Microsymposium, 06. - 08. May 2020
The „Microsymposium on Small RNA Biology“ is a three day international conference that brings together young scientists, junior and senior group leaders, and company representatives from all over the world to present and discuss their latest findings in the exciting field of small RNAs. The Microsymposium was founded in 2005 and has established itself as the major small RNA meeting in Europe. It is organized by the four research institutions IMBA, IMP, GMI and the Max Perutz Labs as well as by the RNA community of the Vienna BioCenter.
In all three eukaryotic kingdoms, small regulatory RNAs play a key role in the silencing of gene expression at the post-transcriptional and the transcriptional level. They have central functions in the repression of viruses and transposons and they play essential roles in coordinating organismal development, physiological processes and human diseases, such as cancer.
To strengthen the focus on the new generation of scientists, the Microsymposium invites—besides established leaders in the field—selected postdoctoral researchers as well as ten PhD students (selected from submitted poster abstracts) as speakers. This allows the up-and-coming scientists to present their projects and results to a highly qualified, engaged and dynamic audience and is a major distinguishing factor from other conferences.
Confirmed Speakers
Victor Ambros, UMass Worcester
Julie Aspden, University of Leeds
Michael Axtell, Penn State University
Simon Bullock, LMB Cambridge
Xuemei Chen, UC Riverside
Johann Danzl, Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Thomas Duchaine, University of Montreal
Matthias Hentze, EMBL Heidelberg
Narry Kim, Seoul National University
Gunter Meister, University of Regensburg
Michal Rabani, Hebrew University Jerusalem
Olivia Rissland, University of Colorado Denver
Noam Stern-Ginossar, Weizmann Institute
Marvin Tanenbaum, Hubrecht Institute
Jernej Ule, Francis Crick Institute
Phillip Zamore, UMass Worcester
Draft program
Wednesday 06.05.2020 | Thursday 07.05.2020 | Friday 08.06.2020 |
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09:00 registration 11:00 opening 11:15 session talks | 09:00 session talks 10:30 break 11:00 session talks | 09:00 session talks 10:30 break 11:00 session talks |
12:30 lunch & poster set up | 12:00 PhD Workshop pt.2 13:00 lunch & poster session | 12:30 lunch & poster session |
| 14:00 session talks 15.30 break 16:00 PhD Workshop pt1 17:00 break | 14:30 session talks 15:30 break 16:00 PhD Workshop pt.3 | 15:00 session talks 16:30 awards & closing remarks |
17:30 session talks 18:30 symposium dinner 19.30 informal poster session | 17:00 end of talks | 17:00 light bites & socializing |
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Stefan Ameres (IMBA)
Julius Brennecke (IMBA)
Luisa Cochella (IMP)
Sebastian Falk (Max Perutz Labs)
Michael Nodine (GMI)
Andrea Pauli (IMP)
Clemens Plaschka (IMP)
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If you have any questions please contact the event coordinator: lea.klement(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at
SPONSORS
We would like to thank the following companies that have kindly sponsored this symposium.
