Program

mRNAprot2013 Program

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Monday, November 18

Time Session/Lecture info
08:50-09:10
Gathering and coffee
 
09:10-09:25
Introduction
 
09:25-11:00
Sessions I: Vesicular transport and protein targeting to organelles I
Chair: Christian Ungermann (U. Osnabrueck) 
09:25-09:50
Felix Wieland, University of Heidelberg
Molecular mechanisms in vesicular transport
09:50-10:15
Catherine Rabouille, Hubrecht Institute
Coordinated stress body formation: A link between secretion inhibition and RNA processing
10:15-10:40
Eitan Bibi, Weizmann Institute of Science
Membrane targeting of the SRP-receptor in the context of the SRP pathway
10:40-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-13:30
Session II: Vesicular transport and protein targeting to organelles II
Chair: Joost Holthuis (U. Osnabrueck) 
11:00-11:25
Maya Schuldiner, Weizmann Institute of Science
SRP independent targeting to the ER - old dog, new tricks
11:25-11:50
Ralf Erdmann, Ruhr University, Bochum
Biogenesis of peroxisomes: From yeast to man
11:50-12:15
Doron Rapoport, University of Tübingen
Insights into the biogenesis of mitochondrial outer membrane proteins
12:15-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:30
Session III: Polarized and non-polarized RNA trafficking
Chair: Yaron Shav-Tal (Bar Ilan U.) 
13:30-13:55
Anne Ephrussi , EMBL Heidelberg
Assembly and regulation of transport-competent mRNPs in the Drosophila oocyte
13:55-14:20
Jeffrey Gerst, Weizmann Institute of Science
RNA trafficking: the genome in transit
14:20-14:45
Dierk Niessing, Helmholtz Center
Mechanisms of directional ASH1 mRNA localization in yeast
14:45-15:10
Motti Choder, Technion
Pheromone-induced transport of the yeast MFA2 mRNA to the mating projection is mediated by specific RNP granules
15:10-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-17:10
Session: IV: Control of intracellular membrane fusion
Chair: Sima Lev (Weizmann Inst.) 
15:30-15:55
Daniel Kuemmel, University of Osnabrueck
Regulation of neuronal SNARE fusion
15:55-16:20
Francis Barr, Oxford University
Dysregulation of Rabs and Rab nucleotide exchange factors in human diseases
16:20-16:45
Christian Ungermann, University of Osnabrueck
Control of endosomal Rab GTPase biogenesis
16:45-17:10
Beni Podbilewicz, Technion
Endocytosis controls EFF-1-mediated cell fusion in C. elegans embryos
17:30-18:15
"Roundtable" Discussion time
invited speakers only