4th International Conference on the Long and the Short of Non-Coding RNAs

Program - Tuesday, June 14

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    Accommodations

    Accommodations for the conference are at the Sheraton Hotel. The Hotel is located in Ixia, Rhodes, 14.5 km from the airport.

    Arrival and Check-in 

    Attendees are expected to arrive/check-in after 3:00 PM local time. Registered participants arriving after 10:00 PM should make alternative dinner arrangements.  

    Conference Venue

    The Sheraton Conference Center is located at the hotel.  

    Handicapped Accessibility 

    The site is fully handicapped accessible. 

    Oral Presentations

    Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive to the reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session. The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A. 

    City Tour

    Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby 3:30 PM. Badges are required for participation. 

    Breakfast

    Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Sheraton Hotel main restaurant during the hours scheduled in this program.

    Lunches/Informal Discussions

    Lunches for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served during the times indicated in this program at the main restaurant. Badges are required for admission.

    Dinners/Informal Discussions

    Three of the dinners/informal discussions will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting. 

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    Certificate of Participation

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    Meeting Room Policy

    Mask Recommendation

    Face masks are recommended indoors.

    No Photographs and Recording Devices 

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    Other Information

    Animals are not permitted on site. 

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Tuesday, June 14

07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
short RNAs in development & disease
Chair: Myriam Gorospe
08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
OIP5-AS1-driven TDMD in human myogenesis
Myriam Gorospe
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
circRNA functions in neuronal and muscular diseases
Irene Bozzoni
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
microManaging cell differentiation
Dmitry Kretov1, Isha Walawalkar1, Simon Moxon2, and Daniel Cifuentes1
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Defining coding and non-coding RNA targetomes
Artemis Hatzigeorgiou
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
mRNA metabolism 1
Chair: Joshua Mendell
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Regulation and function of noncoding RNAs: lessons from NORAD
Joshua Mendell
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Alternative splicing in pediatric leukemia: implications for therapy
Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko
12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
A new role of m6A RNA modification in gene regulation
Julian König
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Ribosome collisions function as a trigger for cell fate decisions
Rachel Green
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions