NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences
Preliminary program
08:45 Registration & Welcome coffee
09:30 Introduction to the Conference by Prof. Patsy Renard, UNamur
09:35 Non-coding RNA, the dark side of the genome. INAUGURAL LECTURE
Dr. Antonin MORILLON, ncRNA, Epigenetic and Genome Fluidity, Institut Curie, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
10:05 Translation as an unexpected player in the metabolism of long non-coding RNAs
Dr. Maxime WERY, ncRNA, Epigenetic and Genome Fluidity, Institut Curie, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
10:20 LncRNAs in melanoma: lost in Translation?
Prof. Eleonora LEUCCI, Laboratory for RNA Cancer Biology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Belgium
10:50 SCOPE technologies: Visualizing non-coding RNA Sponsor talk
Mathias VAN BULCK, Sales specialist Genomics at Advanced Cell Diagnostics (Bio-Techne)
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Ribosomopathies: human diseases of ribosome biogenesis dysfunction
Prof. Denis LAFONTAINE, RNA Molecular Biology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
12:00 Differential 2’-O-methylation of U14 in 5.8S rRNA affects translation regulation and promotes a disease cellular phenotype
Alzbeta CHABRONOVA, Laboratory for Experimental Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, MUMC+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
12:15 Mitochondrial dynamic regulates miRNA expression in breast cancer
Dr. Stéphanie HERKENNE, Laboratory of Molecular Angiogenesis, GIGA-Institute, University of Liège, Belgium
12:30 New Bio-Rad long non-coding RNA qPCR workflow Sponsor talk
Dr. Caroline WEYDERT, Sales Specialist Genomics at Bio-Rad
12:40 Promega tools for Cell Health studies : Viability and Cytotoxicity in Real Time Sponsor talk
Dr. Vincent VAN HEE, Client support Specialist at Promega Corporation
12:50 Lunch & poster session
14:00 A novel lncRNA, B13, regulates progenitor amplification and cerebral cortex expansion
Dr. Julieta APREA, Center for Regenerative Therapies, School of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
14:30 X chromosome dosage compensation: a lncRNA-mediated regulation
Irène TALON, Department of Development and Regeneration, Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO), Leuven Stem Cell Institute (SCIL), KULeuven, Belgium
14:45 Wobble tRNA modification: a new vulnerability in cancer
Dr. Pierre CLOSE, Laboratory of Cancer Signaling, GIGA-Institute, University of Liège, Belgium
15:15 TRMT10A deficiency-induced 5’-tRNAGln fragments modulate gene expression in pancreatic β-cells
Maria Nicol ARROYO, ULB Center for Diabetes Research, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Roles and regulation of non-coding RNAs in viral infections
Dr. Sébastien PFEFFER, Architecture and Reactivity of RNA, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, France
16:30 Are non-coding Simbuviruses RNA structures involved in transcription termination and translation?
Laura BONIL, Veterinary Integrated Research Unit, Faculty of Sciences, Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur, Belgium
16:45 Dissecting lncRNA functions in cancer
Prof. Pieter MESTDAGH, OncoRNALab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent, Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent university, Belgium
17:15 Concluding remarks and Awards by Prof. Charles Nicaise, UNamur
