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Long Noncoding RNAs: Marching toward Mechanism Organizer(s): Thomas R. Cech, Edith Heard and Ronald R. Breaker Date: February 27 - March 04, 2014 Location: Eldorado Hotel & Spa, Santa Fe, NM, USA Sponsored by Cell Research and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Summary of Meeting: Much of the mammalian genome is transcribed into long non-coding RNAs, but their biological roles -- such as transcriptional regulation via recruitment of histone-modifying enzymes – are only beginning to be discovered. At the same time, bacterial non-coding RNAs are being found to function as small-molecule-sensing riboswitches and as elements of the CRISPR defense system. For all of these biological systems, a key remaining problem is to understand the detailed mechanism of action. Listing and comparing all of the long ncRNAs, riboswitches, and CRISPR elements genome-wide and among species is useful, but how does the RNA function in each of these systems? The goal of this Keystone Symposium is to stimulate conversations between scientists who work on these very diverse RNA systems, so they can share conceptual frameworks and experimental techniques. This goal will be accomplished by convening an exceptional group of academic and industrial scientists and students to share their insights. Scholarship Deadline: October 29 2013 Discounted Abstract Deadline: October 29 2013 Abstract Deadline: December 4 2013 Discounted Registration Deadline: January 7 2014 Keystone Symposia thanks our Sponsor(s) for generously supporting this meeting: We gratefully acknowledge additional support for this conference from: RaNA Therapeutics We gratefully acknowledge additional in-kind support for this conference from those foregoing speaker expense reimbursements: RaNA Therapeutics We gratefully acknowledge the generous grant for this conference provided by: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Grant No. 1R13HD078065-01 The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. We appreciate the organizations that provide Keystone Symposia with additional support, such as marketing and advertising: Click here to view more of these organizations Special thanks to the following for their support of Keystone Symposia initiatives to increase participation at this meeting by scientists from underrepresented backgrounds: Click here to view more of these organizations

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Long Noncoding RNAs: Marching toward Mechanism

Organizer(s): Thomas R. Cech, Edith Heard and Ronald R. Breaker

Date: February 27 - March 04, 2014
Location: Eldorado Hotel & Spa, Santa Fe, NM, USA

Sponsored by Cell Research and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Summary of Meeting:

Much of the mammalian genome is transcribed into long non-coding RNAs, but their biological roles -- such as transcriptional regulation via recruitment of histone-modifying enzymes – are only beginning to be discovered. At the same time, bacterial non-coding RNAs are being found to function as small-molecule-sensing riboswitches and as elements of the CRISPR defense system. For all of these biological systems, a key remaining problem is to understand the detailed mechanism of action. Listing and comparing all of the long ncRNAs, riboswitches, and CRISPR elements genome-wide and among species is useful, but how does the RNA function in each of these systems? The goal of this Keystone Symposium is to stimulate conversations between scientists who work on these very diverse RNA systems, so they can share conceptual frameworks and experimental techniques. This goal will be accomplished by convening an exceptional group of academic and industrial scientists and students to share their insights.

Scholarship Deadline: October 29 2013

Discounted Abstract Deadline: October 29 2013

Abstract Deadline: December 4 2013

Discounted Registration Deadline: January 7 2014

Keystone Symposia thanks our Sponsor(s) for generously supporting this meeting:

We gratefully acknowledge additional support for this conference from:

RaNA Therapeutics

We gratefully acknowledge additional in-kind support for this conference from those foregoing speaker expense reimbursements:

RaNA Therapeutics

We gratefully acknowledge the generous grant for this conference provided by:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Grant No. 1R13HD078065-01
The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

We appreciate the organizations that provide Keystone Symposia with additional support, such as marketing and advertising:

Click here to view more of these organizations

Special thanks to the following for their support of Keystone Symposia initiatives to increase participation at this meeting by scientists from underrepresented backgrounds:

Click here to view more of these organizations

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