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Code of conduct
Aegean Conferences is committed to making its meetings an inclusive space for sharing ideas and knowledge. The code of conduct can be found at:https://www.aegeanconferences.org/src/App/pages/view/AegeanCodeofConduct
Accommodations
Accommodations for the conference are at the Sheraton Hotel. The Hotel is located in Ixia, Rhodes, 14.5 km from the airport.
Arrival and Check-in
Attendees are expected to arrive/check-in after 3:00 PM local time. Registered participants arriving after 10:00 PM should make alternative dinner arrangements.
Conference Venue
The Sheraton Conference Center is located at the hotel.
Handicapped Accessibility
The site is fully handicapped accessible.
Oral Presentations
Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive to the reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session. The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.
City Tour
Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby 3:30 PM. Badges are required for participation.
Breakfast
Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Sheraton Hotel main restaurant during the hours scheduled in this program.
Lunches/Informal Discussions
Lunches for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served during the times indicated in this program at the main restaurant. Badges are required for admission.
Dinners/Informal Discussions
Three of the dinners/informal discussions will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting.
Internet, Phone, & Computer
Wireless internet access is available throughout the conference center free of charge during meeting hours.
Certificate of Participation
A Certificate of Participation will be distributed to a participant for those sessions that the participant has attended. A participant must attend an entire session to receive credit for that particular session. Late arrivals and early departures from a session will preclude a participant from receiving credit for that session.
Mask Recommendation
Face masks are recommended indoors.
No Photographs and Recording Devices
Participants are not allowed to photograph and/or record using cameras, mobile telephones and other recording devices during the slide and poster presentations.
Other Information
Animals are not permitted on site.
Badges are required for admission to all events.
All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking.
Aegean Conferences expects attendees to conform their conduct at these meetings to the policies and procedures of their employing institution or company. If we learn of improper conduct by an attendee, we will take appropriate action, including reporting such conduct to the attendee's employing institution or company and barring the attendee from participation in our meetings.
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Sunday, June 12
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Conference Registration
07:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Welcome Reception and Dinner
Monday, June 13
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
08:30 AM - 08:45 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks (Organizing Committee)
ncRNAs throughout evolution
08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
1
Ribonucleases and control of non-coding RNAsCecilia Arraiano
09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
2
Role of piRNAs in stem cell metabolic reprogramming Martine Simonelig
09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
3
Mechanistic insights into piRNA-directed DNA methylationDonal O'Carroll
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
4
Transposons expands the functional reservoir in mammalian genomesLin He
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
short RNA biogenesis and regulation
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
5
RNA regulation in stem cells and cancerRichard Gregory
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
6
Killing miR-softly: new clues to TDMDFrancesco Nicassio
12:45 PM - 01:15 PM
7
Less stress with microRNAsAmy E Pasquinelli
01:15 PM - 01:45 PM
8
miRNAs, gene fusions, and cancerAndrea Ventura
01:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
07:15 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions
Tuesday, June 14
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
short RNAs in development & disease
08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
9
OIP5-AS1-driven TDMD in human myogenesisMyriam Gorospe
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
10
circRNA functions in neuronal and muscular diseasesIrene Bozzoni
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
11
microManaging cell differentiationDmitry Kretov1, Isha Walawalkar1, Simon Moxon2, and Daniel Cifuentes1
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
12
Defining coding and non-coding RNA targetomesArtemis Hatzigeorgiou
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
13
Regulation and function of noncoding RNAs: lessons from NORADJoshua T Mendell
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
14
Alternative splicing in pediatric leukemia: implications for therapyAndrei Thomas-Tikhonenko
12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
15
A new role of m6A RNA modification in gene regulationJulian König
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
16
Ribosome collisions function as a trigger for cell fate decisionsRachel Green
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions
Wednesday, June 15
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
17
AKT Constitutes a Signal-Promoted Alternative Exon-Junction Complex that Regulates Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Lynne E. Maquat
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
18
RNA quality control at the Endoplasmic ReticulumJavier Caceres
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
19
In-cell identification and measurement of RNA-protein interactionsAlena Shkumatava
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
20
Dissecting Gene Expression Dynamics by time-resolved RNA Sequencing Stefan L Ameres
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11:15 AM - 11:55 AM
21
Publishing and Open ScienceStefanie Böhm1 and Eleni Skourti2
11:55 AM - 12:00 PM
Presentation of the FEBS J Poster Prize - Eleni Skourti (FEBS J)
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM
FEBS activities and programs - Mutay Aslan (FEBS ACC)
Presentations by FEBS YTF awardees (will also be presenting posters)
12:10 PM - 12:22 PM
22
Investigating nuclear AGO2 functions in colon cancer model systems (supported by Transcontinental YTF and IUBMB)Krystal C Johnson and David R Corey
12:22 PM - 12:34 PM
23
The lncRNA Sweetheart regulates adaptive cardiac hypertrophy after myocardial injury Sandra Rogala1,6, Tamer Ali1,5,6, Maria-Theodora Melissari6, Sandra Währisch2, Alexandre Sarre3, Jaskiran Kaur6, Stefanie Dimmeler6, Jaya Krishnan6, Thierry Pedrazzini3, Bernhard Herrmann2,4, and Phillip Grote1,2,6
12:34 PM - 12:46 PM
24
The manipulation of NMD-prone transgenes and RfxCas13d-mediated gene knockdown reveals the temporal pattern of transcriptional adaptationGabrielius Jakutis1, Eleanor Vail1, Zacharias Kontarakis2, and Didier Stainier1
12:46 PM - 12:58 PM
25
Very long intergenic non-coding RNAs, as potential architectural players of chromatin 3D reorganization during oncogene-induced senescenceJulien Ouvrard, Stéphane Shaak, Sandra Lazorthes, Maxime Delmas, Marion Aguirrebengoa, Olivier Cuvier, Didier Trouche, and Estelle Nicolas
12:58 PM - 01:10 PM
26
Functional characterization of linear and circular PVT1 in B-cell LymphomaXing Zhao, Joost Kluiver, and Anke van den Berg
01:10 PM - 01:22 PM
27
Functional dissection of IGH enhancers and enhancer RNAs in B-cell lymphomasMarta E Kasprzyk, Weronika Sura, Wojciech Łosiewski, Marta Podralska, Marta Kazimierska, Tomasz Woźniak, Natalia Rozwadowska, and Agnieszka Dzikiewicz-Krawczyk
01:22 PM - 01:34 PM
28
Investigating the prognostic value of circRNAs in multiple myelomaTheresa Jakobsen1, Lasse S. Kristensen1, Alenka D. Behsen2, Kristine Misund2, Karen Dybkær4, Katrine Fladeland Iversen, and Torben Plesner
01:34 PM - 01:46 PM
29
Identification of chemosensitizing miRNAs by a functional screening and characterization of associated target genes to propose new therapies for ovarian cancersCelia Brochen1,2, Mégane Vernon1,2, Matthieu Meryet-Figuière1,2, Bernard Lambert1,2,3, Emilie Brotin1,2,4, Nicolas Vigneron1,2, Mohammad Ahmad1,2, Jean-Paul Issartel5, Edwige Abeilard1,2,4, Florence Giffard1,2, Laurent Poulain1,2,4, and Christophe Denoyelle1,2,4
01:46 PM - 01:58 PM
30
Emerging roles of mRNA/miRNA/lncRNA networks in non-small cell lung cancerCecilia Pop-Bica, Cornelia Braicu, Lajos Raduly, Cristina Alexandra Ciocan, and Ioana Berindan-Neagoe
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:30 PM - 08:00 PM
City Tour
08:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions
Thursday, June 16
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
ncRNAs in development and cancer
Chair: Zissimos Mourelatos
08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
31
piRNP function in flies and mammalsZissimos Mourelatos
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
32
The state of RNA upon cellular stressEmmanouil Maragkakis
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
33
Metastatic reprogramming of lung adenocarcinoma microenvironment by Malat1 overexpressionElena Martinez-Terroba and Nadya Dimitrova
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
34
Alternative polyadenylation and cancer immunotherapyIannis Aifantis
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
35
Cancer immunotherapy using EpCAM aptamer tumor-targeted gene knockdownYing Zhang1, Judy Lieberman1, Winston Hide2, Dian-Jang Lee1, Karla Meza1, Pourya Naderi Yeganeh2, David Valle-Garcia1, Caroline Junqueria1, Jiayu Su1, Xuemei Xie1, and Hongbo Luo1
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
36
Towards personalized microRNA-based therapeutics in cancerFrank John Slack
12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
37
A Rational Design to Enhancing miRNA Therapeutics through Vehicle Free Delivery Coupled to Endosomal EscapeAndrea Lynn Kasinski
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
38
Antisense Therapeutics for Genetic Diseases and OncologyAdrian R. Krainer
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
08:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Farewell Dinner
Friday, June 17
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Departure