2nd Regensburg - Canberra Symposium on RNP Biology

14–15 February 2019

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The Second Regensburg - Canberra Symposium on RNP Biology will foster collaborative interactions bewteen RNA researchers from both locations and help to form the basis of a joint international PhD student program.

All interested are welcome to attend.

Sessions

14 February 2019

Time	Session
03.00 pm	Welcome and Opening remarks Professor Simon Foote
03.30 pm	Session #1 - Lonely, single-stranded DNA seeks partner RNA Tamas Fischer
	Session #1 - Charting the unfolded protein response: a multi-omics analysis reveals the role of altered translation in chemoresistance Jan Medenbach
	Session #1 - Investigating the mechanism of piRNA precursor selection Rippei Hayashi
	Session #1 - Gene regulation mediated by small RNAs, RNA binding proteins and RNA modifications Gunter Meister
04.50 pm	Break
05.30 pm	Session #2 - Harnessing Class 2 Type VI CRISPR effectors for transcriptome engineering Gaetan Burgio
	Session #2 - A single-molecule view of the RNA world Dina Grohmann
	Session #2 - The structure and activity of the mRNA decapping complex inside and outside of cytoplasmic processing bodies Remco Sprangers

15 February 2019

Time	Session
09.00 am	Session #3 - Histone variants: linking chromatin structure David Tremethick
	Session #3 - Structural basis of RNA polymerase I transcription Christoph Engel
	Session #3 - Developing drugs targeting ribosomal RNA biogenesis and nucleolar stress to treat disease Ross Hannan
10.00 am	Break
10.40 am	Session #4 - Plant microRNAs Tony Millar
	Session #4 - Translational regulation controlling early embryogenesis in plants Thomas Dresselhaus
	Session #4 - To bind RNA or DNA? The multifaceted functions of DNA/RNA binding proteins in stem cell fate, development and disease Leonie Quinn
	Session #4 - Biochemical validation of presumed complex formation between RNA and metabolic enzymes Reinhard Sterner
12.00 pm	Lunch
01.00 pm	Session #5 - Long-read transcriptomics - beyond model organisms Eduardo Eyras
	Session #5 - Transcriptional regulation programs control developmental patterning and neural fate decision Jean Wen
	Session #5 - Long noncoding RNAs in tissue homeostasis and disease Markus Kretz
	Session #5 - Insights into the biogenesis and potential functions of exonic circular RNA Thomas Preiss
02.20 pm	Symposium wrap up