title: First Barcelona Conference on Epigenetics and Cancer.
abstract: The Barcelona Conference on Epigenetics and Cancer (BCEC) entitled "Challenges, opportunities and perspectives" took place November 21-22, 2013 in Barcelona. The 2013 BCEC is the first edition of a series of annual conferences jointly organized by five leading research centers in Barcelona. These centers are the Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer (IMPPC), the Biomedical Campus Bellvitge with its Program of Epigenetics and Cancer Biology (PEBC), the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the Institute for Biomedical Research (IRB), and the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB). Manuel Perucho and Marcus Buschbeck from the Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer put together the scientific program of the first conference broadly covering all aspects of epigenetic research ranging from fundamental molecular research to drug and biomarker development and clinical application. In one and a half days, 23 talks and 50 posters were presented to a completely booked out audience counting 270 participants.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer (IMPPC); Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palau
authors.affiliation: Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer (IMPPC); Barcelona, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA); Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perucho
authors.affiliation: Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA); Barcelona, Spain; Department of Physiological Sciences II; School of Medicine; University of Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC); Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL); Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Manel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Esteller
authors.affiliation: Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer (IMPPC); Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buschbeck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019175:DNA Methylation; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D044968:Regenerative Medicine; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006657:Histones
keywords: DNA methylation; cancer; chromatin; differentiation; epigenetics; histone modification; reprogramming; stem cells