Wednesday, 24 June 2026
12:40 – 19:00 CET (Check-In: 12:00 CET, Welcome Reception 18:00-19:00)
Thursday, 25 June 2026
9:00 – 19:00 CET (Conference Dinner: 19:30 CET)
Friday, 26 June 2026
9:00 – 13:30 CET
※ Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
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Thursday, 25 June |
Friday, 26 June |
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Morning |
Invited Speakers and Short Talks 09:00 – 10:45 |
Invited Speakers and Short Talks 09:00 – 11:00 |
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| Poster Presentations (A) + Coffee Break 10:45 - 11:15 |
Poster Presentations (B) + Coffee Break 11:00 - 11:30 |
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| Invited Speakers and Short Talks 11:15-13:15 |
Invited Speakers and Short Talks 11:30 - 13:15 |
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| Midday |
Opening Ceremony |
Group Photo + Poster Presentations (A) + Lunch Break 13:15 – 14:15 |
Closing Ceremony 13:15 – 13:30 |
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Afternoon |
Invited Speakers and Short Talks 13:00 – 15:00 |
Invited Speakers and Short Talks 14:15 – 16:15 |
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| Poster Presentations (A) + Coffee Break 15:00 – 15:30 |
Poster Presentations (B) + Coffee Break 16:15 – 16:45 |
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Invited Speakers and Short Talks |
Invited Speakers and Short Talks 16:45 – 18:00 |
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| Poster Presentations (B) + Coffee Break 18:00 – 19:00 |
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| Evening | Welcome Reception 18:00 – 19:00 |
Conference Dinner 19:30 – 22:00 |
Detailed Schedule
Day 1 – Wednesday, 24 June 2026
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from 12:00 |
Check-In |
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12:40-13:00 |
Opening Ceremony |
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13:00-13:30 |
Eleonora Leucci ncRNA2026 Chair |
Contribution of lncRNAs to the Generation of Drug-Tolerant Persister Cells |
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13:30-13:45 |
Sergio Verjovski-Almeida |
PVT1 lincRNA Drives Androgen-Dependent Oncogenic Epigenetic Reprogramming in Prostate Cancer |
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13:45-14:00 |
Katarina Vrbnjak |
A Comprehensive Annotation of the Head and Neck Cancer Non-Canonical Micropeptidome |
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14:00-14:30 |
Mario Leonardo Squadrito Invited Speaker |
Engineering Lentiviral RNA Delivery for In Vivo Gene Therapy |
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14:30-14:45 |
Barbara Pardini |
Characterizing Small Non-Coding RNA Profiles in Stool Samples Associated with the Presence of Colorectal Adenomas and Cancer for Optimizing Novel Non-Invasive Biomarkers |
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14:45-15:00 |
Francesca Fornari |
MiR-22 Targets the Checkpoint Inhibitor Kinase WEE1 and Represents a Biomarker of TACE Response in Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
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15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session A (part 1) |
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15:30-15:45 |
Mohammad Yaghmouri |
Advancing lncRNA Research: From Genome Annotation to Mitochondrial Localization |
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15:45-16:15 |
Francesco Nicassio Invited Speaker |
Integrative Lineage Tracing, Long-Read Transcriptomics and 3D Epigenomics Reveal Functional Regulators of TNBC Plasticity |
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16:15-16:30 |
Giulia Fois |
Cap-Trap Full-Length cDNA Sequencing to Decrypt the Non-Coding Transcriptomic Complexity of Protein-Coding Loci |
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16:30-16:45 |
Alessandro Camandona |
Large-Scale Multiomic Analysis of Fecal Samples Supports miRNA-Mediated Host-Microbiota Crosstalks |
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16:45-17:00 |
Ilaria Cassotti |
Isoform Diversity Shapes the Localization and Function of MINCR lncRNA in Prostate Cancer |
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17:00-17:30 |
George A. Calin ncRNA2026 Chair |
miRacles in Cancer |
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at 18:00 |
Welcome Reception Address: Stadsschouwburg Leuven |
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Day 2 – Thursday, 25 June 2026
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09:00-09:15 |
Tamara Perteghella |
GENCODE: Massively Expanding the lncRNA Catalog Through Capture Long-Read RNA Sequencing |
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09:15-09:45 |
Pierre Close Invited Speaker |
tRNA Modifications as a New Vulnerability Driving Cancer Heterogeneity and Tumor Immune Response |
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09:45-10:00 |
Sara Napoli |
Enhancer lncRNA ADARreg Regulates RNA Homeostasis Through RNA Editing and Isoform-Specific RNA Trafficking |
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10:00-10:15 |
Sheila Caño-Carrillo |
Loss-of-Function of The lncRNA Gm14014 Impairs Epicardial Cell Migration and Triggers Structural and Electrophysiological Remodeling in the Developing Heart |
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10:15-10:45 |
Igor Ulitsky Invited Speaker |
Cis-Acting Gene Regulation by Long Noncoding RNAs |
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10:45-11:15 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session A (part 2) | |
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11:15-11:30 |
Ema Roekens |
Long Non Coding RNA PVT1 and Mitochondrial OPA1 Cooperatively Control EV Secretion in Breast Cancer |
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11:30-12:00 |
Maite Huarte Invited Speaker |
Noncoding RNA Roles in the Coordination of DNA Replication in Human Cells |
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12:00-12:15 |
Sophie Vromans |
Identifying Oncogenic lncRNAs in Gastrointestinal Cancers |
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12:15-12:30 |
Aristeidis G Telonis |
Mitochondrial tRNA Fragments and Retrotransposons Link Hypoxia to Post-Transcriptional Metabolic Regulation |
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12:30-12:45 |
Cristina Cosentino |
tRNA-Derived Fragments Integrate Environmental Cues Into Cellular Responses in Pancreatic Islets |
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12:45-13:15 |
Norbert Polacek Invited Speaker |
Ribosome-Associated ncRNAs as Multifaceted Regulators of Translation During Stress |
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13:15-14:15 |
Group Photo, Lunch & Poster Session A (part 3) |
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14:15-14:30 |
Stefania D'Adamo |
tRNA-Derived Fragments and Stress Granule Dynamics Rewire Translation in Inflammatory Osteoarthritis |
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14:30-15:00 |
Janusz Bujnicki Invited Speaker |
Computational Modeling of 3D Structures and Interactions of ncRNAs |
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15:00-15:15 |
Zara Naz |
5′-Terminal Nucleotide Identity of RNA Polymerase III Transcripts Modulates RIG-I Activation |
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15:15-15:30 |
Martin Wohlwend |
Human Genetics of the Noncoding Human Exome Implicates Novel RNA Molecules in Brain Diseases |
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15:30-15:45 |
Fernando Gordillo González |
Multi-Omic Characterization of the Implication of Long Non-Coding RNAs Dysregulation in Parkinson's Disease |
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15:45-16:15 |
Panagiotis Roussos Invited Speaker |
Enhancer Transcription and Noncoding Regulatory Architecture in Human Brain Disease |
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16:15-16:45 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session B (part 1) |
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16:45-17:00 |
Elena Perenthaler |
Multi-Omics Dissection of a Developmentally Regulated rRNA 2′-O-Methylation Reveals Its Role in Shaping Ribosome Heterogeneity and Selective Translation |
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17:00-17:15 |
Marta Paladin |
A Spatially Organized Nuclear Reservoir of Long-Lived Intron-Retained RNAs |
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17:15-17:30 |
Olivier Dionne |
Identification and Functional Characterization of Human-specific and Brain-Enriched Long Non-Coding RNAs Associated with Neurodegenerative Disorders |
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17:30-18:00 |
Isidore Rigoutsos ncRNA2026 Chair |
Small Non-coding RNAs Tightly Couple Human Genome Architecture to Regulation in Neurological Disorders |
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18:00-19:00 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session B (part 2) | |
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at 19:30 |
Conference Dinner Address: De Veilingzaal |
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Day 3 – Friday, 26 June 2026
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09:00-09:15 |
Rosemary Kiernan |
Nuclear Exosome Targeting Complexes Modulate Cohesin Binding and Enhancer-Promoter Interactions in 3D |
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09:15-09:45 |
Manuela Ferracin ncRNA2026 Chair |
Promises and Challenges of microRNAs as Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers in Oncology |
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09:45-10:00 |
Harrison James Barber |
Whole-Mouse-Genome-Scale Identification of Novel Non-Protein-Coding RNAs Controlling Cell Survival Through a Forward Functional Genetics' Strategy |
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10:00-10:15 |
Antonella Teramo |
MiR-146b Restoration as a New Therapeutic Strategy for T-Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukemia |
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10:15-10:30 |
Pankaj Trivedi |
From Kisses to Cancer: Immune Checkpoint Regulation Through microRNAs by Epstein-Barr Virus in B Cell Lymphoma |
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10:30-11:00 |
Frank Slack Invited Speaker |
Towards microRNA-Based Cancer Medicine |
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session B (part 3) |
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11:30-11:45 |
Mihnea Dragomir |
DNA Methylation Reprogramming of Ultraconserved Elements in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Progression |
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11:45-12:15 |
Leonard Lipovich Invited Speaker |
Primate-Specific Long Non-Coding RNA Genes as Druggable Causal Contributors to the Etiology of Diabetes, Obesity, Cancer, and Beyond: From the GWAS-Transcriptome Interface to a Nonhuman-Primate Model |
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12:15-12:30 |
Assaf C. Bester |
Paralogous lncRNAs CYTOR and MORRBID Retain a MEK–ERK Signaling Function Linked to Poor Cancer Outcome |
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12:30-12:45 |
Natalia Navarro |
Deciphering the Function of MiR-151a in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Its Involvement in the DNA Damage Response |
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12:45-13:15 |
Elisabetta Ferretti Invited Speaker |
Circulating microRNA Patterns in Medullary Thyroid Cancer |
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13:15-13:30 |
Closing Ceremony |
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