RNPnet: Structure Meets Function

Hello,

I would like to announce a symposium called “RNPnet: Structure Meets Function” that we are hosting at the University from Thursday 4 September to Friday 5 September organized via the Marie Curie RNPnet training network (http://www.rnpnet.ethz.ch/tiki-index.php).

We are privileged to host seven speakers who will talk about various aspects of RNA metabolism in eukaryotes. These talks will be open to the whole University and Academy of Sciences communities and I encourage you to take advantage of this unique opportunity to hear top experts in RNA biology.

The lectures will be taking place in the C building of the Science Faculty in either lecture hall C1 or C2, depending on attendance numbers.

The list of speakers and times of their talks are listed below. I hope to see you there.

In behalf of the organizers,

Hassan Hashimi 

Talk Schedule

Thursday 4 September

8.45-9.00       Welcome/Introductions

9.00-10.00     Andres Ramos
                        MRC National Institute for Medical Research, UK
                        Nucleic acid target recognition and effector complex assembly by proteins regulating RNA  metabolism

10.15-11.15  Marcin Nowotny
                        International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw
                        Structural analysis of human 2'-O-ribose methyltransferases involved in mRNA cap structure formation

11.15-12.15 Oliver Muehlemann
                      Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,University of Bern
                      Trying to make sense in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay

Friday 5 September

8.45-9.00       Welcome/Introductions

9.00-10.00     Emanuele Buratti
                        International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste Italy
                        Deciphering the pathogenicity of nuclear factor TDP-43 in neurodegeneration

10.15-11.15  Stefan Ameres
                        IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology GmbH, Vienna                       
                        Post-transcriptional modification of small RNAs

11.15-12.15 Markus Landthaler
                       Max-Delbruck-Zentrum fur Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin
                       RNA Biology and posttranscriptional regulation

13.30-14.30 Juan Valcárcel Juarez
                      Universitat o Centre CRG (Centre de Regulacio Genomica) Departament Regulacion genica,
                      Barcelona
                      Networks of alternative splicing regulation in cancer