Non-coding RNA, Epigenetic Memory, and the Environment
Conference
April 14-15, 2011
London, UK
Organisers: Eric Miska and Abcam
PROGRAMME
April 14, 2011
09.00 – 09.50
09.50 – 10.00
10:00 – 10:35
10:35 – 11:10
11:10 – 11:40
11:40 – 11:50
11:50 – 12:10
12:10 – 12:30
12:30 – 12:50
12:50 – 13:50
13:50 – 14:10
14:10 – 14:45
14:45 – 15:05
15:05 – 15:35
15:35 – 16:10
16:10 – 16:45
16:45 – 18:45
Registration
Welcome and Introductions
Session 1
David Baulcombe (University of Cambridge, UK)
RNA silencing and epigenetic memory in plants
Craig Hunter (Harvard University, US)
Biogenesis, transport, and function of extracellular RNA in C. elegans
Coffee break
Abarna Thiru, Business Development Manager
A few words from Abcam
Erica Gerace
The Methyltransferase Activity of Clr4/Suv39h Triggers RNAi independently of Histone
H3K9 Methylation
Julie Ahringer
Chromatin regulation in transcription and splicing
Susannah Varmuza
Recent acquisition of imprinted regulation in the rodent PcG gene Sfmbt2 by insertion of
miRNA
Lunch
Session 2
Boyan Bonev
microRNA-9 promotes regional diversity during vertebrate neural development
Eric Miska (University of Cambridge, UK)
Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in C. elegans
Antony Jose
Two classes of silencing RNAs move between C. elegans tissues
Tea/coffee break
Alexei Aravin (Caltech, US)
Small RNA pathways in germline
Kazufumi Mochizuki (IMBA Vienna, Austria)
RNA-directed elimination in tetrahymena
Poster session and drinks reception
April 15, 2011
09.00 – 09.40
09.40 – 10.00
10.00 – 10.20
10:20 – 10:40
10:40 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:05
12:05 – 12:25
12:25 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:00
14:00 – 14:20
14:20 – 14.55
14:55 – 15:15
15:15 – 15:50
15:50 – 16:25
16:25 – 16:35
16:35
Session 3
Emma Whitelaw (Queensland Institute for Medical Research, Australia)
An ENU screen for modifiers of epigenetic reprogramming
Alyson Ashe
Inheritance of transgenerational silencing in C. elegans is associated with the presence of
small RNAs
Angelique Deleris
Transgenerational genome-wide analyses of ibm1 and met1 mutants provide insights into
the control and amplification of H3K9m2 deposition in Arabidopsis thaliana
Jie Song
A Polycomb-based switch underlying quantitative epigenetic memory
Helen Rowe
KAP1/TRIM28-induced de novo DNA methylation of IAPs: implications for epigenetic
inheritance
Coffee break
Bill Kelly (Emory University, US)
Transgenerational regulation of the germline epigenome in C. elegans
Keijo Viiri
The Polycomb protein Suz12 is an RNA binding protein
Kevin Morris (The Scripps Research Institute, US)
Non-coding RNAs; epigenetic regulators of gene transcription in human cells
Lunch
Session 4
Victoria Green
Promoter architectures susceptible to small RNA-induced transcriptional gene silencing
John Rinn (Harvard/MIT, US)
Some missing LincRNAs in cellular differentiation
Juan Pablo Couso
Small open reading frames in putative long non-coding RNAs: hidden, abundant, functional
Wolf Reik (Babraham Institute, UK)
Epigenetic reprogramming in mammalian development
Olivier Voinnet (University of Strasbourg, France)
tbc
Closing remarks
Conference ends
Last updated 16 March 2011