| Tuesday, May 13 |
| 17:45-19:00 |
Dinner |
| 19:00-19:10 |
Opening: Greetings |
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19:10-22:05 Session A: RNA-protein interactions
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Chair:
Raymond Kaempfer, The Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem |
| 19:10 |
A1 |
Gideon
Dreyfuss, Howard Hughes, University of Pennsylvania, USA
THE SMN COMPLEX: AN ASSEMBLYSOME FOR RNPs. |
| 19:45 |
A2 |
Gabriel Kaufmann, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv
FUNCTIONAL AND MECHANISTIC ATTRIBUTES OF THE t-RNALys -SPECIFIC ANTICODON NUCLEASE |
| 20:05 |
A3 |
Nayef Jarrous, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem
SPECIFIC AND SHARED PROTEIN SUBUNITS FACILITATE RNA-DEPENDENT CATALYSIS BY A RECONSTITUTED NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEASE P
RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN |
| 20:25 |
A4 |
Mark
Safro, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
THE LONG-RANGE ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS CONTROL tRNA – AMINOACYL-tRNA SYNTHETASE COMPLEX FORMATIONS |
| 20:45-21:05 |
Coffee Break |
| 21:05 |
A5 |
Michal
Shapira, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva
RNA BINDING ACTIVITY OF RUBISCO LARGE SUBUNIT FROM CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII |
| 21:25 |
A6 |
Eran
Bacharach, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv
HIV-1 GAG MUTANTS WITH ALTERED RNA-BINDING SPECIFICITIES FOR THE RNA ENCAPSIDATION SIGNAL |
| 21:45 |
A7 |
Raymond
Kaempfer, The Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem
RNA SENSORS IN CYTOKINE GENES: TUNING EXPRESSION TO THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE |
| 22:05 |
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End of Session |
| 22:05-22:50 |
Get Together Cocktail |
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| Wednesday, May 14 |
08:30-12:05 Session B: Translation
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Chair:
Adi Kimchi, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot |
| 08:30 |
B1 |
Nahum
Sonenberg, McGill University, Canada
HUMAN POLY(A) BINDING PROTEIN INTERACTING PROTEINS, PAIP1 AND PAIP2, REGULATE TRANSLATION INITIATION |
| 09:05 |
B2 |
Orna
Elroy-Stein, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
THE APC5 SUBUNIT OF THE APC/CYCLOSOME INTERACTS WITH PABP AND INHIBITS IRES-MEDIATED TRANSLATION |
| 09:25 |
B3 |
Ben-Zion
Levi, Technion, Haifa
THE LONG UNTRANSLATED REGIONS OF VEGF mRNA PROMOTE EFFICIENT TRANSLATION UNDER STRESS CONDITIONS AND THE EXPRESSION OF A NOVEL ELONGATED ISOFORM |
| 09:45 |
B4 |
Adi
Kimchi, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
REGULATION AND FUNCTION OF DAP5 DURING APOPTOSIS |
| 10:05-10:30 |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 |
B5 |
Oded
Meyuhas, The Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem
TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL OF TOP mRNAs: AN OVERVIEW |
| 10:50 |
B6 |
Orit
Shaul, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan
TRANSLATIONAL REGULATION OF ATMHX – AN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA TRANSPORTER INVOLVED IN MAGNESIUM AND ZINC BALANCE |
| 11:10 |
B7 |
Avihai Danon, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
LIGHT & REDOX CONTROL OF TRANSLATION: A GREEN LIGHT FROM THE CHLOROPLAST |
| 11:30 |
B8 |
Joel
Richter, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
CPEB LINKS mRNA TRANSPORT AND TRANSLATION IN NEURONS |
| 12:05 |
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End of Session |
| 12:05-13:00 |
Lunch |
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13:30-15:00 Poster Session
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15:00-16:20 Session C: RNA Stability
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Chair:
Gadi Schuster, Technion, Haifa |
| 15:00 |
C1 |
Helmut
Holtmann, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
CHARACTERIZATION OF MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN STABILIZATION
OF CYTOKINE mRNAS |
| 15:20 |
C2 |
Tally
Naveh-Many, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem
CIS AND TRANS-ACTING FACTORS IN THE REGULATION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH) mRNA STABILITY BY CALCIUM AND
PHOSPHATE |
| 15:40 |
C3 |
Galit Rotman, Compugen Ltd., Tel Aviv
WIDESPREAD OCCURRENCE OF ANTISENSE TRANSCRIPTION IN THE HUMAN GENOME |
| 16:00 |
C4 |
Gadi
Schuster, Technion, Haifa
PNPASE, AN ENZYME THAT BOTH POLYADENYLATES AND DEGRADES RNA IN THE CHLOROPLAST AND CYANOBACTERIA IS STRUCTURALLY RELATED
TO THE NUCLEAR AND CYTOPLASM EXOSOME COMPLEX |
| 16:20 |
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End of Session |
| 16:20-16:45 |
Coffee break |
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16:45-18:40 Session D: Non-coding RNAs
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Chair:
Shoshy Altuvia, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem |
| 16:45 |
D1 |
Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institite of Science, Rehovot & Max-Planck Research Unit, Hamburg
RIBOSOMAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: PEPTIDE BOND FORMATION, TUNNEL GATING AND INTRA-CELLULAR REGULATION |
| 17:20 |
D2 |
Yehuda Tzfati, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
AN ESSENTIAL PSEUDOKNOT ELEMENT IN A YEAST TELOMERASE RNA |
| 17:40 |
D3 |
Eytan Ruppin, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv
MULTI-SILENCING ANALYSIS: A NEW METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF METABOLIC NETWORKS USING RNAI SUPPRESSION OF EXPRESSION |
| 18:00 |
D4 |
Ilan Sela, Hebrew University, Rehovot
A T7-BASED RNA SILENCING SYSTEM IN PLANTS |
| 18:20 |
D5 |
Shoshy Altuvia, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem
REGULATING WITH SMALL RNA MOLECULES |
| 18:40 |
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End of Session |
| 19:40-20:40 |
Dinner |
| 20:45 |
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Social Event - Salsa concert |
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| Thursday, May 15 |
08:50-12:00 Session E: Splicing
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Chair:
Ruth Sperling, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 08:50 |
E1 |
James L.
Manley, Columbia University. NY, NY, USA
NEGATIVE CONTROL OF PRE-mRNA SPLICING |
| 09:25 |
E2 |
Ruth
Sperling, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
THE SUPRASPLICEOSOME: A MACROMOLECULAR MACHINE FOR MAKING FUNCTIONAL mRNA |
| 09:45 |
E3 |
Joseph
Sperling, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
RECOGNITION OF OPEN READING FRAMES IN PRE-mRNAs WITHIN THE CELL NUCLEUS |
| 10:05 |
E4 |
Gil
Ast, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv
THE BIRTH OF ALTERNATIVELY SPLICED ALU EXONS |
| 10:25-10:55 |
Coffee break |
| 10:55 |
E5 |
Batsheva Kerem, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
SPLICING MODULATION AS A GENETIC MODIFIER –CYSTIC FIBROSIS AS A MODEL |
| 11:15 |
E6 |
Shulamit Michaeli, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan
TRANS-SPLICING IN TRYPANSOMES-THE ROLE OF snRNAs, SPLICING FACTORS AND SM PROTEINS |
| 11:35 |
E7 |
Martin
Kupiec, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION AND PRE-mRNA SPLICING IN YEAST |
| 11:55 |
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End of Session |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch |
13:00-15:30 Session F: RNA localization
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Chair:
Joel Yisraeli, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 13:00 |
F1 |
Robert H.
Singer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx New York, USA
THE BIRTH AND THE JOURNEY OF mRNA |
| 13:35 |
F2 |
Yaron Shav-Tal, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
VISUALIZING THE DYNAMICS OF NUCLEAR RNAs IN LIVING CELLS |
| 13:55 |
F3 |
Mordechai Choder, Technion, Haifa
RPB4, A SUBUNIT OF RNA POLYMERASE II, MEDIATES mRNA EXPORT DURING STRESS |
| 14:15-14:35 |
Coffee break |
| 14:35 |
F4 |
Irith
Ginzburg, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot
LOCALIZATION OF TAU mRNA INTO NEURONAL AXONS IN RNP COMPLEXES, AND THEIR LOCAL TRANSLATION |
| 14:55 |
F5 |
Talila
Volk, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot
DROSOPHILA “HELD OUT WING” AND MAMMALIAN QUAKING REGULATE TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION BY CONTROLLING RNA METABOLISM OF THEIR TARGET RNAs |
| 15:15 |
F6 |
Joel
Yisraeli, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
A ROLE FOR THE RNA BINDING PROTEIN VG1 RBP IN CELL MIGRATION IN EMBRYOS AND NEOPLASIAS |
| 15:35 |
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End of Session |
| 15:45 |
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Departure |
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