Program

RNA 2019 Program

Tuesday, June 25
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00	Registration & Coffee
08:30-09:00
09:00-09:05	Welcome remarks, Organizers
09:00-09:05
09:05-12:20	Session 1: Emerging technologies for detection of RNA modifications Chair: Jordan Meyer
09:05-09:25	Peter Dedon, Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) CapQuant and AQUARNA-seq: New tools for quantitative analysis of the ribonucleome and epitranscriptome
09:25-09:45	Andrea Rentmeister, University of Munster Enzymatic introduction of clickable moieties to detect RNA methyltransferase target sites
09:45-10:05	Moran Shalev Ben Ami, Weizmann Institute of Science On Bugs, Revolution and Possible Implications on Evolution
10:05-10:25	Christoph Dieterich, University Hospital Heidelberg JACUSA2: RNA modification detection from Illumina and Nanopore sequencing data
10:25-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-11:20	Pat Limbach, University of Cincinnati Enhancing our Understanding of Archaeal tRNA Modification Profiles
11:20-11:40	Eva-Maria Novoa, CRG, Barcelona Detection of m6A modifications in native RNA sequences with single nucleotide, single molecule resolution
11:40-12:00	Iouri Motorin, University of Lorraine Mapping and quantification of ribose and base methylation in RNA
12:00-12:20	Stephan Werner, Institute of Pharmacy Detection and Identification of m1A, m1G and m22G based on their RT signatures
12:20-14:20	Lunch & Poster Session
12:20-14:20
14:20-17:30	Session 2: Emerging mRNA modifications Chair: Ayelet Lamm
14:20-14:40	Wendy Gilbert, Yale University Regulating mammalian gene expression through co-transcriptional RNA pseudouridylation
14:40-15:00	Gideon Rechavi, Tel Aviv University From basic epitranscriptomics to cancer therapy
15:00-15:20	Schraga Schwartz, Weizmann Institute of Science Deciphering the m6A code via quantitative antibody-independent profiling
15:20-15:40	Riccardo Pecori, DKFZ Thiolation: a brand new epitranscriptomic modification
15:40-16:10	Coffee Break
16:10-16:30	Samie Jaffrey, Weill/Cornell Medical Center
16:30-16:50	Markus Bohnsack, University of Gottingen The roles of RNA modification in the regulation of gene expression
16:50-17:10	Richard Gregory, Harvard Medical School Emerging role of RNA methylation in cancer
17:10-17:30	Boris Slobodin , Weizmann Institute of Science Dynamic regulation of m6A deposition, poly(A) tails and CCR4-Not complex links transcription to mRNA stability
18:00-21:00	Conference dinner
18:00-21:00

Wednesday, June 26
Time	Session/Lecture info
09:00-12:20	Session 3: RNA modifications: mechanisms of action Chair: Frank Lyko
09:00-09:20	Valérie de Crécy-Lagard, University of Florida Discovery of novel Queuosine synthesis and salvage enzyme by comparative genomics
09:20-09:40	Eric Phiziky, University of Rochester Conservation and evolution in the biology of tRNA modifications
09:40-10:00	Raffael Schaffrath, University of Kassel Kti12, a tRNA dependent ATPase crucial for anticodon modification by Elongator
10:00-10:20	Ulrich Schweizer, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn Mitochondrial dysfunction impacts on cytoplasmic translational fidelity through tRNA modification
10:20-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-11:20	Marc Graille, École Polytechnique Trm112, a toolbox for RNA methyltransferases
11:20-11:40	Denis Lafontaine, Université Libre de Bruxelles Eukaryotic Ribosomal RNA modification
11:40-12:00	Mary O’Connell, CEITEC New biological roles for ADARs
12:00-12:20	Francesca Tuorto, German Cancer Research Center Queuosine-modified tRNAs confer nutritional control of protein translation
12:20-13:00	Lunch
12:20-13:00
13:00-21:00	Excursion to Jerusalem and dinner in Abu Gosh
13:00-21:00

Thursday, June 27
Time	Session/Lecture info
09:00-11:20	Session 4A: RNA modifications: physiological roles Chair: Christian Hammann
09:00-09:20	Donal O’Carroll, University of Edinburgh RNA modification and the immortal lineage
09:20-09:40	Christian Bellodi, Lunds University Novel insights into the function of pseudouridine?modified tRNA?derived fragments
09:40-10:00	Matthias Soller, University of Birmingham Functions of mRNA methylation in Drosophila
10:00-10:20	Jean-Yves Roignant, Institute for Molecular Biology m6A mRNA modification in Drosophila
10:20-10:40	Eric Miska, University of Cambridge C. elegans as a tool to uncover new biology of RNA modifications
10:40-11:20	Coffee Break
11:20-12:10	Panel discussion on RNA modifications
11:20-12:10	Discussion on RNA modifications by panel members
12:10-14:20	Lunch
12:10-14:20
14:20-17:30	Session 4B: Physiological roles of of RNA modifications Chair: Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray
14:20-14:40	Shulamit Michaeli, Bar-Ilan University Developmental regulation of modification on rRNA and snRNA is essential for cycling of trypanosomes between its hosts
14:40-15:00	Stacy Horner, Duke University m6A at the Virus-Host Interface
15:00-15:20	Noam Stern-Ginossar, Weizmann Institute of Science m6A modification sculpts the innate immune response to infection
15:20-15:40	Ramesh Pillai, University of Geneva Conserved targets of the m6A writer METTL16
15:40-16:10	Coffee Break
16:10-16:30	Tom Suzuki, University of Tokyo CAPAM, a cap-specific m6A writer associated with RNA polymerase II
16:30-16:50	Michal Minczuk, University of Cambridge Modifications of mitochondrial RNA in health and disease
16:50-17:10	Thomas Carell, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t M?nchen Metabolic control of epigenetic Tet oxidation
17:10-17:30	Andres Jaeschke, Heidelberg University Three different decapping pathways for eukaryotic NAD-RNA
17:30-17:45	Concluding remarks
17:30-17:45
19:00-21:00	Gala dinner
19:00-21:00