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Ribozymes and RNA Catalysis

23—27 August 2002

West Park Centre, University of Dundee



Timetable

Friday 23 August 2002Saturday 24 August 2002Sunday 25 August 2002Monday 26 August 2002Tuesday 27 August 2002
16:00 - 20:00
Ribozymes and RNA Catalysis

16:00 - 20:00
Ribozyme mechanisms and folding

16:00 - 20:00
Selection and novel RNA-catalysed activity

16:00 - 20:00
Ribozyme mechanisms

16:00 - 20:00
Group II introns and mRNA splicing; RNase P

16:00 - 20:00
The ribosome

16:00 - 20:00
Ribozyme mechanisms

09:10 - 12:10
Ribozymes and RNA Catalysis

09:10 - 22:30
Ribozyme mechanisms and folding

09:10 - 12:10
Selection and novel RNA-catalysed activity

09:10 - 22:30
Ribozyme mechanisms

09:10 - 22:30
Group II introns and mRNA splicing; RNase P

09:10 - 12:10
The ribosome

09:10 - 12:10
Ribozyme mechanisms

08:30 - 12:10
Ribozymes and RNA Catalysis

08:30 - 22:30
Ribozyme mechanisms and folding

08:30 - 12:10
Selection and novel RNA-catalysed activity

08:30 - 22:30
Ribozyme mechanisms

08:30 - 22:30
Group II introns and mRNA splicing; RNase P

08:30 - 12:10
The ribosome

08:30 - 12:10
Ribozyme mechanisms

08:30 - 12:10
Ribozymes and RNA Catalysis

08:30 - 18:05
Ribozyme mechanisms and folding

08:30 - 12:10
Selection and novel RNA-catalysed activity

08:30 - 18:05
Ribozyme mechanisms

08:30 - 18:05
Group II introns and mRNA splicing; RNase P

08:30 - 12:10
The ribosome

08:30 - 12:10
Ribozyme mechanisms

08:30 - 11:30
Ribozymes and RNA Catalysis

08:30 - 11:30
Ribozyme mechanisms and folding

08:30 - 11:30
Selection and novel RNA-catalysed activity

08:30 - 11:30
Ribozyme mechanisms

08:30 - 11:30
Group II introns and mRNA splicing; RNase P

08:30 - 11:30
The ribosome

08:30 - 11:30
Ribozyme mechanisms


Ribozymes and RNA Catalysis

Organizers:
David Lilley (Dundee, UK)
Fritz Eckstein (Göttingen, Germany)
Sponsors:
Major Sponsor - EMBO
Qiagen
The Biochemical Society
Dharmacon Research
Transgenomic
Nasca Cell
Glen Research
Ribopharma
Proligo
RPI
RNA Society
Saturday 24 August 2002
09:10 - 09:45
The Transgenomic Lecture - Crystallographic snapshots of ribozyme catalysis
Bill Scott (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
09:45 - 10:20
The hairpin ribozyme: from crystal structure to function
Adrian Ferré d'Amaré (Seattle, WA, USA)
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
Insights into hairpin ribozyme catalysis from studies of abasic variants
Marty Fedor (Scripps, CA, USA)
11:35 - 12:10
Hairpin and hammerhead ribozymes: How different are they?
John Burke (Vermont, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Sunday 25 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Glen Lecture - RNA-catalyzed RNA synthesis
David Bartel (Cambridge, MA, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Mechanistic studies on ribozyme-catalysed carbon-carbon bond formation
Andres Jäschke (Berlin, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Engineering allosteric ribozymes
Ron Breaker (Yale, CT, USA)
10:15 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
The Qiagen Lecture - Real-time detection of molecular interactions through protein-responsive ribozymes
Michael Famulok (Bonn, Germany)
11:35 - 12:10
Optimization of intracellular ribozyme function
Jon Rossi (Beckman Research Institute, CA, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Monday 26 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Dharmacon Lecture - Core architecture and mechanistic function of a group II intron
Anna Pyle (Columbia University, NY, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Structural dynamics of the spliceosome
Reinhard Lürhmann (Göttingen, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Rapid identification of functional genes in the post-genome era by novel hybrid ribozyme libraries
Kaz Taira (Tokyo, Japan)
11:00 - 11:35
Group I introns and RNA folding
Eric Westhof (Strasbourg, France)
11:35 - 12:10
RNase P RNA-mediated catalysis
Leif Kirsebom (Uppsala, Sweden)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Tuesday 27 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
Function/structure analysis of the group I intron by chemical interference
Scott Strobel (Yale, CT, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
The Proligo Lecture - Structure and function of the large ribosomal subunit
Peter Moore (Yale, CT, USA)
09:40 - 10:20 Coffee break

10:20 - 10:55
Molecular RNP machines: the ribosome at work
Andrea Barta (Vienna, Austria)
10:55 - 11:30
Antibiotics binding to the ribosome
Ada Yonath (Hamburg, Germany)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30
Depart

Evening

Friday 23 August 2002
16:00
Arrival and registration
18:00 - 20:00
Buffet dinner
19:30 - 22:00 Reception at Botanic Gardens

Ribozyme mechanisms

Friday 23 August 2002
16:00
Arrival and registration
18:00 - 20:00
Buffet dinner
19:30 - 22:00 Reception at Botanic Gardens

Sunday 25 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Glen Lecture - RNA-catalyzed RNA synthesis
David Bartel (Cambridge, MA, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Mechanistic studies on ribozyme-catalysed carbon-carbon bond formation
Andres Jäschke (Berlin, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Engineering allosteric ribozymes
Ron Breaker (Yale, CT, USA)
10:15 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
The Qiagen Lecture - Real-time detection of molecular interactions through protein-responsive ribozymes
Michael Famulok (Bonn, Germany)
11:35 - 12:10
Optimization of intracellular ribozyme function
Jon Rossi (Beckman Research Institute, CA, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Monday 26 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Dharmacon Lecture - Core architecture and mechanistic function of a group II intron
Anna Pyle (Columbia University, NY, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Structural dynamics of the spliceosome
Reinhard Lürhmann (Göttingen, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Rapid identification of functional genes in the post-genome era by novel hybrid ribozyme libraries
Kaz Taira (Tokyo, Japan)
11:00 - 11:35
Group I introns and RNA folding
Eric Westhof (Strasbourg, France)
11:35 - 12:10
RNase P RNA-mediated catalysis
Leif Kirsebom (Uppsala, Sweden)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Tuesday 27 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
Function/structure analysis of the group I intron by chemical interference
Scott Strobel (Yale, CT, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
The Proligo Lecture - Structure and function of the large ribosomal subunit
Peter Moore (Yale, CT, USA)
09:40 - 10:20 Coffee break

10:20 - 10:55
Molecular RNP machines: the ribosome at work
Andrea Barta (Vienna, Austria)
10:55 - 11:30
Antibiotics binding to the ribosome
Ada Yonath (Hamburg, Germany)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30
Depart

Morning

Chair:
David Lilley
Saturday 24 August 2002
09:10 - 09:45
The Transgenomic Lecture - Crystallographic snapshots of ribozyme catalysis
Bill Scott (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
09:45 - 10:20
The hairpin ribozyme: from crystal structure to function
Adrian Ferré d'Amaré (Seattle, WA, USA)
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
Insights into hairpin ribozyme catalysis from studies of abasic variants
Marty Fedor (Scripps, CA, USA)
11:35 - 12:10
Hairpin and hammerhead ribozymes: How different are they?
John Burke (Vermont, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Ribozyme mechanisms and folding

Friday 23 August 2002
16:00
Arrival and registration
18:00 - 20:00
Buffet dinner
19:30 - 22:00 Reception at Botanic Gardens

Saturday 24 August 2002
09:10 - 09:45
The Transgenomic Lecture - Crystallographic snapshots of ribozyme catalysis
Bill Scott (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
09:45 - 10:20
The hairpin ribozyme: from crystal structure to function
Adrian Ferré d'Amaré (Seattle, WA, USA)
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
Insights into hairpin ribozyme catalysis from studies of abasic variants
Marty Fedor (Scripps, CA, USA)
11:35 - 12:10
Hairpin and hammerhead ribozymes: How different are they?
John Burke (Vermont, USA)
Sunday 25 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Glen Lecture - RNA-catalyzed RNA synthesis
David Bartel (Cambridge, MA, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Mechanistic studies on ribozyme-catalysed carbon-carbon bond formation
Andres Jäschke (Berlin, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Engineering allosteric ribozymes
Ron Breaker (Yale, CT, USA)
10:15 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
The Qiagen Lecture - Real-time detection of molecular interactions through protein-responsive ribozymes
Michael Famulok (Bonn, Germany)
11:35 - 12:10
Optimization of intracellular ribozyme function
Jon Rossi (Beckman Research Institute, CA, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

19:30 - 20:30
The Nucleic Acids Award Lecture - The hammerhead ribozyme
Olke Uhlenbeck (Colorado, USA)
20:30 - 20:50
Break
20:50 - 21:25
Catalysis by the Tetrahymena ribzoyme: Lessons learned
Dan Herschlag (Stanford, CA, USA)
21:25 - 22:00
The chemical mechanism of group I intron catalysis
Joe Piccirilli (Chicago, IL, USA)
22:00 - 22:30
Sequence and structural features responsible for determining cleavage rate in the Neurospora VS ribozyme
Rick Collins (Toronto, Canada)
Monday 26 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Dharmacon Lecture - Core architecture and mechanistic function of a group II intron
Anna Pyle (Columbia University, NY, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Structural dynamics of the spliceosome
Reinhard Lürhmann (Göttingen, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Rapid identification of functional genes in the post-genome era by novel hybrid ribozyme libraries
Kaz Taira (Tokyo, Japan)
11:00 - 11:35
Group I introns and RNA folding
Eric Westhof (Strasbourg, France)
11:35 - 12:10
RNase P RNA-mediated catalysis
Leif Kirsebom (Uppsala, Sweden)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

16:00 - 17:30 Selection of short oral presentations

17:30 - 18:05
Ribosome structure and clues to the mechanism of translation
Harry Noller (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
Tuesday 27 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
Function/structure analysis of the group I intron by chemical interference
Scott Strobel (Yale, CT, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
The Proligo Lecture - Structure and function of the large ribosomal subunit
Peter Moore (Yale, CT, USA)
09:40 - 10:20 Coffee break

10:20 - 10:55
Molecular RNP machines: the ribosome at work
Andrea Barta (Vienna, Austria)
10:55 - 11:30
Antibiotics binding to the ribosome
Ada Yonath (Hamburg, Germany)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30
Depart

Afternoon


Evening

Chair:
Fritz Eckstein
Saturday 24 August 2002
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

16:00 - 17:30 Poster session 1

18:00 - 19:30 Dinner

19:30 - 20:30
Ribozymes; 20 years later
Tom Cech (Colorado, USA)
20:30 - 20:50
Break
20:50 - 21:25
Folding mechanisms of group I ribozymes
Sarah Woodson (Maryland, MD, USA)
21:25 - 22:00
The structure and active site of the VS ribozyme
David Lilley (Dundee, UK)
22:00 - 22:30
Folding of the td pre-RNA with the help of RNA chaperones
Renée Schroeder (Vienna, Austria)

Selection and novel RNA-catalysed activity

Friday 23 August 2002
16:00
Arrival and registration
18:00 - 20:00
Buffet dinner
19:30 - 22:00 Reception at Botanic Gardens

Saturday 24 August 2002
09:10 - 09:45
The Transgenomic Lecture - Crystallographic snapshots of ribozyme catalysis
Bill Scott (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
09:45 - 10:20
The hairpin ribozyme: from crystal structure to function
Adrian Ferré d'Amaré (Seattle, WA, USA)
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
Insights into hairpin ribozyme catalysis from studies of abasic variants
Marty Fedor (Scripps, CA, USA)
11:35 - 12:10
Hairpin and hammerhead ribozymes: How different are they?
John Burke (Vermont, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Monday 26 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Dharmacon Lecture - Core architecture and mechanistic function of a group II intron
Anna Pyle (Columbia University, NY, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Structural dynamics of the spliceosome
Reinhard Lürhmann (Göttingen, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Rapid identification of functional genes in the post-genome era by novel hybrid ribozyme libraries
Kaz Taira (Tokyo, Japan)
11:00 - 11:35
Group I introns and RNA folding
Eric Westhof (Strasbourg, France)
11:35 - 12:10
RNase P RNA-mediated catalysis
Leif Kirsebom (Uppsala, Sweden)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Tuesday 27 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
Function/structure analysis of the group I intron by chemical interference
Scott Strobel (Yale, CT, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
The Proligo Lecture - Structure and function of the large ribosomal subunit
Peter Moore (Yale, CT, USA)
09:40 - 10:20 Coffee break

10:20 - 10:55
Molecular RNP machines: the ribosome at work
Andrea Barta (Vienna, Austria)
10:55 - 11:30
Antibiotics binding to the ribosome
Ada Yonath (Hamburg, Germany)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30
Depart

Morning

Chair:
Jamie Williamson
Sunday 25 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Glen Lecture - RNA-catalyzed RNA synthesis
David Bartel (Cambridge, MA, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Mechanistic studies on ribozyme-catalysed carbon-carbon bond formation
Andres Jäschke (Berlin, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Engineering allosteric ribozymes
Ron Breaker (Yale, CT, USA)
10:15 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
The Qiagen Lecture - Real-time detection of molecular interactions through protein-responsive ribozymes
Michael Famulok (Bonn, Germany)
11:35 - 12:10
Optimization of intracellular ribozyme function
Jon Rossi (Beckman Research Institute, CA, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Ribozyme mechanisms

Friday 23 August 2002
16:00
Arrival and registration
18:00 - 20:00
Buffet dinner
19:30 - 22:00 Reception at Botanic Gardens

Saturday 24 August 2002
09:10 - 09:45
The Transgenomic Lecture - Crystallographic snapshots of ribozyme catalysis
Bill Scott (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
09:45 - 10:20
The hairpin ribozyme: from crystal structure to function
Adrian Ferré d'Amaré (Seattle, WA, USA)
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
Insights into hairpin ribozyme catalysis from studies of abasic variants
Marty Fedor (Scripps, CA, USA)
11:35 - 12:10
Hairpin and hammerhead ribozymes: How different are they?
John Burke (Vermont, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

19:30 - 20:30
Ribozymes; 20 years later
Tom Cech (Colorado, USA)
20:30 - 20:50
Break
20:50 - 21:25
Folding mechanisms of group I ribozymes
Sarah Woodson (Maryland, MD, USA)
21:25 - 22:00
The structure and active site of the VS ribozyme
David Lilley (Dundee, UK)
22:00 - 22:30
Folding of the td pre-RNA with the help of RNA chaperones
Renée Schroeder (Vienna, Austria)
Sunday 25 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Glen Lecture - RNA-catalyzed RNA synthesis
David Bartel (Cambridge, MA, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Mechanistic studies on ribozyme-catalysed carbon-carbon bond formation
Andres Jäschke (Berlin, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Engineering allosteric ribozymes
Ron Breaker (Yale, CT, USA)
10:15 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
The Qiagen Lecture - Real-time detection of molecular interactions through protein-responsive ribozymes
Michael Famulok (Bonn, Germany)
11:35 - 12:10
Optimization of intracellular ribozyme function
Jon Rossi (Beckman Research Institute, CA, USA)
Monday 26 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Dharmacon Lecture - Core architecture and mechanistic function of a group II intron
Anna Pyle (Columbia University, NY, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Structural dynamics of the spliceosome
Reinhard Lürhmann (Göttingen, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Rapid identification of functional genes in the post-genome era by novel hybrid ribozyme libraries
Kaz Taira (Tokyo, Japan)
11:00 - 11:35
Group I introns and RNA folding
Eric Westhof (Strasbourg, France)
11:35 - 12:10
RNase P RNA-mediated catalysis
Leif Kirsebom (Uppsala, Sweden)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

16:00 - 17:30 Selection of short oral presentations

17:30 - 18:05
Ribosome structure and clues to the mechanism of translation
Harry Noller (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
Tuesday 27 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
Function/structure analysis of the group I intron by chemical interference
Scott Strobel (Yale, CT, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
The Proligo Lecture - Structure and function of the large ribosomal subunit
Peter Moore (Yale, CT, USA)
09:40 - 10:20 Coffee break

10:20 - 10:55
Molecular RNP machines: the ribosome at work
Andrea Barta (Vienna, Austria)
10:55 - 11:30
Antibiotics binding to the ribosome
Ada Yonath (Hamburg, Germany)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30
Depart

Afternoon


Evening

Chair:
Mike Gait
Sunday 25 August 2002
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

16:00 - 17:30 Poster session 2

18:00 - 19:30 Dinner

19:30 - 20:30
The Nucleic Acids Award Lecture - The hammerhead ribozyme
Olke Uhlenbeck (Colorado, USA)
20:30 - 20:50
Break
20:50 - 21:25
Catalysis by the Tetrahymena ribzoyme: Lessons learned
Dan Herschlag (Stanford, CA, USA)
21:25 - 22:00
The chemical mechanism of group I intron catalysis
Joe Piccirilli (Chicago, IL, USA)
22:00 - 22:30
Sequence and structural features responsible for determining cleavage rate in the Neurospora VS ribozyme
Rick Collins (Toronto, Canada)

Group II introns and mRNA splicing; RNase P

Friday 23 August 2002
16:00
Arrival and registration
18:00 - 20:00
Buffet dinner
19:30 - 22:00 Reception at Botanic Gardens

Saturday 24 August 2002
09:10 - 09:45
The Transgenomic Lecture - Crystallographic snapshots of ribozyme catalysis
Bill Scott (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
09:45 - 10:20
The hairpin ribozyme: from crystal structure to function
Adrian Ferré d'Amaré (Seattle, WA, USA)
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
Insights into hairpin ribozyme catalysis from studies of abasic variants
Marty Fedor (Scripps, CA, USA)
11:35 - 12:10
Hairpin and hammerhead ribozymes: How different are they?
John Burke (Vermont, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

19:30 - 20:30
Ribozymes; 20 years later
Tom Cech (Colorado, USA)
20:30 - 20:50
Break
20:50 - 21:25
Folding mechanisms of group I ribozymes
Sarah Woodson (Maryland, MD, USA)
21:25 - 22:00
The structure and active site of the VS ribozyme
David Lilley (Dundee, UK)
22:00 - 22:30
Folding of the td pre-RNA with the help of RNA chaperones
Renée Schroeder (Vienna, Austria)
Sunday 25 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Glen Lecture - RNA-catalyzed RNA synthesis
David Bartel (Cambridge, MA, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Mechanistic studies on ribozyme-catalysed carbon-carbon bond formation
Andres Jäschke (Berlin, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Engineering allosteric ribozymes
Ron Breaker (Yale, CT, USA)
10:15 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
The Qiagen Lecture - Real-time detection of molecular interactions through protein-responsive ribozymes
Michael Famulok (Bonn, Germany)
11:35 - 12:10
Optimization of intracellular ribozyme function
Jon Rossi (Beckman Research Institute, CA, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

19:30 - 20:30
The Nucleic Acids Award Lecture - The hammerhead ribozyme
Olke Uhlenbeck (Colorado, USA)
20:30 - 20:50
Break
20:50 - 21:25
Catalysis by the Tetrahymena ribzoyme: Lessons learned
Dan Herschlag (Stanford, CA, USA)
21:25 - 22:00
The chemical mechanism of group I intron catalysis
Joe Piccirilli (Chicago, IL, USA)
22:00 - 22:30
Sequence and structural features responsible for determining cleavage rate in the Neurospora VS ribozyme
Rick Collins (Toronto, Canada)
Tuesday 27 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
Function/structure analysis of the group I intron by chemical interference
Scott Strobel (Yale, CT, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
The Proligo Lecture - Structure and function of the large ribosomal subunit
Peter Moore (Yale, CT, USA)
09:40 - 10:20 Coffee break

10:20 - 10:55
Molecular RNP machines: the ribosome at work
Andrea Barta (Vienna, Austria)
10:55 - 11:30
Antibiotics binding to the ribosome
Ada Yonath (Hamburg, Germany)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30
Depart

Morning

Monday 26 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Dharmacon Lecture - Core architecture and mechanistic function of a group II intron
Anna Pyle (Columbia University, NY, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Structural dynamics of the spliceosome
Reinhard Lürhmann (Göttingen, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Rapid identification of functional genes in the post-genome era by novel hybrid ribozyme libraries
Kaz Taira (Tokyo, Japan)
11:00 - 11:35
Group I introns and RNA folding
Eric Westhof (Strasbourg, France)
11:35 - 12:10
RNase P RNA-mediated catalysis
Leif Kirsebom (Uppsala, Sweden)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Afternoon

Monday 26 August 2002
16:00 - 17:30 Selection of short oral presentations

17:30 - 18:05
Ribosome structure and clues to the mechanism of translation
Harry Noller (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)

Evening

Monday 26 August 2002
19:30 Conference dinner

The ribosome

Friday 23 August 2002
16:00
Arrival and registration
18:00 - 20:00
Buffet dinner
19:30 - 22:00 Reception at Botanic Gardens

Saturday 24 August 2002
09:10 - 09:45
The Transgenomic Lecture - Crystallographic snapshots of ribozyme catalysis
Bill Scott (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
09:45 - 10:20
The hairpin ribozyme: from crystal structure to function
Adrian Ferré d'Amaré (Seattle, WA, USA)
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
Insights into hairpin ribozyme catalysis from studies of abasic variants
Marty Fedor (Scripps, CA, USA)
11:35 - 12:10
Hairpin and hammerhead ribozymes: How different are they?
John Burke (Vermont, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Sunday 25 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Glen Lecture - RNA-catalyzed RNA synthesis
David Bartel (Cambridge, MA, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Mechanistic studies on ribozyme-catalysed carbon-carbon bond formation
Andres Jäschke (Berlin, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Engineering allosteric ribozymes
Ron Breaker (Yale, CT, USA)
10:15 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:35
The Qiagen Lecture - Real-time detection of molecular interactions through protein-responsive ribozymes
Michael Famulok (Bonn, Germany)
11:35 - 12:10
Optimization of intracellular ribozyme function
Jon Rossi (Beckman Research Institute, CA, USA)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Monday 26 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
The Dharmacon Lecture - Core architecture and mechanistic function of a group II intron
Anna Pyle (Columbia University, NY, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
Structural dynamics of the spliceosome
Reinhard Lürhmann (Göttingen, Germany)
09:40 - 10:15
Rapid identification of functional genes in the post-genome era by novel hybrid ribozyme libraries
Kaz Taira (Tokyo, Japan)
11:00 - 11:35
Group I introns and RNA folding
Eric Westhof (Strasbourg, France)
11:35 - 12:10
RNase P RNA-mediated catalysis
Leif Kirsebom (Uppsala, Sweden)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Morning

Tuesday 27 August 2002
08:30 - 09:05
Function/structure analysis of the group I intron by chemical interference
Scott Strobel (Yale, CT, USA)
09:05 - 09:40
The Proligo Lecture - Structure and function of the large ribosomal subunit
Peter Moore (Yale, CT, USA)
09:40 - 10:20 Coffee break

10:20 - 10:55
Molecular RNP machines: the ribosome at work
Andrea Barta (Vienna, Austria)
10:55 - 11:30
Antibiotics binding to the ribosome
Ada Yonath (Hamburg, Germany)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30
Depart