RNA: a key to coordination of gene expression
Roscoff (Brittany), France, November 7-11, 2012
Deadline for application: July 20, 2012
Chairperson: Anne-Catherine PRATS
TRADGENE EA4554, Institut des Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires, 1 Avenue Jean Poulhès
BP 84225, 31432 Toulouse cedex, France
Phone: (33) 5 61 32 21 43 – Fax : (33) 5 61 32 56 22
Mail: anne-catherine.prats@inserm.fr
Vice-Chairperson: René KETTING
Hubrecht Laboratory, Netherlands Institute for Developmental Biology, Uppsalalaan 8
3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)30 2121974 – Fax : +31 (0)30 2516554
Mail : r.ketting@hubrecht.eu
This conference will focus on the regulatory capacity of non-coding RNA (ncRNA), which over the past years has appeared to be key for the control of gene expression. The most novel aspects in the field of ncRNA will be addresssed. This will include sessions dedicated to various types of ncRNAs from different species. Special attention will be given to the interaction with ncRNAs and chromatin. In addition, developmental aspects will be important in this conference. Furthermore, this conference focuses on the mechanisms of coordination between transcription, mRNA processing and translation which reveal crucial concepts in the understanding of gene regulation.
This conference will provide opportunities to get up-to-date with the most recent data in the main fields of the RNA world, such as genome defense, short and long ncRNAs (miRNAs, piRNAs, siRNAs, lincRNAs), post-transcriptional mechanisms, or RNA processing and transport. We have taken great care to select the most exciting new discoveries, and in some cases have chosen new, upcoming topics that were not even considered two years ago. All invited speakers have been selected for their scientific excellence in the field.
This meeting will provide a forum to bring together a broad group of scientists with expert knowledge in the functions of RNAs in gene regulations as outlined above. Such a meeting is will enforce communication and interactions between fields that are not always prone to interact. We expect stimulating lectures on fascinating new topics, and new insights in already strong lines of research.
Invited speakers
(provisional titles)
AUBOEUF Didier (Paris, France)
Splicing programs and cancer
BAULCOMBE David (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
RNA silencing and epigenetics in plants
CAVAILLÉ Jérôme (Toulouse, France)
Imprinted microRNA genes: Biogenesis and function
CHODER Mordechai (Haifa, Israël)
mRNA coordinators: a novel class of regulators that might integrate all stages of the mRNA life
DARDEL Frédéric (Paris, France)
Engineering of small molecules to modulate RNA structure and function
DEAN Caroline (Norwich, United Kingdom)
Linking non-coding RNAs and chromatin regulation through study of flowering time
DOUDNA Jennifer (Berkeley, USA)
Mechanism and control of regulatory RNA biogenesis in bacteria
ECKMANN Christian (Dresden, Germany)
Cytoplasmic RNA regulatory networks orchestrate male gametogenesis
EPHRUSSI Anne (Heidelberg, Germany)
Dynamics of mRNP assembly and transport in the Drosophila oocyte
FELDEN Brice (Rennes, France)
A cis antisense RNA acts in trans: translational control of a human cell damaging peptide by an antisense RNA in S. aureus
GROSSHANS Helge (Basel, Switzerland)
Function and regulation of animal microRNAs
JENSEN Torben Heick (Aarhus, Denmark)
Production and destruction of human non-coding RNA
KETTING René (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Small RNA pathways in germ cells
KORNBLIHTT Alberto (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Chromatin and transcription regulate alternative splicing
LEHMANN Ruth (New York, USA)
RNA regulation during germ line development
LIU Yi (Urbana, USA)
Diverse small RNA production pathways in fungi/
LUHRMANN Reinhard (Goettingen, Germany)
Structural dynamics and function of the spliceosome
MILLEVOI Stefania (Toulouse, France)
Role of G-quadruplexes in RNA biology
MORILLON Antonin (Paris, France)
Pervasive transcription and regulatory ncRNA in yeast
PRATS Anne-Catherine (Toulouse, France)
IRES-dependent translation coupled to transcription under the control of hnRNPM and p54nrb/NONO
ROMBY Pascale (Strasbourg, France)
RNA-mediated regulation of virulence gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus: another layer of complexity
SIMONELIG Martine (Montpellier, France)
mRNA regulation by deadenylation and the piRNA pathway in Drosophila
SUNG Sibum (Austin, USA)
Coordinated regulation of floral transition by protein and long noncoding RNA components
VAN DER OOST John (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
The CRISPR/Cas defense system of E. coli
VAUCHERET Hervé (Grignon, France)
RNA silencing versus RNA quality control
WANG Kevin (lab Howard Chang) (Stanford, USA)
Long non-coding RNAs in gene regulation
WESTHOF Eric (Strasbourg, France)
The elementary modular units of RNA architecture
WILLIS Anne (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Remodelling of PTB-containing complexes are required for IRES-mediated translation during apoptosis
Deadline for application: July 20, 2012
Registration fee (including board and lodging)
400 € for PhD students
650 € for other participants
Application for registration
The total number of participants is limited to 115 and all participants are expected to attend for the whole duration of the conference. Selection is made on the basis of the affinity of potential participants with the topics of the conference. Scientists and PhD Students interested in the meeting should send:
- their curriculum vitae
- the list of their main publications for the 3 last years
- the abstract of their presentation
to the Chairperson of the conference (anne-catherine.prats@inserm.fr) before the deadline. After it, the chairman will select the participants. Except in some particular cases approved by the Chairperson, it is recommended that all selected participants present their work during the conference, either in poster form or by a brief in- session talk. The organizers choose the form in which the presentations are made. No payment will be sent with application. Information on how and when to pay will be mailed in due time to those selected.