EUKARYOTIC mRNA PROCESSING
August 20 - 24, 2013
Abstract Deadline: June 7, 2013

Organizers:
Tom Blumenthal, University of Colorado, Boulder
Kristen Lynch, University of Pennsylvania
Karla Neugebauer, Max-Planck-Institute-CBG, Germany

past program

We are pleased to host the ninth Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Eukaryotic mRNA Processing, which will begin at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, August 20 and run through lunch on Saturday, August 24, 2013. The meeting will focus on the mechanisms and regulation of mRNA splicing, polyadenylation, turnover, localization and RNA interference. It will include all aspects mRNA transport, processing and control, including microRNA function. The meeting is intended to provide a format for the exchange of ideas and information, to discuss the latest research findings and technical advances, and to facilitate interaction amongst groups active in diverse systems.

Topics:
RNP Assembly and Function
Splicing Mechanisms

Splicing Regulatory Mechanisms
Biological Function of RNA Processing

3’ End Processing
RNA Editing & Translation

RNA Turnover
RNA Export & Localization

RNA Binding Proteins
Viral and Disease Regulation of RNA Processing

Computational Approaches
Global Analysis

Co-transcriptional RNA Processing
Integration of Processing Events

RNAi and miRNAs
ncRNAs

Session Chairs:
Manuel Ares, Jr. University of California Santa Cruz
Maria Carmo-Fonseca, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Nicholas Conrad, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Jennifer Doudna, HHMI/University of California, Berkeley
Fatima Gebauer, Center for Genomic Regulation, Spain
Christine Guthrie, University of California, San Francisco
Tracy Johnson, University of California, San Diego
Melissa Jurica, University of California, Santa Cruz
Adrian Krainer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Reinhard Luehrmann, Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
Elsebet Lund, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A. Gregory Matera, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Roy Parker, HHMI/University of Colorado, Boulder
Nicholas Proudfoot, University of Oxford, UK
Michael Sattler, Technische Universitat Muenchen & Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Germany
Alan Zahler, University of California, Santa Cruz

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend and we have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to Andrea Stephenson (stephens@cshl.edu) stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in August.

This conference may be supported in part by funds provided by: National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health

We acknowledge support of the RNA Society for this meeting

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.