Matthew Disney
The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute
USA
EMBO | EMBL Symposium
This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually.
Before the genetic information stored in DNA can be used to direct cell growth and metabolism, it has to be transferred into RNA. Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that code for proteins and noncoding RNAs are key components in the transmission of genetic information in all life forms – from viruses to complex mammalian organisms.
Following the great success of the 2022 edition of this long-standing symposium, we are looking forward to returning in 2024, bringing together leaders in the RNA field, post-docs and students, with the aim of disseminating and discussing the most recent results. The programme will include topics on transcription, RNA processing and modification, mRNA export and localisation, mRNA surveillance and decay, translation, the activity of non-coding RNAs, the control of mRNA expression, and coupling among these processes.
“The Complex Life of RNA is the key event in RNA biology. It is incredibly difficult to represent this complex area of knowledge, but the organisers succeeded in decomposing the complexity!” – Alexey Moskovtsev, Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, Russia
“Mind blowing science fresh from the bench and presented by top experts – a truly rewarding experience!” – Peer Staehler, BASF New Business GmbH, Germany
“While I was at The Complex Life RNA symposium held at EMBL, I was able to present my work as a poster to several researchers. One such researcher from Norway got interested in my work and offered to host me for a short term in his lab to enhance my current project. After several correspondences, I was able to design a project that could also potentially start a collaboration between my home lab in India and his lab in Norway. I applied for the EMBO-STF fellowship and I was successful in securing this grant for my visit to Norway. So, I believe, attending this conference was a great boost for my scientific career.” – Preeti Kute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, India
The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute
USA
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
UK
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
Austria
John Innes Centre
UK
EMBL Grenoble
France
University of California, Berkeley
USA
Osaka University
Japan
University of California, Riverside
USA
Institute of Molecular Biology
Germany
École normale supérieure
France
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
UK
University of Zurich
Switzerland
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel
Harvard Medical School
USA
Hubrecht Institute
The Netherlands
Centre for Genomic Regulation
Spain
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Aarhus University
Denmark
Course and Conference Officer
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
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Time (Europe/Berlin) | Speaker |
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17:00 – 18:30 | Registration and pre-dinner drinks |
18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner in Canteen |
20:00 – 20:15 | Opening remarks |
20:15 – 21:00 | Keynote lecture: Molecular insights into the mRNA poly(A) tail machinery Lori Passmore – MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK |
21:00 – 22:30 | Networking drinks and poster “Sneak preview” |
Time (Europe/Berlin) | Speaker |
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09:00 – 12:15 | Session 1: co-transcriptional RNA biology Chairs: Karla Neugebauer and Martin Mikl |
09:00 – 09:25 | Molecular mechanism of human telomerase ribonucleoprotein Kelly Nguyen – MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK Not available on demand |
09:25 – 09:40 | Real-time tracking of early ribosomal RNA transcription and processing Anastasiia Chaban – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
09:40 – 09:55 | EIF4A3 prevents widespread coordinated exon skipping across human genes Alexandra Bergfort – Yale University, USA |
09:55 – 10:20 | Epigenetics of sex differences Claudia Keller Valsecchi – Institute of Molecular Biology, Germany |
10:20 – 10:50 | Coffee Break and Meet the speakers with Lori Passmore, Kelly Nguyen and Claudia Keller Valsecchi |
10:50 – 11:05 | Periphilin directs RNA-mediated epigenetic silencing by the human silencing hub (HUSH) complex Beth Thompson – The University of Cambridge/MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom |
11:05 – 11:20 | Uncovering the dynamics and consequences of RNA isoform changes during cell differentiation Andreas Mayer – Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany Not available on demand |
11:20 – 11:45 | Multifaceted roles of Satellite RNAs in the nucleus and cytoplasm Tetsuro Hirose – Osaka University, Japan |
11:45 – 12:15 | Flash talks (odd numbers) #59 Enes Arpa #69 Carrie Bernecky #91 Brennan Danlasky #115 Asen Garbelyanski #123 Odil Porrua #141 Daniel Hofacker #143 Mohamed Fareh #203 Daphna Nachmani #221 Clemens Plaschka #285 Nurseda Yilmaz Demirel |
12:15 – 13:45 | Lunch and Meet the Editors (introduction before lunch) |
13:45 – 16:15 | Poster Session 1 (odd numbers) with snacks Poster list |
16:15 – 19:00 | Session 2: RNA processing and modification Chairs: Katharina Höfer and Mathieu Rougemaille |
16:15 – 16:40 | Structural studies of the U12-dependent intron recognition Wojtek Galej – EMBL Grenoble, France |
16:40 – 16:55 | Molecular principles of uridylation-mediated RNA decay in Drosophila: insights from massive parallel enzymatic profiling and kinetic modeling Annamaria Sgromo – Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Austria Not available on demand |
16:55 – 17:10 | Identification of a m6Am reader and its function in mRNA transcription W.S. Sho Goh – Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China |
17:10 – 17:40 | Coffee Break and Meet the speakers with Tetsuro Hirose and Wojtek Galej |
17:40 – 18:05 | P-bodies: a novel regulator of cell cycle progression Robert Weatheritt – Garvan Institute of Medical Research / EMBL Australia, Australia Not available on demand |
18:05 – 18:20 | Disruption of the Integrator complex triggers the Integrated Stress Response through formation of double-stranded RNA Apoorva Baluapuri – Harvard Medical School, USA |
18:20 – 18:35 | Stabilization of excised introns in yeast Glenn Li – Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Whitehead Institute / HHMI, USA Not available on demand |
18:35 – 19:00 | Two simple models for m6A deposition and dynamics Schraga Schwartz – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
19:00 – 20:30 | Dinner in EMBL Canteen |
20:30 – 22:00 | Informal Poster Session 1 with drinks |
Time (Europe/Berlin) | Speaker |
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09:00 – 12:15 | Session 3: RNP on the move Chairs: Sebastian Falk and Oliver Mühlemann |
09:00 – 09:25 | Lighting and dimming the EJC illuminate mRNPs Hervé Le Hir – École normale supérieure, France |
09:25 – 09:40 | Compositional variability of the exon junction complex Marcela Cueto – Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany |
09:40 – 09:55 | A kinetic framework for co-transcriptional messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) assembly in S. cerevisiae Theresa Wechsler – University of California, Davis, USA |
09:55 – 10:20 | Cross kingdom RNA communication Hailing Jin – University of California, Riverside, USA |
10:20 – 10:50 | Coffee Break and Meet the speakers with Robert Weatheritt, Hervé Le Hir and Hailing Jin |
10:50 – 11:05 | Tag with caution – how most tags influence biomolecular condensation in vivo and in vitro Maria Hondele – University of Basel, Switzerland |
11:05 – 11:20 | Molecular basis for determining the fate of nuclear polyadenylated RNA Ana Lorenzo – Aarhus University, Denmark |
11:20 – 11:45 | A comparative analysis across species of maternal mRNA regulation in embryos Michal Rabani – Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
11:45 – 12:15 | Flash talks (even numbers) #70 Eva Kowalinski #102 Joe Dobbs #112 Toru Fujiwara #114 Matti Turtola #154 Sebastian Kadener #158 Jirka Peschek #196 Abdallah Mohamed #242 Marcos Manero Carranza #272 Teun van der Klugt |
12:15 – 13:45 | Lunch |
13:45 – 16:15 | Poster Session 2 (even numbers) with snacks Poster list |
16:15 – 19:00 | Session 4: co-translational RNA biology Chairs: Kathrin Leppeck and Olivier Duss |
16:15 – 16:40 | RSV viral ribonucleoprotein (vRNP) state coordinates infection success Marvin Tanenbaum – Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands |
16:40 – 16:55 | A genome-wide screen reveals that oxidative stress regulates translation elongation to promote production of detoxifying selenoproteins Frederick Rehfeld – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, USA |
16:55 – 17:10 | Translation-dependent mRNA localization to apical junctions Cristina Tocchini – University of Basel, Switzerland Not available on demand |
17:10 – 17:50 | Coffee Break and Meet the speakers with Michal Rabani and Marvin Tanenbaum |
17:50 – 18:15 | Quality control of translation components Susan Shao – Harvard Medical School, USA |
18:15 – 18:30 | The hsp90/r2tp chaperone mediates co-translational channeling of quaternary structure formation Manon Philippe – French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France |
18:30 – 18:45 | Identification and characterization of novel quality control factors on the ribosome Junyi He – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel |
18:45 – 19:00 | The regulatory landscape of 5′ UTRs in translational control during zebrafish embryogenesis Madalena Reimao-Pinto – Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland |
19:00 – 20:30 | Dinner in EMBL Canteen |
20:30 – 22:00 | Informal Poster Session 2 with drinks |
Time (Europe/Berlin) | Speaker |
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09:00 – 12:00 | Session 5: RNA structure and regulation Chairs: Mandy Jeske and Antonio Giraldez |
09:00 – 09:25 | Buffering and homeostasis of transcript abundance through nuclear retention Lukas Pelkmans – University of Zurich, Switzerland |
09:25 – 09:40 | H/ACA snR30 snoRNP guides independent 18S rRNA subdomain formation Matthias Thoms – Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany Not available on demand |
09:40 – 09:55 | The number of physiologically important microRNA targets has been vastly overestimated Hervé Seitz – CNRS, France |
09:55 – 10:20 | RNA structure, an important regulator in living cells Yiliang Ding – John Innes Centre, UK |
10:20 – 10:50 | Coffee Break and Meet the speakers with Susan Shao, Lukas Pelkmans and Yiliang Ding |
10:50 – 11:05 | Direct visualisation of Xist RNA-mediated X chromosome inactivation using in situ cryogenic electron Tomography Jeongyoon Choi – University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
11:05 – 11:20 | Codon usage bias: the unwanted transcript hypothesis Sofia Radrizzani – University of Bath, United Kingdom |
11:20 – 11:35 | Single molecule RNA structure maps using nanopore sequencing Oguzhan Begik – Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Spain |
11:35 – 12:00 | Target engagement of a nuclear Argonaute protein Julius Brennecke – IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austria |
12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch |
13:30 – 17:20 | Session 6: RNA pathogens and therapeutics Chairs: Andrés Palencia and Minna-Liisa Anko |
13:30 – 13:55 | Transcriptome-wide splicing network reveals specialized regulatory functions of the core spliceosome Juan Valcárcel Juárez – Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Spain |
13:55 – 14:10 | Mechanism of CCR4-NOT inhibition by a bacterial pathogen effector Eugene Valkov – National Cancer Institute, USA |
14:10 – 14:25 | The interplay between a plant virus and the host splicing machinery uncovers a novel virulence mechanism Delphine Pott – Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Germany |
14:25 – 14:55 | Coffee Break and Meet the speakers with Julius Brennecke and Juan Valcárcel Juárez |
14:55 – 15:10 | Use of poly(A) tail mimetics to enhance expression of genes associated with human haploinsufficiency disorders Bahareh Torkzaban – Johns Hopkins University, USA |
15:10 – 15:25 | Using programmable synthetic RNA and protein granules to molecularly encode decoy-like antiviral therapeutics Roee Amit – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel |
15:25b- 15:40 | Elucidating the interplay between HIV RNA packaging and nonsense mediated mRNA decay Dylan Weninger – University of Western Ontario, Canada |
15:40 – 16:10 | Coffee Break and Meet the speakers with Britt Glaunsinger and Matthew Disney |
16:10 – 16:35 | Cytoplasmic mRNA decay by viral and anti-viral nucleases promotes transcriptional repression Britt Glaunsinger – University of California, Berkeley, USA |
16:35 – 17:20 | Keynote lecture: RNA structure, a hidden regulator in living cells Matthew Disney – The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute, USA |
17:20 – 17:35 | Closing remarks and poster prize |
17:35 – 18:30 | Pre-dinner drinks in the Foyer |
18:30 – 20:30 | Gala dinner in EMBL Canteen |
20:30 – 23:45 | Conference party in the Foyer with The Wright Thing |
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Virtual registration fees include access to all of the talks (livestreamed and on demand) and facility to submit questions.
On-site Academia | €725 |
On-site PhD Student | €625 |
On-site Industry | €925 |
On-site Journal Editor | €300 |
Virtual Academia | €225 |
Virtual PhD Student | €175 |
Virtual Industry | €275 |
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Hello | Hallo |
Goodbye | Auf Wiedersehen (formal) Tschüss (informal) |
Good morning | Guten Morgen |
Good afternoon | Guten Tag |
Good evening | Guten Abend |
Good night | Gute Nacht |
I’m sorry | Tut mir leid |
Excuse me… | Entschuldigen Sie… |
How are you? | Wie gehts? |
I’m fine thanks. And you? | Mir geht es gut, danke. Und dir/Ihnen? |
What is your name | Wie heißen Sie? (formal) Wie heißt du? (informal) |
My name is… | Ich heiße… |
Do you speak English? | Sprechen Sie Englisch? |
I don’t understand | Ich verstehe nicht |
Please speak more slowly | Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen |
Thank you | Dankeschön |
Where is the toilet? | Wo ist die Toilette? |
Please call me a taxi | Bitte rufen Sie mir ein Taxi |
How do I get to…? | Wie komme ich zum/zur…? |
A beer/two beers please | Ein Bier/zwei Bier bitte |
A glass of red/white wine please | Ein Glas Rot/Weißwein bitte |
The menu, please | Die Speisekarte, bitte |
Is there a local speciality? | Gibt es eine Spezialität aus dieser Gegend? |
I’m Vegetarian | Ich bin Vegetarier |
It was delicious | Es war hervorragend |
The bill, please | Die Rechnung, bitte |
I have a headache | Ich habe Kopfschmerzen |
I have a sore throat | Ich habe Halsschmerzen |
My stomach hurts | Ich habe Magenschmerzen |
I’m allergic to | Ich bin allergisch gegen |
I need a doctor who speaks English. | Ich brauche einen Arzt, der Englisch spricht. |
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Date: 15 - 18 Oct 2024
Location: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre
Deadline(s):
Abstract submission: Closed
Registration (On-site): Closed
Registration (Virtual): 8 Oct 2024
Organisers:
Contact: Iva Gavran