Program
Sunday Oct 17th at 19h00

Thomas Tuschl
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Labortory of RNA Molecular Biology
Rockefeller University, USA
Monday Oct 18th
| Session I | Mechanistic Relationships between RNA translation and Stability |
- Plenary Speaker - Matthias Hentze, EMBL Heidelberg
- Robert Schneider, New York University
- Gerald Wilson, University of Maryland
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- ~Break~
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| Session II | RNA translation and Stability II |
- Plenary Speaker – Nahum Sonenberg, McGill University
- Pam Green, University of Delaware
- Jonathan Brody, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- William Marzluff, University of North Carolina
- Lunch
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| Session III | Basic Mechanisms of RNA Turnover and Stability I |
- Plenary Speaker - Allan Jacobson, University of Massachusetts
- Jeff Wilusz, Colorado State University
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- Gary Brewer, UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Break
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| Session IV | Basic Mechanisms of RNA Turnover and Stability II |
- Plenary Speaker - Lynne Maquat, University of Rochester
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
Jens Lykke-Andersen, University of California-San Diego
- Poster Session I
- ~Dinner~
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| Session V | Biological Ramifications of Regulated RNA Turnover I |
- Plenary Speaker - Mike Kiledjian, Rutgers University
- Georg Stoecklin, University of Heidelberg
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
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Tuesday Oct 19th
| Session VI | Biological Ramifications of Regulated RNA Turnover II |
- Plenary Speaker - Bertrand Seraphin, IGBMC France
- Paul Anderson, Harvard Medical School
- Perry Blackshear, NIEHS, NIH
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- ~Break~
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| Session VII | Pathological Ramifications of RNA Turnover and Translation I |
- Plenary Speaker – Joan Steitz, Yale University
- Kamil Kapur – Invitrogen Molecular Probes
- Paul Bohjanen, University of Minnesota
- Sarah Newbury, University of Sussex
- ~Lunch~
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| Session VIII | Pathological Ramifications of RNA Turnover and Translation II |
- Plenary Speaker – Roy Parker, University of Arizona
- Ann-Bin Shyu, University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- ~Break~
- Poster Session II
- Gala Dinner (evening attire)
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Wednesday Oct 20th
| Session IX | Subcellular Localization of mRNA Decay – Biological Implications |
- Plenary Speaker – Robert Singer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Imed Gallouzi, McGill University
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- ~Break~
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| Session X | mRNA 3’ Untranslated Regions – Biological/Pathological Implications |
- Plenary Speaker - Jack Keene, Duke University
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- Myriam Gorospe, NIH
- Ashish Lal, Harvard University
- ~Lunch~
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| Session XI | miRNAs and 3' UTRs - Mechanistic Considerations |
- Plenary Speaker - Roberto Gherzi, University of Genoa
- Scott Tenenbaum - SUNY-Albany
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- Shobha Vasudevan, Massachusetts General Hospital
- ~Break~
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| Session XII | miRNAs and 3’ UTRs – Pathological Implications |
- Plenary Speaker - J. David Port, University of Colorado, Denver
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- Rebecca Hartley, University of New Mexico
- Presentation picked from Abstracts
- Free Evening – An opportunity to experience Montreal Culinary
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Other talks will be selected from submitted abstracts to be presented