EMBO Conference Series
Protein Synthesis and Translational Control
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Sunday 8 September - Thursday 12 September 2013 Registration deadline: Sunday 26 May 2013Abstract deadline: Sunday 26 May 2013

(Preliminary) Programme
The 2013 preliminary programme (subject to changes)
| Time | Speaker | Title |
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| 16:00 - 18:00 | Registration | |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Dinner | |
| 19:00 - 19:15 | Welcome | |
| 19:15 - 20:15 | Keynote History Lecture: Nahum Sonenberg, McGill University |
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| 20:15 - 20:45 | Coffee break | |
| 20:45 - 21:30 | Keynote Lecture: Rob Singer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
Monitoring Translation of Single mRNAs in Living Cells |
| 21:30 - 22:15 | Keynote Lecture: Jennifer Doudna, University of California Berkeley |
Exploring Connections between Viral and Cellular Translational Control |
| 22:15 - 23:59 | Welcome reception | |
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-12:30 | Session 1: Translation Initiation Chair: |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 | Invited talk: Nicola Gray, University of Edinburgh |
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| 09:30 - 10:30 | Selected talks | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | Selected talks | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 17:30 | Session 2: Non-coding RNA Chair: |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 | Invited talk: Martin Bushell, MRC Toxicology Unit |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Selected talks | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Selected talks | |
| 17:30 - 19:30 | Poster Session I | |
| 19:30 - 21:30 | Dinner | |
| 21:30 - 23:00 | Wine & Cheese | |
| Time | Speaker | Title |
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| 09:00-11:30 | Session 3: Development Chair: |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Invited talk: Antonio Giraldez, Yale University |
Using Ribosome footprinting to understand translational regulation during vertebrate development |
| 09:30-10:00 | Selected talks | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Selected talks | |
| 11:30 - 16:30 | Free time / Sightseeing downtown | |
| 16:30 - 19:00 | Session 4: Elongation, Termination and Recycling Chair: |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 | Invited talk: Tatyana Pestova, SUNY Downstate Medical Center |
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| 17:00 - 18:00 | Selected talks | |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Coffee break | |
| 18:30 - 19:15 | Selected talks | |
| 19:15 - 20:45 | Dinner | |
| 20:45 - 22:45 | Poster Session II | |
| 22:45 - 24:00 | Wine & Cheese | |
| Time | Speaker | Title |
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| 9:00 - 12:30 | Session 5: Ribonucleoprotein Complexes Chair: |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 | Invited talk: Jernej Ule, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology |
Translational control by Staufen 1 bound to double-stranded regions in mRNAs |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Selected talks | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Selected talks | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Poster Session III | |
| 16:00 18:30 | Session 6: The Ribosome Chair: |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Invited talk: Roland Beckmann, Gene Center Munich |
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| 16:30 - 18:30 | Selected talks | |
| 18:30 - 19:30 | Pre-Dinner Drinks | |
| 19:30 - 01:00 | Conference Dinner & Party | |
| Time | Speaker | Title |
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| 9:15 - 12:00 | Session 7: RNA Stability Chair: |
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| 9:15 - 9:45 | Invited talk: Oliver Mühlemann, University of Bern |
Mechanistic aspects of NMD in human cells |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | Selected talks | |
| 10:30 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Selected talks | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Closing Words | |
| 12:15 | Lunch & Departure | |
