MicroRNAs and Human Disease

Keystone Symposia

Location: Banff, Alberta, Canada
Date: February 11, 2011
Conference Website
Organizers: Eric N. Olson, Sakari Kauppinen and Eva van Rooij

Meeting Summary

MicroRNAs have emerged as key regulators of numerous diseases including cancer, heart disease, neurological disorders and vascular abnormalities. This meeting will bring together international leaders in the field of microRNA biology and its relationship to human disease. Because the meeting will be concurrent with the Keystone meeting on non-coding RNAs and cancer, we will focus on diseases other than cancer. There will be combined plenary sessions focusing on microRNA mechanisms of action and the identification of microRNA targets. Subsequent sessions will cover the latest advances on the roles of microRNAs in stem cells, cardiovascular, muscle, infectious, and neurological diseases. The meeting will conclude with combined sessions on recent advances in microRNA therapeutics.

Topics:

• MicroRNA Mechanisms
• MicroRNA Targets and Polymorphisms
• MicroRNAs in Muscle Development and Disease
• MicroRNAs and Vascular Disease
• MicroRNAs in CNS Disorders
• MicroRNAs in the Immune Response and Viral Infections
• MicroRNAs and Stem Cells
• MicroRNA Therapeutics: Medicinal Chemistry and Delivery