Program
Monday, Sep 17 – Structural Biology
| 9:00–10:00 | Andrew Carter (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology): Dynein structure and interactions |
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| 10:00–11:00 | Fulvia Bono (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology): RNA transport |
| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30–12:30 | Wojtek Galej (EMBL Grenoble): Structural studies of snRNPs and spliceosomes |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-15:00 | Methods of structural biology (Wojtek Galej and Andrew Carter) |
| 15:00-16:00 | Introduction to the paper review training |
Tuesday, Sep 18 – Bioinformatics
| 9:00–10:30 | Julian Koenig (IMB Mainz): CLIP-based methods and Identification of RNA targets by CLIP-seq |
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| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–12:30 | Panagiotis Alexiou (CEITEC MU): Identifying the mechanism of small RNA binding from CLIP data |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00–16:00 | Panagiotis Alexiou (CEITEC MU) & Jan Oppelt (CEITEC MU): Practical workshop in Bioinformatics |
Wednesday, Sep 19 – RNA processing/splicing/disease
| 9:00–10:00 | Mary O'Connell (CEITEC MU): The role of RNA modifications in innate immunity |
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| 10:00-11:00 | David Stanek (IMG of the CAS, v.v.i.): Surveillance of snRNP biogenesis |
| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30–12:30 | Ramesh Pillai (University of Geneva): RNA modifications in mammalian development |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch and discussion with speakers |
| 14:00–16:00 | Paper review workshop |
Thursday, Sep 20 – Biochemistry and Modifications
| 9:00–10:00 | Claudia Kutter (Karolinska Institutet): Epitranscriptomics and understanding the role of non-coding RNAs in cancer |
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| 10:00–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–12:00 | Denis Lafontaine (ULB-Cancer Research Center): Translation regulation |
| 12:00–13:30 | Lunch and discussion with speakers |
| 13:30–14:30 | Leos Valasek (Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i.): Stop codon readthrough inducing tRNAs (rti-tRNAs) and their therapeutic potential |
| 14:30–15:30 | Coffee break and discussion with speakers |
| 16:00–17:00 | LIFE SCIENCE SEMINAR Javier Martinez (Medical University of Vienna): |
Friday, Sep 21 – RNA Modifications and Disease
| 10:00–11:00 | Matthias Schaefer (Medical University of Vienna): Understanding RNA modifications: The promises and technological bottlenecks of the 'epitranscriptome' |
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| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30–12:30 | Hana Macickova Cahova (IOCB): The chemistry of identification of new RNA modifications |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch and discussion with speakers |
| 14:00–14:30 | Conclusion remarks |