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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)

Translation 1

 

Tuesday 8 June 2010
12:00 - 13:30 Registration and lunch

13:30 - 13:45 Organizers' opening address

13:45 - 14:15
Manipulation of the host translation initiation complex eIF4F by DNA Viruses
Derek Walsh (Dublin City University, Ireland)
14:15 - 14:35
Selected oral communication 1
14:35 - 14:55
Selected oral communication 2
14:55 - 15:15
Selected oral communication 3
15:15 - 15:35
Selected oral communication 4
15:35 - 17:15 Poster Session 1

17:15 - 18:45 Dinner

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

mRNA localisation

 

Wednesday 9 June 2010
09:00 - 09:30
Function and mechanism of RNA localisation and nonsense-mediated RNA decay in development
Isabel Palacios (University of Cambridge, UK)
09:30 - 09:50
Selected oral communication 5
09:50 - 10:10
Selected oral communication 6
10:10 - 10:30
Selected oral communication 7
10:30 - 10:50
Selected oral communication 8
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee/tea break

Translation 2

 

Wednesday 9 June 2010
11:20 - 11:50
Translational control of specific mRNAs in the germline
Nicola Gray (University of Edinburgh, UK)
11:50 - 12:10
Selected oral communication 9
12:10 - 12:30
Selected oral communication 10
12:30 - 12:50
Selected oral communication 11
12:50 - 13:10
Selected oral communication 12
13:10 - 14:30 Lunch

Translation 3

 

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
Selected oral communication 13
15:20 - 15:40
Selected oral communication 14
15:40 - 16:00
Selected oral communication 15
16:00 - 16:20
Selected oral communication 16
16:20 - 17:00 Coffee/tea break

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

19:00 - 20:30 Poster session 2 with drinks reception (19:45)

20:30 - 23:00 Conference dinner

Translation and mRNA turnover

 

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
Selected oral communication 17
09:50 - 10:10
Selected oral communication 18
10:10 - 10:30
Selected oral communication 19
10:30 - 10:50
Selected oral communication 20
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee/tea break

mRNA turnover

 

Thursday 10 June 2010
11:20 - 11:50
Selected oral communication 21
11:50 - 12:10
Selected oral communication 22
12:10 - 12:30
Selected oral communication 23
12:30 - 12:50
Selected oral communication 24
12:50 - 13:10
Selected oral communication 25
13:10 - 13:30 Closing remarks

13:30 Meeting close