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| Wednesday, June 10 | ||
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| 3:00 - 7:30 PM | Registration | Shavano Peak Foyer |
| 6:30 - 7:30 PM | Refreshments | Shavano Peak Foyer |
| 7:30 - 7:45 PM |
Welcome Remarks Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Frank J. Slack,
Yale University, USA
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| 7:45 - 8:45 PM |
Keynote Address Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Joan Massagué,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Deconstructing Metastasis |
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| Thursday, June 11 | ||
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | Shavano/Torreys |
| 8:30 - 11:00 AM |
Regulation of Development by miRNAs Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Helge Großhans,
Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI), Switzerland
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Alexander F. Schier,
Harvard University, USA
MicroRNAs in Embryogenesis |
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Amy E. Pasquinelli,
University of California, San Diego, USA
Regulation of Gene Expression by MicroRNAs in C. elegans |
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Eric C. Lai,
Sloan-Kettering Institute, USA
Biogenesis and Function of Short Regulatory RNAs in Drosophila |
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Seogang Hyun,
Seoul National University, South Korea
Short Talk: Functional Study on Conserved miR-8/200 Family in Flies and Mammals |
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Silvia Monticelli,
Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Switzerland
Short Talk: MicroRNAs in Mast Cells |
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Debora Marks,
Harvard Medical School, USA
Short Talk: Transfection of Small RNAs Globally Perturbs Gene Regulation by Endogeneous microRNAs |
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| 9:50 - 10:10 AM | Coffee Break | Shavano Peak Foyer |
| 11:45 AM- | On Own for Lunch | |
| 11:45 AM- 1:00 PM | Poster Setup | Shavano/Torreys |
| 1:00 - 10:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Shavano/Torreys |
| 2:30 - 4:30 PM |
Workshop 1: Bench to Bedside: Translating miRNA Discoveries into Clinical Applications |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Joanne B. Weidhaas,
Yale University School of Medicine, USA
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Doyel Mitra,
University of Colorado Denver, USA
The Role of the Histone Demethylase JARID1b in the Regulation of miRNA Expression in Breast Cancer Cells |
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Helen M. Heneghan,
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Circulating miRNAs as Novel Minimally Invasive Biomarkers for Breast Cancer |
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Galina Gabriely,
Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
The Role of Onco-MicroRNA miR-21 in Gliomagenesis |
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Stoil D. Dimitrov,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Regulation of BRCA1 Expression by MicroRNA-545 |
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Dalia Cohen,
Rosetta Genomics, USA
Identification of Tumor Tissue Origin by a MicroRNA-based Molecular Assay |
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Kim A. Lennox,
Integrated DNA Technologies, USA
A Direct Comparison of miRNA Antagonist Potency |
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Yan Li,
National Eye Institute, USA
Characterization of a Corneal/Lens-Specific miRNA Gene, miR-184 |
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Karen Angelica Cavassani,
University of Michigan Medical School, USA
microRNA as Regulators of Tumor Growth in Post-Septic Hosts |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Shavano Peak Foyer |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Gene Regulation by Non-Coding RNAs Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Alla Grishok,
Columbia University Medical Center, USA
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John Mattick,
University of Queensland, Australia
The Central Role of RNA Regulation in Evolution, Development and Cognition |
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George A. Calin,
University of Texas - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA
A Noncoding RNA Revolution in the Cancer Society |
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Mark A. Kay,
Stanford University, USA
The Role of Small RNAs in Gene Regulation |
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Yong Sun Lee,
University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Short Talk: A Novel Class of Small RNAs, tRNA-Derived RNA Fragments (tRFs), is Highly Expressed in Proliferating Cells and Required for Cell Proliferation |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Social Hour w/ Lite Bites | Shavano/Torreys |
| 7:30 - 10:00 PM |
Poster Session 1 Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Shavano/Torreys |
| Friday, June 12 | ||
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | Shavano/Torreys |
| 8:30 - 11:45 AM |
MicroRNAs in Cancer Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Scott M. Hammond,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
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Curtis C. Harris,
National Institutes of Health, USA
MicroRNAs and Inflammatory Cytokines as Biomarkers of Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapeutic Outcome |
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Frank J. Slack,
Yale University, USA
MicroRNAs and Cancer |
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Joshua Mendell,
Johns Hopkins University, USA
MicroRNA Reprogramming in Cancer: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities |
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Carlo M. Croce,
Ohio State University, USA
Role of microRNAs in Human Cancer |
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Mathijs Voorhoeve,
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Short Talk: Genetic Dissection of the Role of microRNAs and Other ncRNAs in Cancer |
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Florian Kuchenbauer,
Terry Fox Laboratory, Canada
Short Talk: Emerging Evidence of Differential Expression of miRNA*s and its Contribution to the Development of Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
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| 9:50 - 10:10 AM | Coffee Break | Shavano Peak Foyer |
| 11:45 AM- | On Own for Lunch | |
| 11:45 AM- 1:00 PM | Poster Setup | Shavano/Torreys |
| 1:00 - 10:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Shavano/Torreys |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Shavano Peak Foyer |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Hot Topics in miRNA Research Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Lin He,
University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Hannele Ruohola-Baker,
University of Washington, USA
microRNAs Regulate Human Embryonic Stem Cell Division |
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Eric G. Marcusson,
Regulus Therapeutics, USA
Therapeutic Targeting of miRNA |
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Isidore Rigoutsos,
International Business Machines Corporation, USA
Expanding the Role of miRNA Activity |
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Zain Paroo,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Short Talk: Phosphorylation of the Human Micro-RNA Generating Complex Mediates MAPK/Erk Signaling |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Social Hour w/ Lite Bites | Shavano/Torreys |
| 7:30 - 10:00 PM |
Poster Session 2 Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Shavano/Torreys |
| Saturday, June 13 | ||
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | Shavano/Torreys |
| 8:30 - 11:45 AM |
Mechanisms of miRNA Form and Function Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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George A. Calin,
University of Texas - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA
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Jennifer A. Doudna,
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Biogenesis of small regulatory RNAs |
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Marianthi Kiriakidou,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA
miRNA Function in Normal and Cancer Cells |
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Alla Grishok,
Columbia University Medical Center, USA
Gene Expression Regulation by Endogenous RNAi and Rb in C. elegans |
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Elaine Fuchs,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, USA
MicroRNA Regulation in Skin Stem Cells: Fine Tuning the Balance between Growth and Differentiation |
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Liang Zhang,
Rockefeller University, USA
Short Talk: Systematic Analysis of Dynamic miRNA-Target Interactions during C. elegans Development |
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Ulrich Tschulena,
DKFZ, Germany
Short Talk: A Novel Large-Scale Screen to Identify Modulators of miR-21 |
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| 9:50 - 10:10 AM | Coffee Break | Shavano Peak Foyer |
| 11:45 AM- | On Own for Lunch | |
| 11:45 AM- 1:00 PM | Poster Setup | Shavano/Torreys |
| 1:00 - 10:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Shavano/Torreys |
| 2:30 - 4:30 PM |
Workshop 2: Emerging Ideas and Technologies in Small RNAs |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Allison L. Abbott,
Marquette University, USA
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Carl D. Novina,
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Identification of microRNA-Mediated Tumor Suppressive Activity in Melanoma |
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Angela Anderegg,
Northwestern University, USA
The Role of MicroRNAs in Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurogenesis |
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Jennifer Young,
Centenary Institute, Australia
Regulation of Angiogenesis by MicroRNAs |
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Lu Ping Tan,
University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands
A High Throughput Experimental Approach to Identify miRNA Target Genes |
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Ivan Martinez,
Yale University, USA
Rb-Dependent Cellular Senescence Induce the Expression of miR-29 and miR-30 that Target the Cell Cycle Regulatory Gene MYBL2 |
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Aleishia Geraldine Harris,
Stanford School of Medicine, USA
Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Membrane Protein 1 Modulates Host MicroRNAs in B Cell Lymphomas |
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Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko,
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Clusterin, an Inhibitor of Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis, is Negatively Regulated by c-Myc though miR-17-92 and the type II TGFbeta Receptor |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Shavano Peak Foyer |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Roles of Small RNAs in Cancer Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Joshua Mendell,
Johns Hopkins University, USA
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Aurora Esquela-Kerscher,
Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA
The Role of miRNAs during Development and Cancer Progression |
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Bryan R. Cullen,
Duke University Medical Center, USA
Viral microRNAs and Cancer |
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Judy Lieberman,
Harvard Medical School, USA
miRNAs and Breast Cancer also Small RNAs as Therapeutics |
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Joel Neilson,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Short Talk: 3' UTR Dynamics in Cellular Activation and Transformation |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Social Hour w/ Lite Bites | Shavano/Torreys |
| 7:30 - 10:00 PM |
Poster Session 3 Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Shavano/Torreys |
| Sunday, June 14 | ||
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | Shavano Peak |
| 8:30 - 11:45 AM |
MiRNAs as Diagnostics and Therapeutics Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Aurora Esquela-Kerscher,
Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA
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Michele A. Cleary,
Rosetta Inpharmatics LLC, USA
Molecular Profiling-Based Approaches to Understanding microRNA Function and Targets |
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Lin He,
University of California, Berkeley, USA
miRNAs in Cancer |
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Joanne B. Weidhaas,
Yale University School of Medicine, USA
A MicroRNA Binding Site Polymorphism as a Biomarker of Cancer Risk |
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Scott M. Hammond,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
MicroRNAs in Development and Disease |
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Sónia A. Melo,
IDIBELL - PEBC Program Barcelona/GABBA Program Portugal, Spain
Short Talk: Impairment of microRNA Machinery in Human Cancer |
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Alexander Pertsemlidis,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Short Talk: miR-337 Modulates Sensitivity to Paclitaxel in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
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| 9:50 - 10:10 AM | Coffee Break | Shavano Peak Foyer |
| 11:45 AM- | On Own for Lunch | |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Shavano Peak Foyer |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Lessons from Developmental Biology Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Eric C. Lai,
Sloan-Kettering Institute, USA
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Allison L. Abbott,
Marquette University, USA
Genetic Analysis of microRNA Functions in C. elegans Development |
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Helge Großhans,
Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI), Switzerland
Life and Death of MicroRNAs |
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David Brown,
Asuragen, Inc., USA
Therapeutic Applications of a Tumor Suppressor miRNA |
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Eric Alexander Miska,
University of Cambridge, UK
Short Talk: Genetic Analysis in C. elegans Reveals New Insights into miRNA Mechanism |
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| 7:00 - 7:15 PM |
Closing Remarks Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 05/10/2009 |
Red Cloud/Crestone |
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Amy E. Pasquinelli,
University of California, San Diego, USA
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| 7:15 - 8:15 PM | Social Hour w/ Lite Bites | Shavano Peak |
| 8:00 - 11:00 PM | Entertainment | Shavano Peak |
| Monday, June 15 | ||
| Departure | ||
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We gratefully acknowledge the generous grant for this conference provided by:
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Grant No. 1R13CA139690-01
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