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Regulatory & Non-Coding RNAs
August 28 - September 1, 2012
Abstract Deadline: June 15, 2012

Organizers:
Gregory Hannon, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Elisa Izaurralde, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany
Michael Terns, University of Georgia

You are cordially invited to participate in a new conference on Regulatory & Non-Coding RNAs to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The opening session will begin at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, August 28 and the meeting will end after lunch on Saturday, September 1, 2012. As currently planned, the program will have eight sessions devoted to oral presentations, together with three poster sessions for presentations which cannot be accommodated in the formal sessions. Selection of talks for the oral sessions will be made by the organizers in conjunction with the session chairpersons, from the submitted abstracts.

Topics:
* Biological Function of miRNAs
* Mechanisms of miRNA-mediated Gene Silencing
* siRNAs and piRNAs
* Non-coding RNAs in Prokaryotes
* Silencing Pathways in Plants
* Transcriptional Gene Silencing
* Catalytic RNAs
* Long Non-Coding RNAs

Keynote Speakers:
Howard Chang
Stanford University
Jennifer Doudna
HHMI/University of California, Berkeley

Discussion Leaders:
Victor Ambros, University of Massachusetts Medical School
David Bartel, Whitehead Institute/MIT/HHMI
Julius Brennecke, IMBA, Austria
Adrian Ferre-D’Amare, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
Thomas Gingeras, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Shiv Grewal, National Intitutes of Health
Steven Jacobsen, University of California, Los Angeles
Joshua Mendell, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Danesh Moazed, Harvard University
Amy Pasquinelli, University of California, San Diego
Mikiko Siomi, Keio University Global Center of ExcellenceProgram, Japan
John van der Oost, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Joerg Vogel, University of Wurzburg, Germany
Olivier Voinnet, Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Switzerland

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline.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 since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. Apply in writing to morrow@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We hope that you or a member of your laboratory will be able to participate. In addition, please bring this announcement to the attention of any other interested parties. We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in September.

All questions pertaining to registration, fees, housing, meals, transportation, visas, abstract submission or any other matters should be directed to morrow@cshl.edu



Pricing
Academic Package $1350
Graduate/PhD Student Package $1120
Corporate Package $1740
Academic/Student No-Housing Package $915

Corporate No-Housing Package $1170
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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.

 

 

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