (thermocatalysis) and ethanol synthesis (electrocatalysis) from CO<sub>2</sub>. Conversion of alcohol to SAF will be introduced with discussions on the design of multifunctional catalysts for alcohol conversion, the dynamic evolution of catalytic sites, and the strategies for tuning product distributions. Additionally, a few examples of biobased materials, such as cellulose nanofiber-based biomaterials and bio-based nylon precursor and polyester precursor, will be presented.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBio: Dr. Zhenglong Li is the “Qiushi” Chair Professor of Zhejiang University. He is the lead of the sustainable aviation fuels research of the State Key Laboratory of Bio-based Transportation Fuel Technology, director of the Biomass Value-Added Utilization Research Center, and the director of the Bio-based Chemicals Division in the Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou. His research is dedicated to the high-value utilization of biomass and carbon dioxide to synthesize sustainable aviation fuel, chemicals, and bio-based materials. He was the team lead in the biomass conversion area at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (United States) prior to joining Zhejiang University. He was the committee member for the Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium under the United States Department of Energy (DOE). His group focus on in-depth understanding of the catalytic processes of biomass and carbon dioxide at the molecular level to guide catalyst design, process development, and industrial application, especially R&D of SAF, bio-based chemicals, key bio-based polymer building blocks. His research group has published many high-impact scientific papers in top journals such as <em>J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Commun., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., ACS Catal., Appl. Catal. B.,</em> and others. 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This short training focuses on the practices of ethical data management and the adoption of anonymization techniques for compliance with data protection laws.</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nThrough interactive discussions and case studies, participants will learn to:<br>\r\n- Address ethical challenges in data collection and management in compliance with Swiss and European laws<br>\r\n- Understand how anonymization techniques and responsible data handling can protect subjects’ privacy<br>\r\n- Strengthen research integrity by applying best practices in everyday data management workflows.</div>\r\n<br>\r\nWith a dedicated Q&A session featuring the EPFL Research Ethics Compliance Officer and Senior Legal Counsel for Education and Research, you will also have the occasion to discuss the ethical and related technical dimensions of managing your research data.\r\n<div class=\"all_text\"><br>\r\nWhile not mandatory, basic knowledge of Research Data Management is recommended: for an introductory training, please register for the workshop <a href=\"https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-s22p-20260305150000\" target=\"_blank\">ABC of Research Data Management</a>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-sbj8a-20260423150000\">Registration</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nMore information about <a href=\"https://www.epfl.ch/campus/library/training/\">EPFL Library Teaching offer</a></div>", "image_description": "CC-BY-NC-SA EPFL Library", "creation_date": "2025-12-18T15:16:03", "last_modification_date": "2026-03-10T15:00:24", "link_label": "Registration", "link_url": "https://bookwhen.com/epfl_library/e/ev-sbj8a-20260423150000", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "GC A3 31", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==GC%20A3%2031", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "EPFL Library Research Data Team", "organizer": "EPFL Library", "contact": "[email protected]", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Sur inscription", "en_label": "Registration required" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119089/", "category": { "id": 15, "code": "FORM", "fr_label": "Formations internes", "en_label": "Internal trainings", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/3/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/145/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/275/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/27/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/291/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/269/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 70718, "title": "Training \"Data/Code Publication\"", "slug": "training-datacode-publication-3", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/training-datacode-publication-3", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32140/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32140/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32140/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-05-21", "end_date": "2026-05-21", "start_time": "15:00:00", "end_time": "16:30:00", "description": "<div class=\"all_text\"><strong>While research funders and publishers mandate the dissemination of data and code underlying the published results, little guidance is provided on how to do it. </strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis workshop addresses the selection of suitable data repositories, explores the role of data journals, and examines data publishing beyond the basic requirements of funders. The session includes a hands-on demonstration of Zenodo, the preferred data repository among EPFL researchers. We will also explore how Zenodo integrates with GitHub repositories, ensuring all necessary publishing metadata is available to disseminate your academic work. 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While architects are trained to focus on design, the political economy of construction is largely absent from architectural education—sustaining a disciplinary insularity that obscures architecture's deep entanglement with capital, labor, and power. Yet building is fundamentally contingent: dependent on forces beyond the designer's reach, shaped by actors whose decisions constrain and enable architecture far more than design intentions. The series invites scholars and practitioners whose research illuminates these dependencies: the bureaucratization of architectural practice through corporate management systems, the client as a Mephistophelean figure key to the attainment of projects, the contractor as a decisive agent in determining how architecture is produced, and the entanglement of real estate development, finance, building, and urban form. 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