June 12

Conference Registration

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Welcome Dinner

8:00 - 10:30 PM

June 13

Breakfast

7:30 AM

Session I

ncRNAs throughout evolution. Chair: Cecilia Arraiano

8:30 AM

THE ORGANIZERS

WELCOMING REMARKS

Cecilia Arraiano

Ribonucleases and control of non-coding RNAs

Martine Simonelig

Role of piRNAs in stem cell metabolic reprogramming

Donal O'Carroll

Mechanistic insights into piRNA-directed DNA methylation

Lin He

Efficient generation of knock-in mice by CRISPR RNP electroporation and AAV donor infection

Coffee Break / Poster Viewing

11:00 AM

Session II

short RNA biogenesis and regulation. Chair: David Bartel

12:00 PM

David Bartel

Target-directed microRNA degradation (TDMD)

Francesco Nicassio

Killing miR-softly: new clues to TDMD

Amy Pasquinelli

Less stress with microRNAs

Andrea Ventura

Regulation of miRNA function in mice

Lunch and Networking

2:00 PM

Dinner and Informal Discussions

7:30 PM

June 14

Breakfast

7:30 AM

Session III

short RNAs in development & disease. Chair: Myriam Gorospe

8:30 AM

Myriam Gorospe

OIP5-AS1-driven TDMD in human myogenesis

Irene Bozzoni

circRNA functions in neuronal and muscular diseases

Daniel Cifuentes

microManaging cell differentiation

Artemis Hatzigeorgiou

Defining coding and non-coding RNA targetomes

Coffee Break / Poster Viewing

11:00 AM

Session IV

mRNA metabolism 1. Chair: Joshua Mendell

12:00 PM

Joshua Mendell

Regulation and function of noncoding RNAs: lessons from NORAD

Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Alternative splicing in pediatric leukemia: implications for therapy

Julian König

A new role of m6A RNA modification in gene regulation

Rachel Green

Ribosome collisions function as a trigger for cell fate decisions

Lunch and Networking

2:00 PM

Dinner and Informal Discussions

7:30 PM

June 15

Breakfast

7:30 AM

Session V

mRNA metabolism 2. Chair: Lynne Maquat

8:30 AM

Lynne Maquat

AKT Constitutes a Signal-Promoted Alternative Exon-Junction Complex that Regulates Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay

Javier Caceres

RNA quality control at the Endoplasmic Reticulum

Alena Shkumatava

In-cell identification and measurement of RNA-protein interactions

Stefan Ameres

Time-resolved transcriptomics unveils gene expression dynamics in zebrafish

Coffee Break / Poster Viewing

11:00 AM

Session VI

Meet-the-Editors and Presentations by FEBS Youth Travel Fund (YTF) awardees. Chairs: Stefanie Böhm & Eleni Skourti

11:30 AM

Stefanie Böhm (EMBO J) & Eleni Skourti (FEBS J)

Publishing and Open Science (30 min Q&A session) +

Presentation of the FEBS J Poster Prize

Mutay Aslan (FEBS ACC)

FEBS activities and programmes (10 min)

 Presentations by FEBS YTF awardees (12 min each)

Krystal Johnson

Investigating nuclear AGO2 functions in colon cancer model systems (supported by Transcontinental YTF and IUBMB)

Sandra Rogala

The lncRNA Sweetheart regulates compensatory cardiac hypertrophy after myocardial injury

Gabrielius Jakutis

The manipulation of NMD-prone transgenes and RfxCas13d- mediated gene knockdown to study transcriptional adaptation 

Julien Ouvrard

Very long intergenic ncRNAs as potential architectural players of chromatin 3D reorganization during oncogene-induced senescence

Xing Zhao

Functional characterization of linear and circular PVT1 in B-lymphoma

Marta Kasprzyk

Functional dissection of IgH enhancers and enhancer RNAs in B-cell lymphomas

Theresa Jakobsen

Investigating the prognostic value of circRNAs in multiple myeloma

Célia Brochen

Identification of chemosensitizing miRNAs by a functional screening for ovarian cancers

Cecilia Bica

Emerging roles of mRNA/miRNA/lncRNA networks in non-small cell lung cancer

Lunch and Networking

2:00 PM

City Tour

3:00 PM

Dinner and Informal Discussions

7:30 PM

June 16

Breakfast

7:30 AM

Session VII

ncRNAs in development and cancer. Chair: Richard Gregory

8:30 AM

Richard Gregory

RNA regulation in stem cells and cancer

Zissimos Mourelatos

piRNP function in flies and mammals

Nadya Dimitrova

Metastatic reprogramming of lung adenocarcinoma microenvironment by Malat1 overexpression

Ioannis Aifantis

Alternative polyadenylation and cancer immunotherapy

Coffee Break / Poster Viewing

11:00 AM

Session VIII

RNA therapeutics. Chair: Judy Lieberman

12:00 PM

Judy Lieberman

Tumor-targeted gene knockdown for cancer immunotherapy

Frank Slack

Toward personalized microRNA therapeutics in cancer

Andrea Kasinski

Reduction of microRNAs in cancer cells and a holistic approach to restoring their expression

Adrian Krainer

mRNA metabolism and antisense therapeutics

Lunch and Networking

2:00 PM

Farewell Dinner

7:30 PM

June 17

Breakfast

7:30 AM

Departure

12:00 PM