Program

RNA_Neuro Program

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Wednesday, June 3

Time Session/Lecture info
09:00-09:30
Gathering
 
09:30-12:20
Session 5: RNA in Neurodegeneration
Chair: Eran Hornstein 
09:30-10:20
Bart De Strooper
Keynote Lecture: Protease complexes as drug targets in Alzheimer disease
10:20-10:50
Michal Schwartz
Targeting immune network in fighting brain ageing and neurodegenerative diseases
10:50-11:20
Robert Bowser
Altered RNPs and formation of cytoplasmic and nuclear stress bodies in ALS
11:20-11:50
Adrian Israelson
Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) as a Chaperone Inhibiting Accumulation of Misfolded SOD1
11:50-12:20
Min Jeong Kye
Synaptic miRNA expression in spinal muscular atrophy
12:20-13:20
Lunch
 
13:20-18:00
Session 5: RNA in Neurodegeneration
Chair: Erik Storkebaum 
13:20-13:50
Michael Strong
Determinants of NEFL mRNA stability in ALS
13:50-14:20
Sebastian Kadener
Biosinthesis and Functions of circRNAs in Drosophila
14:20-14:45
Eran Hornstein
Stress granules impair miRNA biogenesis in ALS
14:50-15:20
Irene Bozzoni
Non coding RNAs in neuromuscular differentiation and diseases
15:20-15:35
Chen Eitan
Novel sequencing approach uncovers microRNA genes polymorphisms in ALS patients
15:35-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-16:30
Erik Storkebaum
Deciphering molecular mechanisms underlying FUS-associated ALS: can Drosophila crack the code?
16:30-17:00
Heather Durham
Chromatin Remodeling Mechanisms underlying Dendritic Attrition in ALS and Failure to activate neuronal Stress Response Pathways
17:00-17:30
Fen-Biao Gao
Autophagy and MicroRNA Defects in Frontotemporal Dementia
17:30-18:00
Luc Dupuis
Gain and loss of FUS function in ALS: insights from knock-in and knock-out mice