Program Overview
Abridged Program
Monday, 7 October 2024
8:00 – 18:15 CET (Check-In: 8:00 CET)
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
9:00 – 18:00 CET (Conference Dinner: 19:00 CET)
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
9:00 – 13:00 CET
Detailed Program
Day 1 — Monday, 7 October 2024
08:00–09:00 |
Check-In |
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09:00–09:15 |
Opening Ceremony |
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| 09:15–10:00 | Mauro Giacca Keynote Speaker |
RNA Therapies for Cardiac Regeneration and Precise Gene Editing |
S2. ncRNAs and Disease (Part 1) |
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| 10:00–10:15 | Nehad Alajez | Exploiting the Dark Side of the Genome for Breast Cancer Stratification and Therapy |
| 10:15–10:30 | Jochen Imig | LncRNA GRASLND Affects Melanoma Cell Growth, Phenotypic Switching, and Immunogenicity by Modulating dsRNA Innate Immunity Sensor PKR |
10:30–11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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S2. ncRNAs and Disease (Part 2) |
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| 11:00–11:30 | Cynthia Sharma Invited Speaker |
RNA-Based Regulation in Stress Response and Virulence Control of Pathogenic Epsilonproteobacteria |
| 11:30–11:45 | Prabha Sampath | Beyond the Silence: Decoding MicroRNA-198 Dynamics in Wound Healing |
| 11:45–12:00 | Sara Napoli | AC011294.3 Is a New Enhancer-Associated lncRNA Decreasing the Sensitivity of Marginal Zone Lymphoma Cells to Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition by Modulating RNA Editing Enzymes |
| 12:00–12:15 | Roberta Esposito | Deciphering Cell-Specific lncRNA Targets in Colorectal Cancer: Integrated Single-Cell Transcriptomics and CRISPR-Cas9 Screens |
12:30–14:30 |
Lunch Break & Poster Session A |
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S3. ncRNA Technologies |
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| 14:30–15:00 | Marc Friedländer Invited Speaker |
RNA Insights from Extinct Animals and Single Cells |
| 15:00–15:15 | Sarang Bhutada | Investigating the Sequence–Function Relationship in Long Noncoding RNAs |
| 15:15–15:30 | Fabiola Valdivia-Francia | Unraveling the Role of Cancer-Associated Small Open Reading Frames Using an in Vivo Single-Cell CRISPR Screen |
| 15:30–15:45 | Sílvia Carbonell-Sala | Expanding the lncRNA GENCODE Universe: Unlocking the Non-coding Genome Vault and Unraveling Genome Complexity |
| 15:45–16:00 | Li Niu | Developing RNA Ligands for Glutamate Ion Channels and Testing Them in ALS Animal Models |
16:00–16:45 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session A |
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S4. ncRNA Informatics |
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| 16:45–17:15 | Danny Incarnato Invited Speaker |
Transcriptome-Scale Mapping of RNA Secondary Structure Ensembles in Living Cells |
| 17:15–17:30 | Alessio Colantoni | Prediction of Protein–RNA Interactions From Single-Cell Transcriptomic Data |
| 17:30–17:45 | Laura Carpen | Unraveling the Regulatory Landscape of RNA–Chromatin Interactions During Human Monocyte to Macrophage Differentiation |
| 17:45–18:00 | Uciel Chorostecki | Exploring Structural Conservation in lncRNAs Beyond Sequence Alignment |
| 18:00–18:15 | Artem Baranovskii | Pipeline for lncRNA-Targeted Antisense Oligonucleotides Design—From Sequence to Therapy |
18:30–18:45 |
Joint walk to Guided Tour Start Location |
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19:00–20:30 |
Guided Tour of Spalenberg District |
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Day 2 — Tuesday, 8 October 2024
S2. ncRNAs and Disease (Part 3) |
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| 09:00–09:30 | Ainara Castellanos Invited Speaker |
The Paradox of Inflammation-Related lncRNA LOC339803: Harming the Gut, Protecting the Brain |
| 09:30–09:45 | Cecilia Pandini | Deciphering the Connection Between Neurodegeneration and Cancer via lncRNAs: A Role for MINCR |
| 09:45–10:00 | Marta Sztachera | Insight Into Mbnl1-Dependent Splicing Perturbation and Circular RNA Dysregulation in the Dysmyelinated Mouse Brain Afforded by a RNA–Protein Interactome Study |
| 10:00–10:15 | Ramiro Martinez | Identifying Gene Modulators and Novel Compounds of T-cell–Tumor Cell Interactions to Enhance Immune-Checkpoint Inhibition Therapies |
10:15–11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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S2. ncRNAs and Disease (Part 4) |
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| 11:00–11:30 | Sébastien Pfeffer Invited Speaker |
Modulation of Antiviral Innate Immunity by the Human Dicer Protein |
| 11:30–11:45 | Alessia Grandioso | Targeting the MYC-Dependent Long Non-coding RNA MB3 Regulates the TGF-β and OTX2 Pathways in Group 3 Medulloblastoma |
| 11:45–12:00 | Erica Floris | The Role of the Long Non-coding RNA Charme in the Phenotype and Function of Resident Cardiac Mesenchymal Stromal Cells |
| 12:00–12:15 | Susana Costa | Identification of Host microRNAs Regulating the Infection of Macrophages by Invasive and Non-invasive Salmonella Strains |
| 12:15–12:30 | Flavia Rodrigues | MicroRNA-Mediated Control of Cardiac Fibrosis: Unraveling Key Players and Mechanisms Through Functional Genomics Screenings |
12:30–14:30 |
Lunch Break & Group Photo & Poster Session B |
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S5. Emerging Topics in ncRNA |
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| 14:30–15:00 | Roland Rad Invited Speaker |
TBA |
| 15:00–15:15 | Priyanka Roy | A Missing Piece of the Regulatory Puzzle: Epitranscriptomic Profiling of Sense and Natural Antisense Transcripts of a Clinical Plasmodium Vivax Isolate With Severe Malaria |
| 15:15–15:30 | Roofiya Koya | Mechanistic Insights Into Long Non-coding RNAs Through High-Resolution Analysis of Tumour Mutations |
| 15:30–15:45 | Andreina Tirabassi | AI-Based Functional Classification of lncRNAs |
| 15:45–16:00 | Jeyashri Rengaraju | Elucidating the Role of RNase κ in Regulating the Generation of a Hidden Layer of the Transcriptome |
16:00–16:45 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session B |
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S1. ncRNA Mechanisms (Part 1) |
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| 16:45–17:15 | Joanna Jachowicz Invited Speaker |
Non-coding RNAs and Their Regulatory Functions During Early Mammalian Development |
| 17:15–17:30 | Rosemary Kiernan | PAPγ Associates With the PAXT Nuclear Exosome to Control the Abundance of PROMPT ncRNAs |
| 17:30–17:45 | Assaf C Bester | Identification of Functional Sequence Motifs by Intra-Transcript Enrichment |
| 17:45–18:00 | Daniel Gussakovsky | Biophysical Analysis of a Structurally Unique Human Alu RNA |
18:30–18:45 |
Joint Walk to Dinner Restaurant |
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19:00– |
Conference Dinner |
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Day 3 — Wednesday, 9 October 2024
S1. ncRNA Mechanisms (Part 2) |
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| 09:00–09:30 | Alisha Jones Invited Speaker |
Investigation of lncRNA Multifunctionality Through Splicing and Structural Dynamics |
| 09:30–10:00 | Yuanchao Xue Invited Speaker |
Enhancer-Promoter RNA Maps Link Risk Variants to Disease Genes |
| 10:00–10:15 | Hannah Faulkner Cahill | Long Non-coding RNA NRAD1 Regulates miRNA Biogenesis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer |
| 10:15–10:30 | Gabrijela Dumbović | The Role and Mechanisms of Subcellular Localization Regulation of TUG1 lncRNA |
10:30–11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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S1. ncRNA Mechanisms (Part 3) |
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| 11:00–11:45 | Ling-Ling Chen Keynote Speaker |
Biogenesis, Function and Potential Application of Circular RNAs |
| 11:45–12:15 | Gunter Meister Invited Speaker |
Regulation of Small RNA-Guided Gene Silencing Pathways |
| 12:15–12:30 | Panagiotis Papoutsoglou | Transforming Growth Factor β (TGFβ)-Induced Long Non-coding RNA LINC00313 Activates Wnt Signaling and Promotes Cholangiocarcinoma |
| 12:30–12:45 | Stacey Edwards | A Novel lncRNA Alters Breast Cancer Risk by Modulating Interferon Signaling Through BHLHE40 and RIG-I |
12:45–13:00 |
Closing Remarks and Awards Ceremony |
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13:00– |
Lunch and Networking |
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