The Non-Coding Genome
E. Izaurralde, D. Bartel, J. Vogel, J. Rinn
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Wednesday 9 October - Saturday 12 October 2013
Programme
Please see below the preliminary programme.
For an impression of the meeting please also check the 2010 conference programme.
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00-16:45 | Arrival and Registration | |
| 16:45-17:00 | Welcome Remarks | |
| 17:00-20:15 | SESSION 1. The diversity of non-coding RNAs | Chair: Elisa Izaurralde |
| 17:00-17:30 | Gisela Storz, National Institutes of Health, USA | TBA |
| 17:30-18:00 | John Mattick, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia | RNA at the epicentre of human development |
| 18:00-18:15 | Selected Talk 1 | |
| 18:15-18:45 |
COFFEE BREAK |
ATC Foyer |
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18:45-19:15
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Nikolaus Rajewsky, The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany | TBA |
| 19:15-19:45 | Craig C. Mello, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA | TBA |
| 19:45-20:00 | Selected Talk 2 | |
| 20:00-20:15 | Selected Talk 3 | |
| 20:30-22:00 | DINNER |
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-12:15 | SESSION 2. miRNAs function and mechanisms | Chair: David Bartel |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Irene Bozoni, University of Rome, Italy | Non coding RNAs in muscle differentiation |
| 09:30-10:00 | V. Narry Kim, Seoul National University, Korea | Regulation of microRNA |
| 10:00-10:15 | Selected Talk 4 | |
| 10:15-10:45 |
COFFEE BREAK |
ATC Foyer |
| 10:45-11:15 | Witold Filipowicz, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland | TBA |
| 11:15-11:45 | Antonio J. Giraldez, Yale University, USA | TBA |
| 11:45-12:00 | Selected Talk 5 | |
| 12:00-12:15 | Selected Talk 6 | |
| 12:30-14:00 | LUNCH | ATC Foyer |
| 14:00-17:15 | SESSION 3. Noncoding RNAs in prokaryotes | Chair: Gisela Storz |
| 14:00-14:30 | John Van der Oost, Wageningen University, The Netherlands | The prokaryotic CRISPR/Cas defense system |
| 14:30-15:00 | Jennifer A. Doudna, University of California, Berkeley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA | RNA-mediated genome defense in bacteria |
| 15:00-15:15 | Selected Talk 7 | |
| 15:15-15:45 | COFFEE BREAK | ATC Foyer |
| 15:45-16:15 | Gerhart Wagner, Uppsala University, Sweden | TBA |
| 16:15-16:45 | Jörg Vogel, Würzburg University, Germany | TBA |
| 16:45-17:00 | Selected Talk 8 | |
| 17:00-17:15 | Selected Talk 9 | |
| 17:30-20:00 | POSTER SESSION I - odd numbers | ATC Helices A and B |
| 20:00-21:30 | DINNER | EMBL Canteen |
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-12:15 | SESSION 4. piRNAs and siRNAs: Biogenesis and function | Chair: Narry Kim |
| 09:00-09:30 | Alexei Aravin, California Institute of Technology, USA | Small RNA: from bacteria to metazoan germline |
| 09:30-10:00 | Mikiko C. Siomi, University of Tokyo, Japan | piRNA biogenesis in Drosophila |
| 10:00-10:15 | Selected Talk 10 | |
| 10:15-10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | ATC Foyer |
| 10:45-11:15 | Julius Brennecke, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austria | piRNA mediated silencing of transposons in Drosophila |
| 11:15-11:45 | David C. Baulcombe, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom | RNA silencing and epigenetics in tomato and Chlamydomonas |
| 11:45-12:00 | Selected Talk 11 | |
| 12:00-12:15 | Selected Talk 12 | |
| 12:30-14:00 | LUNCH | ATC Foyer |
| 14:00-17:15 | SESSION 5. Transcriptional gene silencing | Chair: John Rinn |
| 14:00-14:30 | Jeannie T. Lee, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard Medical School, USA | The X-chromosome as a model for epigenomic regulation by long noncoding RNA |
| 14:30-15:00 | Shiv Grewal, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, USA | Heterochromatin formation by RNAi and RNAi-independent RNA processing factors |
| 15:00-15:15 | Selected Talk 13 | |
| 15:15-15:45 | COFFEE BREAK | ATC Foyer |
| 15:45-16:15 | Marc Bühler, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland | (Epi)genome control by RNA turnover |
| 16:15-16:45 | Edith Heard, Institut Curie, France | TBA |
| 16:45-17:00 | Selected Talk 14 | |
| 17:00-17:15 | Selected Talk 15 | |
| 17:30-20:00 | POSTER SESSION II– even numbers | ATC Helices A and B |
| 20:00-21:00 | GALA DINNER | EMBL Canteen |
| 21:00-23:30 | PARTY | ATC Foyer |
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-12:15 | SESSION 6. Structures and Mechanisms | Chair: Jennifer Doudna |
| 09:00-09:30 | Dinshaw J. Patel, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA | TBA |
| 09:30-10:00 | Elisa Izaurralde, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany | TBA |
| 10:00-10:15 | Selected Talk 16 | |
| 10:15-10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | ATC Foyer |
| 10:45-11:15 | David P. Bartel, HHMI/MIT/Whitehead Institute, USA | TBA |
| 11:15-11:45 | Olivier Voinnet, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland | TBA |
| 11:45-12:00 | Selected Talk 17 | |
| 12:00-12:15 | Selected Talk 18 | |
| 12:15-14:00 | LUNCH | EMBL Canteen |
| 14:00-17:00 | SESSION 7. Long noncoding RNAs | Chair: Jorg Vogel |
| 14:00-14:30 | Howard Y. Chang, Stanford University, USA | TBA |
| 14:30-15:00 | Ingrid Grummt, German Cancer Research Center, Germany | Noncoding RNA targets chromatin modifying enzymes to regulatory gene sequences |
| 15:00-15:15 | Selected Talk 19 | |
| 15:15-15:45 | COFFEE BREAK | ATC Foyer |
| 15:45-16:15 | Ling-Ling Chen, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, China | Functional intronic long noncoding RNAs |
| 16:15-16:45 | John L. Rinn, Harvard Medical School, USA | TBA |
| 16:45-17:00 | Selected Talk 20 | |
| 17:00-17:10 | Concluding Remarks | ATC Auditorium |