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Post transcriptional control: mRNA translation, localization and turnover

8—10 June 2010

University of Edinburgh, UK



Organizers:
Matthew Brook (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Mark Coldwell (University of Southampton, UK)
Simon Morley (University of Sussex, UK)
Nicola Gray (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Tuesday 8 June 2010
12:00 - 13:30 Registration and lunch

13:30 - 13:45 Organizers' opening address

Subcellular mRNP localisation

 

Chair:
Mark Willett
Tuesday 8 June 2010
13:45 - 14:15
Function and mechanism of RNA localisation and nonsense-mediated RNA decay in development
Isabel Palacios (University of Cambridge, UK)
14:15 - 14:35
Localization of mRNA to the endoplasmic reticulum overcomes sequestration into stress granules
Selected oral communication - Ernesto Yague (Imperial College London, UK)
14:35 - 14:55
Mitochondria associate with P-bodies and modulate RNA interference
Selected oral communication - Dominique Weil (André Lwoff Institute, France)
14:55 - 15:15
Localised synthesis of a plant viral RNA facilitates its intercellular transport
Selected oral communication - Jens Tilsner (University of Edinburgh, UK)
15:15 - 15:35
Visualization of ribosomal subunits interaction
Selected oral communication - Saverio Brogna (University of Birmingham, UK)
15:35 - 17:15 Poster Session 1

17:15 - 19:00 Dinner

19:00 - 20:00
The regulation of mRNA turnover in human cells
Plenary speaker - Jens Lykke-Andersen (University of California San Diego, USA)
20:00 - 21:30 Poster Session 2

Translation 1

 

Chair:
Richard Smith
Wednesday 9 June 2010
09:00 - 09:30
Manipulation of the host translation initiation complex eIF4F by DNA Viruses
Derek Walsh (Dublin City University, Ireland)
09:30 - 09:50
Dissecting the initiation factor requirements for translation initiation on calicivirus mRNA
Selected oral communication - Azimah Abdul Wahab (University of Surrey, UK)
09:50 - 10:10
A new type of IRES in HIV
Selected oral communication - Nathalie Chamond (University Paris Descartes, France)
10:10 - 10:30
Specific requirements for miR-122 regulation of hepatitis C virus
Selected oral communication - Catherine Jopling (University of Nottingham, UK)
10:30 - 10:50
Termination-Reinitiation in the sythesis of influenza BM2
Selected oral communication - Michael Powell (University of Cambridge, UK)
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee/tea break

Translation 2

 

Chair:
Rachel Simmonds
Wednesday 9 June 2010
11:20 - 11:35
3’ UTR-mediated mRNA-specific translational activation in germ cells
Nicola Gray (University of Edinburgh, UK)
11:35 - 11:50
ePABP phosphorylation is required for X. Laevis oocyte maturation
Matt Brook (University of Edinburgh, UK)
11:50 - 12:10
Cytoplasmic polyadenylation complexes in the C. elegans germ line
Selected oral communication - Christian Eckmann (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
12:10 - 12:30
miR483: A microRNA involved in nutritional foetal reprogramming, adipocyte differentiation and the metabolic syndrome
Selected oral communication - David Ferland McCollough (University of Nottingham, UK)
12:30 - 12:50
A role for eEF1A2 in motor neuron degeneration
Selected oral communication - Lowri Griffiths (University of Edinburgh, UK)
12:50 - 13:10
CD40 signalling inhibits translation of Bcl2 mRNA in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) cells at the post-initiation stage
Selected oral communication - Shaun Willimott (University of Leicester, UK)
13:10 - 14:30 Lunch

Translation 3

 

Chair:
Sarah Mohammed-Qureshi
Wednesday 9 June 2010
14:30 - 15:00
Programmed frameshifting is a consequence of non-cognate stop codons in human mitochondrial ribosomes
Zofia Chrzanowska-Lightowlers (Newcastle University, UK)
15:00 - 15:20
Recoding by 2A peptides can be driven by many different interactions with the ribosomal tunnel
Selected oral communication - Fu Yan (Newcastle University, UK)
15:20 - 15:40
Remodelling of PTB-containing complexes is required for IRES-mediated translation during apoptosis
Selected oral communication - Helen King (University of Nottingham, UK)
15:40 - 16:00
FRET studies reveal conformational changes in the yeast 43S and the kinetics of the binding of eIF3
Selected oral communication - Pedro Juanes (University of Manchester, UK)
16:00 - 16:20
Translational de-regulation in Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
Selected oral communication - Emilie Horvilleur (University of Nottingham, UK)
16:20 - 17:00 Coffee/tea break

17:00 - 18:00
Translational control of synaptic plasticity
Keynote Speaker - Joel Richter (University of Massachusetts, USA)
18:00 - 19:00 "Funding your research independence" workshop

19:00 - 20:30 Poster session 3 with drinks reception (19:45)

20:30 - 23:00 Conference dinner

Translation and mRNA turnover

 

Chair:
Ania Wilczynska
Thursday 10 June 2010
09:00 - 09:30
Large complexes involved in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression
Lori Passmore (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge, UK)
09:30 - 09:50
Myc oncogene-induced cell proliferation requires upregulation of mRNA cap methylation
Selected oral communication - Victoria Cowling (University of Dundee, UK)
09:50 - 10:10
Pat proteins involvement in maternal CPEB RNP and P-bodies
Selected oral communication - Aline Marnef (University of Cambridge, UK)
10:10 - 10:30
Genome-wide analysis of mRNA decay patterns during early Drosophila development
Selected oral communication - Stefan Thomsen (University of Sussex, UK)
10:30 - 10:50
Analysis of microRNA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation with the FunREG method
Selected oral communication - Christophe Grosset (University Bordeaux 2, France)
10:50 - 11:30 Coffee/tea break

mRNA turnover

 

Chair:
Iva Klevernic
Thursday 10 June 2010
11:30 - 11:50
Understanding the mechanism of mRNA degradation in the nonsense-mediated decay pathway
Selected oral communication - Pamela Nicholson (University of Berne, Switzerland)
11:50 - 12:10
Uncovering post-transcriptional regulation of MHC class I by a novel RNA-binding E3 ligase
Selected oral communication - Florencia Cano (University of Cambridge, UK)
12:10 - 12:30
Post-transcriptional gene control in human articular chondrocytes exposed to hyperosmolarity exposed to hyperosmolarity
Selected oral communication - Simon Tew (University of Liverpool, UK)
12:30 - 12:50
Translational control of TNFα cytokine mRNA mediated by MK2
Selected oral communication - Christopher Tiedje (Hannover Medical School, Germany)
12:50 - 13:10
Constitutive phosphorylation of the ELAV-protein HuR by PKCd propagates tumor relevant functions in colon carcinoma cells
Selected oral communication - Wolfgang Eberhardt (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
13:10 - 13:30 Closing remarks

13:30 Meeting close