RNA Biology

Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center
October 8 - 12, 2012
Abstract deadline extended to August 17
 

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Organized by:
Fátima Gebauer, Centre de Regulació Genómica, SPAIN
Narry Kim, Seoul National University, KOREA
Adrian Krainer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
Mutsuhito Ohno, Kyoto University, JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the 2nd Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on RNA Biology which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai.The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday October 8, and will conclude after lunch on Friday October 12, 2012.

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) aims to contribute to the advancement of science in Asia and to foster worldwide scientific exchange through an elaborated Program of scientific meetings and courses. The CSH Asia meeting on RNA Biology will feature cutting-edge advances in the field of RNA and will cover a broad range of topics, from RNA processing to translation, from non-coding RNA to RNA networks and therapeutics. Recognized experts in the field of RNA will share their most recent advances in the historic city of Suzhou.

Major Topics:
- RNA processing
- RNA export
- Translation
- Short and long non-coding RNA
- RNA interference
- RNA-protein interactions
- RNA structure
- RNA catalysis
- RNA networks
- Viral RNA regulation
- RNA therapeutics

Keynote Speakers:
Gregory Hannon, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
Abstract title: The piRNA pathway: a small RNA-based innate immune system

Invited Speakers:
Maria Barna, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Abstract title: Specialized ribosomes: a new frontier in gene regulation and organismal biology
Douglas Black, HHMI/University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Abstract title: The Rbfox1 and Rbfox2 proteins and the control neuronal splicing programs.
Alfredo Castello, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, GERMANY
Abstract title: Insights into RNA biology from a mammalian cell mRNA interactome
Stephen Cohen, A*STAR, SINGAPORE
Abstract title: From miRNAs to oncogene cooperation
Paul Fox, Cleveland Clinic, USA
Abstract title: Pathological dysregulation of the GAIT translational control system
Xiang-Dong Fu, University of California, San Diego, USA
Abstract title: SR Splicing Factors Regulate Transcriptional Pause Release through Promoter-Associated Nascent RNA
Fátima Gebauer, Centre de Regulació Genómica, SPAIN
Abstract title:Dicer-2 is involved in mRNA activation through cytoplasmic polyadenylation
Sunjoo Jeong,Dankook University, Korea
Abstract title: b-Catenin as a RNA Binding Protein: Implication to Cancer Development
Narry Kim, Seoul National University, KOREA
Abstract title:Biogenesis and regulation of MicroRNA
Yoon Ki Kim, Korea University, KOREA
Abstract title: A role of staufen1-mediated mRNA decay (SMD) in adipogenesis
Ulrike Kutay, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SWITZERLAND
Abstract title: RNAi screening and proteomic approaches identify factors involved in ribosomal subunit biogenesis in mammalian cells
Mofang Liu, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SIBS, CHINA
Abstract title: Spermiogenesis requires piRNA-triggered MIWI ubiquitination and removal by APC/C
Mutsuhito Ohno, Kyoto University, JAPAN
Abstract title:Nuclear RNA Binding Protein hnRNP C Measures the Length of RNA Polymerase II Transcripts and Sorts them into two RNA Categories for Export
John Rinn, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Medical School, USA
Abstract title: Linking RNA to Nuclear Architecture
Davide Ruggero, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Abstract title: Reprogramming translational control of mRNA networks in cancer and cell cycle progression
Tsutomu Suzuki, University of Tokyo, JAPAN
Abstract title: The cyclic form of N⁶-threonylcarbamoyladenosine (ct⁶A) as a bona fide hyper-modification of tRNAs in bacteria, lower eukaryotes and plants
Woan-Yuh Tarn, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Abstract title: RBM4 promotes muscle and pancreas cell differentiation via its role in alternative splicing regulation
Yukihide Tomari, University of Tokyo, JAPAN
Abstract title: In vitro reconstitution of RISC assembly
Rui-ming Xu, Institute of Biophysics, CAS, CHINA
Abstract title: TBA
Chaolin Zhang, The Rockefeller University, USA
Abstract title: Searching for the specificity of RNA-binding proteins
Zhi-Ming Zheng, The National Cancer Institute, USA
Abstract title: A VIRAL PROTEIN FUNCTIONS AS A POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR PROMOTING RNA SPLICING, STABILITY, AND TRANSLATION

We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

Fellowship:
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $200-$500) awards. For more details, please visit Stipends

We look forward to seeing you at Suzhou in October.

Package Content:

Please kindly note:

1. The early & normal price will be available if the full payment is finished before the exact due date.
For USD participants, we will automatically change your package price to the update one if we could not successfully charge the full payment from your registered credit card before the deadline.
For CNY participants, we will automatically change your package price to the update one if our bank account could not receive your full payment by wire transfer before the deadline.

2. For Student Package registered participants, please add your roommate requirement during the online registration. Otherwise, we’ll assign you a roommate among other student participants.

3. For late registrations, your housing & registration materials may not be guaranteed since the order is usually made in advance.

4. Please inform us your request on extra day (USD 80/CNY 500 per day) and food (vegetarian, kosher…etc.) during the online registration or email us as early as possible so that we could make relevant arrangement accordingly.

5.We offer CSHA endowed student package for graduate students (student ID is required). This special offer only includes the meeting session pass. Housing, food and social activities are not included in the package.

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