RNA MIS-SPLICING: DISEASE & THERAPEUTICS IFM

RNA MIS-SPLICING: DISEASE & THERAPEUTICS

EURASNET INTERDISCIPLINARY FOCUS MEETING

CHURCHILL COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UK

JULY 12-14, 2010

Organisers:
Chris Smith (Cambridge) & Matthew Wood (Oxford)

Description:
Errors in pre-mRNA splicing and misregulation of alternative splicing are associated with the molecular pathology of a large number of human diseases. At the same time, manipulation of pre-mRNA splicing provides opportunities for therapeutic intervention. This meeting will focus on therapeutic strategies targeting pre-mRNA splicing events. The fourteen invited speakers have been selected to provide balanced coverage of both antisense based strategies and small-molecule effectors of splicing. The scientific sessions will be held on Tuesday 13 July and the morning of Wednesday 14 July. In addition there will be a poster session on the evening of July 13. Submission of abstracts for poster presentation is invited. A small number of abstracts may also be selected for short oral presentations.

Invited Speakers:
ANNEMIEKE AARTSMA-RUS (Leiden, Netherlands)
DAVID BATES (Bristol, UK)
IRENE BOZZONI (Rome, Italy)
TOM COOPER (Houston, USA)
IAN EPERON (Leicester, UK)
BRENDAN FREY (Toronto, Canada)
YVES FROMES (Paris, France)
LUIS GARCIA (Paris, France)
ADRIAN KRAINER (Cold Spring Harbor, USA)
ANGUS LAMOND (Dundee, UK)
DANIEL SCHUMPERLI (Bern, Switzerland)
BARRIE WILKINSON (Biotica, Cambridge, UK)
MATTHEW WOOD (Oxford, UK)
JAMAL TAZI (Montpellier, France)

Bursaries are available to support medically qualified attendees
Contact: Chris Smith

Please, have a look at the meeting flier and the meeting website, where the link to the registration is provided.