Villars Symposium 2016 - "NON coding RNAs: function and evolution"

September 12-14, 2016

Prof. Yves Poirier, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, UNIL;
Prof. Ana Marques, Department of Physiology, UNIL;
Prof. Tanja Schwander, Department of Ecology and Evolution, UNIL.

Ana Eulalio, Univerity of Wurzburg - webpage

Caroline Dean, John Innes Center, Norwich - webpage

Brian Gregory, University of Pennsylvania - webpage

David Baulcombe, University of Cambridge - webpage

Ramesh S. Pillai, EMBL Grenoble - webpage

Chung-I Wu, University of Chicago - webpage

Lingling Chen, Shanghai Intsitutes for Biological Sciences - webpage

John Rinn, Harvard, USA - webpage

Torben Jensen, Aarhus University - webpage

Igor Ulitsky, Weissmann Institute - webpage

In the last decade, the diversity and role of non-coding RNAs (e.g. RNAs that are that are not coding for proteins) has considerably expanded. Multitude of non-coding RNAs are now known to play key roles in a number of biological processes required for cell viability and function, in both prokaryotes and eukaryote. Analysis of the cell transcriptome reveals that genomes are pervasively transcribed to generate many additional RNAs, raising questions as to their function and contribution to evolutionary processes. The aim of the 2016 Villars Symposium on "Non-coding RNAs: function and evolution" is to provide an interdisciplinary look at the roles and evolution of non-coding RNAs in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. An outstanding list of speakers will be discussing the latest advancement in the evolution and roles of various non-coding RNAs, including microRNAs, piRNAs, long-non-coding RNAs and circular RNAs, in both prokaryotes, animal and plants. The symposium is targeted to participants of all four CUSO programs in biology, namely Staromics, Plant Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Ecology and Evolution. The symposium will include both lectures by invited experts in the fields and discussions in smaller groups (journal club format) in order to promote dynamic exchanges between students and experts of different disciplines and close contacts with the invited speakers. Program will follow.

VILLARS SYMPOSIUM 2016

Non-coding RNAs: From function to evolution

Program (download here)

Monday, September 12, 2016

13:45 - 14:00 Welcome

14:00 - 15:00 Ana Eulalio: MicroRNAs as novel players in bacterial pathogen-host interaction

15:00 - 16:00 David Baulcombe: Paramutation and mobile silencing RNA in plants

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 18:30 Journal Club sessions 1 - 2

19:00 Dinner

20:30 - 21:30 Student's quick talks

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

8:00 - 9:00 Brian Gregory: Global analysis of RNA – protein interactions and RNA secondary structure in plants

9:00 - 10:00 Chung - I Wu: Tigers eat rabbits – How microRNAs stabilize gene regulatory networks

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 - 11:30 Lingling Chen: Circular RNAs

11:30 - 12:30 Torben Jensen: Sorting RNA for function or decay

12:30 Lunch

13:30 - 17:00 Free time for hiking and other activities

17:00 - 19:00 Journal Club sessions 3 - 6

19:00 Dinner

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

8:00 - 9:00 Caroline Dean: Sensing and remembering winter

9:00 - 10:00 John Rinn: Three and four dimensional dynamics of lncRNA localization

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 - 12:30 Journal Club sessions 7 - 10

12:30 Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 Ramesh Pillai: Genome defense by germline small RNAs

15:00 - 16:00 Igor Ulitsky: Evolution and modes of action of long noncoding RNAs End of meeting

Eurotel Victoria, Route des Layeux, 1884 Villars-sur-Ollon

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Registration deadline: 15.06.2016

Registration fees

CUSO-members: none

External participants: 350 CHF

EXTERNAL PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESERVATION OF THEIR OWN ACCOMODATION

Registration fees cover coffee breaks, meals with drinks and access to the conference for the three days of symposium.

For more information please contact the coordinator Debora Zoia at: plants(at)cuso.ch

PLEASE REGISTER ON THE ICON ON THE BOTTOM ON THE PAGE!!

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