ESF-EMBO Symposium
Spatio-Temporal Radiation Biology:
Transdisciplinary Advances for Biomedical Applications
16-21 May 2009 - Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
| SATURDAY 5 April |
Late afternoon /early evening Registration at the ESF-RC desk
19.00 Welcome Drink
20.00 Supper
| SUNDAY 6 April |
08.45-09.00 Conference Opening (Jens Kurreck, Ben Berkhout)
SESSION 1: RNAi Technology
Chair: Jens Kurreck, Stuttgart, DE
09.00-09.35 Mark Kay - Stanford University, US
RNAi based therapeutics for viral hepatitis and mechanisms of microRNA mediated translational silencing
09.35-10.10 Jorgen Kjems - University of Aarhus, DK
Optimization of siRNA function, in vivo delivery and therapeutic potential by chemical modifications and polymeric formulation
10.10-10.40 Coffee break
10.40-11.15 Joerg Dennig - Qiagen, DE
Efficient quantification of mammalian microRNA by a novel RT-PCR approach
11.15-11.35 Puri Fortes - CIMA/UNAV Pamplona, ES
Comparison between RNAi and RNA
11.35-11.55 Joachim Engels- Goethe University Frankfurt, DE
Cationic siRNAs for stability and uptake
12.00 Lunch
SESSION 2: Plant viruses
Chair: Jean-Luc Imler, Strasbourg, FR
14.15-15.50 TBA
15.50-15.10 Discussion
15.10-15.30 Björn Krenz - University of Stuttgart, DE
Abutilon mosaic virus as a stable and attenuated vector for phloem-specific protein expression and virus-induced gene silencing
15.30-15.35 Short Break
15.35-16.10 Juan Antonio Garcia - University of Madrid, ES
RNA silencing suppression via sequestration of small RNAs by different proteins of viruses of the family Potyviridae
16.10-16.30 Kirsi Lehto - University of Turku, FI
Interference of different viral silencing suppressors with the wild-type Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) infection and with different TMV-based constructs expression either the GFP marker or the ChIH endogene
16.30-17.00 Coffee break
SESION 3: Drosophila
Chair: Bryan Cullen, Duke, US
17.00-17.35 Jean-Luc Imler- CNRS, FR
RNAi and innate antiviral immunity in the drosophila model
17.35-18.10 Carla Saleh - Institut Pasteur, FR
RNAi: the antiviral defence system in insects
18.10-18.30 Ronald van Rij - Radbound University Medical Center, NL
Discordant antiviral function of RNAi in Drosophila melanogaster and mammals
19.00 Dinner
20.30-22.00 Poster Session
| MONDAY 7 April |
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Partnership
This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). More about ESF-EMBO Partnership.
