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SWEC 2026 · Albuquerque

SWEC 2026 / Program

Program

The three-day meeting program.

SWEC 2026 runs Thursday through Saturday, October 15–17, in Albuquerque. Mornings are keynotes and invited talks. Afternoons are methods workshops and the data analysis clinic. The full agenda is below and will be updated as speakers confirm.

Schedule is provisional. Session titles, times, and speakers are placeholders and will be finalized closer to the meeting.

Day 1 — Methylation & chromatin

Thu · Oct 15
08:00
Registration & coffee

Convention Center, west lobby

09:00
Welcome & state of the consortium

SWEC steering committee

09:30
Keynote — Reading the methylome at base resolution
10:30
Break
11:00
Session I — DNA methylation & hydroxymethylation

Four invited talks

12:30
Lunch & posters (odd numbers)
14:00
Workshop block A

Bisulfite vs. enzymatic conversion · long-read methylation · data analysis clinic

16:00
Break
16:30
Session II — Chromatin & regulatory landscape
18:00
Welcome reception

Rooftop terrace

Day 2 — Single-cell & environment

Fri · Oct 16
08:30
Coffee
09:00
Keynote — Single-cell epigenomics across tissues
10:00
Session III — Single-cell & spatial epigenomics
11:30
Break
12:00
Lightning talks — trainees & fellows
12:45
Lunch & posters (even numbers)
14:00
Workshop block B

scATAC analysis · aging clocks · reproducible pipelines

16:00
Session IV — Environmental epigenetics of the Southwest

Heat, aridity, dust, altitude & health equity

18:30
Fellowship showcase & dinner

Offsite · Old Town

Day 3 — Translation & community

Sat · Oct 17
09:00
Session V — Cancer epigenetics & liquid biopsy
10:30
Break
11:00
Panel — Building shared infrastructure that lasts
12:00
Poster prizes, closing remarks & next year
12:30
Boxed lunch & departures
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