Meeting program

Small RNAs in Development, Immunology and Cancer

 

Wednesday, October 3
  • 8:00
  • 8:50
  • Registration and continental breakfast
  • Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Jamie Wilson (Nature Immunology, USA)
  • Boyana Konforti (Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, USA)

Morning Session
  • Chairs
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  • 9:00
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  • 9:40
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  • 10:20
  • 10:40
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  • 11:20
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  • 12:00
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  • 12:40
  • Greg Hannon (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, USA)
  • Boyana Konforti (Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, USA)
  • "MicroRNAs"
    David Bartel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
  • "MicroRNA Genes and Their Activities During Drosophila Development"
    Eric Lai (Sloan-Kettering Institute, USA)
  • Break for coffee and networking
  • "MicroRNAs, Nodal Signaling and Vertebrate Embryogenesis"
    Alexander Schier (Harvard University, USA)
  • "Functional Genetic Approaches Identify Cancerous miRNAs"
    Reuven Agami (Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, The Netherlands)
  • "Adventures in Mammalian Genetics"
    Stephen J. Elledge (Harvard Medical School, USA)
  • Lunch

Afternoon Session
  • Chairs:
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  • 14:00
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  • 14:30
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  • 15:10
  • 15:30
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  • 16:10
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  • 16:50
  • 17:00
  • 18:00
  • Dan Littman (New York University Medical Center, USA)
  • Christine Borowski (Nature Immunology, USA)
  • "Control of microRNA Processing Machinery"
    V. Narry Kim (Seoul National University, Korea)
  • "RNAi-related Pathways as Guardians of the Genome"
    Gregory J. Hannon (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, USA)
  • Break for coffee and networking
  • "Viruses, MicroRNAs and RNA Interference"
    Bryan R. Cullen (Duke University, USA)
  • "MicroRNAs: New Players in Immunoregulation"
    Klaus Rajewsky (Harvard Medical School, USA)
  • Close
  • Wine and cheese reception
  • End of symposium

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