RNA Biology Short Course – Fall 2023
This five-day course is tailored for students interested in RNA biology. Young scientists from Würzburg and elsewhere are welcome to attend. Registration is closed.
Schedule
Monday, October 16: RNA as a regulatory biomolecule (01.002-004, large seminar room 1st floor)
09:00 – 09:15 Course overview (Neva Caliskan and Redmond Smyth)
09:15 – 10:10 RNA as a biomolecule (Claudia Höbartner)
10:20 – 11:15 Regulatory RNAs in bacteria (Jörg Vogel)
11:25 – 12:20 Regulatory RNAs in eukaryotes (Mathias Munschauer)
12:20 – 12:30 Day wrap up (Redmond Smyth)
Tuesday, October 17: Life cycle of RNA in bacteria (01.006, small seminar room 1st floor)
09:00 – 09:05 Day overview (Neva Caliskan)
09:05 – 10:00 Transcription and termination in bacteria (Alexander Westermann)
10:10 – 11:05 RNA processing and decay in bacteria (Cynthia Sharma)
11:15 – 12:10 Translation in bacteria (Neva Caliskan)
12:10 – 12:15 Day wrap up (Neva Caliskan)
13:00 – 14:30 A short introduction to protein bioinformatic tools (Milan Gerovac)
Wednesday, October 18: Life cycle of RNA in eukaryotes (01.006, small seminar room 1st floor)
09:00 – 09:05 Day overview (Neva Caliskan)
09:05 – 10:00 Transcription and termination in eukaryotes (Lars Dölken)
10:10 – 11:05 RNA processing and decay in eukaryotes (Utz Fischer)
11:15 – 12:10 Translation in eukaryotes (Neva Caliskan)
12:10 – 12:15 Day wrap up (Neva Caliskan)
13:00 – 14.30 A short introduction to RNA Seq Analysis (TBA)
Thursday, October 19: Advanced methods in RNA biology (01.006, small seminar room 1st floor)
09:00 – 09:05 Day overview (Redmond Smyth)
09:05 – 10:00 RNA-seq methods and workflows (Emmanuel Saliba)
10:10 – 11:05 RNA structure determination (Redmond Smyth)
11:15 – 12:10 RNA (seq) data analysis (Lars Barquist)
12:10 – 12:15 Day wrap up (Redmond Smyth)
Friday, October 20: RNA engineering (00.048, seminar room ground floor)
09:00 – 09:05 Day overview (Redmond Smyth)
09:05 – 10:00 RNA synthetic biology (Chase Beisel)
10:10 – 11:05 CRISPR technologies (Chase Beisel)
11:15 – 12:10 RNA Delivery, Pharmacology, and Pharmacokinetics (Tessa Lühmann)
12:10 – 12:20 Course wrap-up mentimeter session (Neva Caliskan and Redmond Smyth)
Details
Würzburg, Germany
Location
Würzburg, Germany
Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI)
Josef-Schneider-Str. 2
Building D15
97080 Würzburg
Contact
Organizer
Registration Deadline: 12.10.2023 00:00
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