Programme

MONDAY JUNE 16^TH

14:00    CHECK-IN AND REGISTRATION                     

18:00    DINNER                        Networking

19:15    OPENING WELCOME   Folkert Van Werven, Jane Mellor, Dom Helmlinger       

19.25    MESSAGE FROM FEBS           Tamás Arányi   

19:40    SESSION 1       Setting the scene: Challenging existing models; new ways of thinking about gene transcription         

19:40    INVITED SPEAKER       Steve Buratowski, Single molecule approaches to studying mechanisms of transcription

20:40    WELCOME COCKTAILS                       Welcome Cocktails with Meet The Speaker

TUESDAY JUNE 17^TH

09:00    SESSION 2       Dynamic regulation: Does it matter where transcription occurs or how a gene is transcribed?   

09:00    INVITED SPEAKER       Tineke Lenstra, Bursting and transcription dynamics

09:30    SELECTED SPEAKER             

09:50    SELECTED SPEAKER             

10:10    INVITED SPEAKER       Wojtek Galej, Transcription attenuation

10:40    COFFEE BREAK                      

11:10    INVITED SPEAKER       Martin Howard, Modelling of gene transcription dynamics

11:40    SELECTED SPEAKER             

12:00    SELECTED SPEAKER             

12:20    SELECTED SPEAKER  Dimple Notani, Signalling, enhancers and transcription

12:50    FLASH TALKS  10 flash talks from poster presenters for sessions 1-3         

13:05    LUNCH 2 hour-long break to allow plenty of time for discussions and networking        Networking over lunch with Meet The Speakers tables at lunch

15:00    SESSION 3       How does chromatin affect gene transcription and how does gene transcription affect chromatin?  

15:00    INVITED SPEAKER       Sebastian Eustermann, Structure-function analysis of chromatin remodellers and their role in transcription

15:30    SELECTED SPEAKER             

15:50    SELECTED SPEAKER             

16:10    INVITED SPEAKER       Sandra Duharcourt, Transcriptional silencing in Paramecium

16:40    COFFEE BREAK                      

17:10    INVITED SPEAKER       Rob Schneider, Chromatin dynamics and transcription

17:40    SELECTED SPEAKER             

18:00    SELECTED SPEAKER             

18:20    DISCUSSION AND SHORT BREAK       Discussion and summing up session 3    

18:30    KEYNOTE LECTURE    Sandy Johnson, Evolution of transcriptional circuits

19:30    DINNER                        Meet The Speakers tables over dinner

20:30    POSTER SESSIONS     Topics related to sessions 1-3, until 23:30 (3 hours)           20:30-21:30 Odd numbers

21:30-22:30 Even numbers

22:30-23:30 All posters

WEDNESDAY JUNE 18TH       

09:00    SESSION 4       How does transcription shapes the transcriptome?           

09:00    INVITED SPEAKER       Valerie Hilgers, Interplay between transcription and RNA isoform selection in the nervous system

09:30    SELECTED SPEAKER             

09:50    SELECTED SPEAKER             

10:10    INVITED SPEAKER       Elcin Unal, Transcription regulation by long undecodable transcript isoforms 

10:40    COFFEE BREAK                      

11:10    INVITED SPEAKER       Hanae Sato, Single cell analysis of transcription in mammalian cells

11:40    SELECTED SPEAKER             

12:00    SELECTED SPEAKER             

12:20    SELECTED SPEAKER             

12:40    DISCUSSIONS Summing up Session 4 

12:45    FLASH TALKS  10 flash talks from poster presenters for sessions 4-7         

13:00    LUNCH Long break to allow plenty of time for discussions and networking        Meet The Speakers tables at lunch

15:00    NETWORKING BOAT TRIP / FREE AFTERNOON            NETWORKING

19:00    DINNER                        Meet the Speakers tables over dinner for Sessions 6 and 7

20:00    POSTER SESSIONS     Topics related to sessions 4-7, until 23.00 (3 hours)

20:00-21:00 Odd Numbers

21:00-22:00 Even numbers

22:00-23:00 All posters

THURSDAY JUNE 19^TH

09:00    SESSION 5       What are the consequences of pausing polymerases?

09:00    INVITED SPEAKER       Jane Mellor, TBD

09:30    SELECTED SPEAKER             

09:50    SELECTED SPEAKER             

10:10    INVITED SPEAKER       Karen Adelman, Mechanisms of transcription elongation and termination

10:40    COFFEE BREAK                      

11:10    SELECTED SPEAKER             

11:30    SELECTED SPEAKER             

11:50    SELECTED SPEAKER             

12:10    DISCUSSION    How conserved are the mechanisms between organisms?      

12:25    SPEED NETWORKING Groups of randomly assigned participants will get together and introduce themselves and their science (2 minutes each).  NETWORKING

13:00    LUNCH 2 hour-long break to allow plenty of time for discussions and networking        Meet The Speakers tables at lunch

15:00    SESSION 6       To stop or continue transcription: Does it matter?           

15:00    INVITED SPEAKER       Jesper Svejstrup, Mechanisms of transcription termination

15:30    SELECTED SPEAKER             

15:50    SELECTED SPEAKER             

16:10    INVITED SPEAKER       Lidia Vasilijeva, Surveillance of cryptic transcription

16:20    COFFEE BREAK                      

16:50    SELECTED SPEAKER             

17:10    SELECTED SPEAKER             

17:30    SELECTED SPEAKER             

17:50    INVITED SPEAKER       TBD

18:20    DISCUSSION    What can we learn from studying diverse organisms?      

19:30    BANQUET & PARTY                 NETWORKING

FRIDAY JUNE 20ST    

9:30     SESSION 7       Putting it all in context: Transcription Regulation and Disease          

09:30    INVITED SPEAKER       Gioacchino Natoli, Transcription regulation in inflammation and cancer

10:00    SELECTED SPEAKER             

10:20    INVITED SPEAKER       Odil Porrua, Transcription termination and neurodegeneration

10:50    DISCUSSION    Summing up session 7 

11:00    CLOSING REMARKS    Future of the workshop and closing remarks by organizers

11:15    DEPARTURE