EMBO/EMBL Symposium: The Non-Coding Genome

EMBL

Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Date: October 13, 2010
Conference Website
Organizers: D. Bartel, T. Gingeras, E. Izzauralde, G. Wagner

Meeting Summary

EMBL Heidelberg is located in the Metropole Region Rhein Neckar, an area of scientific, economic and cultural development in South West Germany. The city is the home of Germany's oldest university and is a world famous research centre for industry and science. Heidelberg is the perfect location for EMBL's conferences, as it enjoys an outstanding reputation in science and research and it is very easy to reach in the centre of Europe.

EMBL is conveniently embedded in a picturesque environment on the hillside overlooking the Rhine valley, within a 10 min taxi ride of the city centre of Heidelberg and the main station. Public transport is available during the day, and during conferences EMBL ensures frequent bus transfers between EMBL, the Heidelberg city centre, and the hotels.

This symposium will provide an interdisciplinary discussion of the roles of non-coding RNAs with the aim of enhancing our understanding of gene regulation and function.

Topics:

• Recent discoveries in the fields of prokaryotic and eukaryotic long and short non-coding RNAs.
• The functional roles of non-coding RNAs in a wide variety of cell processes.

The Registration Deadline is July 18th, 2010

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