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EMBO Conference Series

Protein Synthesis and Translational Control

EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Sunday 8 September - Thursday 12 September 2013 Registration deadline: Sunday 26 May 2013
Abstract deadline: Sunday 26 May 2013
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(Preliminary) Programme

The 2013 preliminary programme (subject to changes)
 
Day 1 - Sunday 8 September
Time Speaker Title
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
 
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
 
Day 2 - Monday 9 September
Time Speaker Title
09:00-12:30 Session 1: Translation Initiation
Chair:
 
09:00 - 09:30 Invited talk:
Nicola Gray,
University of Edinburgh
 
09:30 - 10:30 Selected talks  
10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 Selected talks  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:30 Session 2: Non-coding RNA
Chair:
 
14:00 - 14:30 Invited talk:
Martin Bushell,
MRC Toxicology Unit
 
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
 
Day 3 - Tuesday 10 September
Time Speaker Title
09:00-11:30 Session 3: Development
Chair:
 
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:
 
16:30 - 17:00 Invited talk:
Tatyana Pestova,
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
 
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
 
Day 4 - Wednesday 11 September
Time Speaker Title
9:00 - 12:30 Session 5: Ribonucleoprotein Complexes
Chair:
 
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:
 
16:00 - 16:30 Invited talk:
Roland Beckmann,
Gene Center Munich
 
16:30 - 18:30 Selected talks  
18:30 - 19:30 Pre-Dinner Drinks
19:30 - 01:00 Conference Dinner & Party
 
Day 5 - Thursday 12 September
Time Speaker Title
9:15 - 12:00 Session 7: RNA Stability
Chair:
 
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