Somatic Mosaicism in Human Development, Aging, and Diseases (Q7)
January 1-4, 2027  | Location to be Determined
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of September 11, 2025 3 AM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Friday, January 1, 2027
4:00–8:00 PM Registration
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer
Saturday, January 2, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
  Benjamin L. Ebert †, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Clonal Hematopoiesis
 
9:00–11:15 AM Joint Session
  Laura A. Johnston, Columbia University
Cell Competition as a Framework for Diverse Areas of Biology
 
  Nuria Lopez-Bigas, IRB Barcelona
Somatic Mosaicism and its Association to Cancer Risk
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break
11:15–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:15–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Development and Modeling of Somatic Mosaicism
  Tim Coorens †, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Somatic Mosaicism in Healthy Tissues as a Window into Cancer Development
 
  Young Seok Ju, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Clonal Dynamics in Early Human Embryogenesis Inferred from Somatic Mutations and Epimutations
 
  Joe Gleeson †, University of California, San Diego
Somatic Mosaicism in Brain Development
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Posters
Sunday, January 3, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Aging and Mechanisms of Somatic Mosaicism
  Inigo Martincorena †, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Large-Scale Profiling of Somatic Mutations as a New Epidemiologic Tool
 
  Gilad Evrony, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Modifiers and Determinants of Somatic Mutation Burdens and Patterns
 
  Raheleh Rahbari †, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Aging-Related Germline Mutation and Selection
 
  Seishi Ogawa †, Kyoto University
Somatic Mosaicism in Human Tissues Related to Aging and Disease
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
3:00–4:30 PM Career Roundtable
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Technology and Tool Development
  Kathleen H Burns †, Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Harvard Medical School
Scalable Detection of Somatic Retrotransposition
 
  Nicholas Navin †, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
High-Throughput Single-Cell Multi-Omic Profiling of Somatic Mutations and Cellular Phenotypes
 
  Fei Chen †, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
High-Resolution Spatial Profiling of Somatic Mosaicism
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Posters
Monday, January 4, 2027
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Premalignancies, Cancer Initiation and Cancer Risk
  Maria Alcolea †, University of Cambridge
Tracing the Origin of Clonal Pathogenesis
 
  Rosana Risques †, University of Washington
Detecting Somatic Cancer Driver Mutations in Normal Bladder and Urine with Duplex Sequencing
 
  Hans C. Clevers †, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Somatic Mutations in Colon Associated to Bacteria Infections
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Somatic Mosaicism in the Clinic
  Steven A. McCarroll †, Harvard Medical School
The Role of Somatic Mutations in Neurodegenerative Diseases
 
  Mariona Graupera †, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
Somatic Mutations as the cause of Vascular Malformations in Humans
 
  Jeong Ho Lee †, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Brain Somatic Mutations in MTOR as cause of Focal Epilepsy
 
  Francesca Ciccarelli †, Barts Cancer Institute
The Role of Somatic Mutations in Maintaining or Hindering Tissue Homeostasis
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
6:00–7:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
8:00–11:00 PM Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM Cash Bar
Tuesday, January 5, 2027
12:00–11:59 PM Departure