MPI-NAT Seminar: Building to understand: Enhancer-Promoter Communication in the Context of Regulatory Landscapes
MPI-NAT Seminar
- Date: Apr 16, 2026
- Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Christa Bücker
- Max Perutz Labs, Vienna, Austria
- Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus)
- Room: Ludwig Prandtl Hall
- Host: Kristina Žumer
- Contact: office.cramer@mpinat.mpg.de
Enhancers can activate their target promoter from a distance; however, increasing the genomic distance between the enhancer and the promoter decreases expression levels. We aim to elucidate strategies for how enhancers bridge linear genomic distances through buidling regulatory landscapes.