Structural Biology of the modern RNA world

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Time Program
16:00 –21:00 Registration
18:00 –20:00 Informal Get-together
20:10 –20:15 Opening of the meeting (D. Heinz)
20:15 –21:15 Murnau Lecture:
D. Söll (New Haven)
The continuing evolution of the genetic code

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Time Program and Speaker Title of presentation
from 8:00 Registration
9:00 – 12:15 Session I: Transcription / Chair: M. Weiss
9:00 – 9:45 P. Cramer (Munich) Global mechanisms of gene transcription
9:45 – 10:05 M. Wilmanns (Hamburg) Structure-based design of a MafB transcription factor variant with altered coiled coil assembly and promoter preference properties in leukocytes
10:05 – 10:35 N. Abrescia (Bilbao) Closer to eukarya: the structure of the complete archaeal RNA polymerase
10:35 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:20 P. Wollmann (Munich) Structure of the Mot1-TBP complex: insight into a Swi2/Snf2 enzyme-substrate interaction and remodeling mechanism
11:20 – 11:40 K. Tripsianes (Munich) Structural basis for dimethyl-arginine recognition by Tudor domains
11:40 – 12:10 F. Werner (London) The structure and mechanisms of RNAP subunits Rpo4/7 and the Spt4/5 complex during transcription elongation - the ′elongation-first hypothesis′
12:15 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:15 Session II : RNA processing / Chair: C. Kisker
14:00 – 14:45 R. Lührmann (Göttingen) Structural dynamics and function of the spliceosome
14:45 – 15:05 K. Lakomek (Göttingen) Crystal structure analysis of a 4-thiouridine synthetase - RNA complex reveals a molecular ruler for recognition of U8 of tRNAPhe in a non-canonical conformation
15:05 – 15:35 A. Pyle (New Haven) Group II intron structural features and their implications for pre-mRNA splicing and the folding of multi-domain RNA molecules
15:35 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:20 B. Loll (Berlin) Is yeast Clp1 a "locked" mononucleoside kinase involved in 3′-end processing of mRNA?
16:20 – 16:40 C. Mackereth (Pessac) Co-operative folding of the Rna14 monkeytail and Rna15 hinge domains in the yeast CF IA complex
16:40 – 17:10 K. Nagai (Cambridge) The architecture of the spliceosomal U1 snRNP
17:15 – 18:45 Poster Session part I / A-K
19:00 Informal Conference Dinner in Foyer (buffet)
20:00 Meeting of the GBM Study Group "Structural Biology"

Friday, October 15, 2010

Time Program and Speaker Title of presentation
8:30 – 11:30 Session III : Regulatory RNA / Chair: M. Sattler
8:30 – 9:15 J. Doudna (Berkeley) Regulatory RNA biogenesis for viral defense in bacteria
9:15 – 9:35 O. Duss (Zürich) Solution structure of the 55 kDa trimolecular complex between the ncRNA RsmZ and two global regulatory protein RsmE dimers obtained using a new segmental isotope labeling approach of RNA
9:35 – 10:05 D. Patel (New York) Structural Biology of Riboswitches, Nucleo-cytoplasmic Transport and hDicer-mediated RNA Cleavage
10:05 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 10:50 O. Weichenrieder (Tübingen) Structures of trimeric L1ORF1 protein and its flexibility in the context of human LINE-1 retrotransposition
10:50 – 11:20 J. Feigon (Los Angeles) Structure and Dynamics of Telomerase and Riboswitch RNAs
11:20 – 13:00 Poster Session part II / L-Z
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Session IV: RNA turnover and decay / Chair: E. Conti
14:00 – 14:45 C. Lima (New York) Structure and Function of Eukaryotic RNA Exosomes
14:45 – 15:05 A. Murachelli (Munich) Structural and biochemical studies of the ASAP complex
15:05 – 15:25 J. Henri (Orsay) Dom34-Hbs1 a complex involved in No-Go Decay and Non-functional rRNA Decay
15:25 – 15:55 J. Gross (San Francisco) Dynamics and the control of mRNA decapping by Dcp2
16:00 – 19:30 Sightseeing (Wieskirche - UNESCO World Heritage Rococo church)
20:00 Official Conference Dinner (Brewery - Bavarian Night + Poster Prizes)

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Time Program and Speaker Title of presentation
9:00 – 11.45 Session V: Translation / Chair: H. Stark
9:00 – 9:45 V. Ramakrishnan (Cambridge) How the ribosome ensures the fidelity of decoding mRNA
9:45 – 10:05 C. Schaffitzel (Grenoble) Structure of the E. coli co-translational targeting complex in the early checkpoint state
10:05 – 10:25 S. Ataide (Zürich) The crystal structure of the signal recognition particle in complex with its receptor
10:25 – 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 11:10 N. Fischer (Göttingen) Ribosome dynamics and tRNA movement as visualized by time-resolved electron cryomicroscopy
11:10 – 11:30 R. Knudsen (Aarhus) Structural insight into how a virus exploits its host
11:30 – 12:00 R. Beckmann (Munich) Cryo-EM of nascent polpypeptide chains
12:00 Final discussion and outlook moderation: P. Cramer, E. Conti, D. Heinz
12:55 Closing remarks and farewell D.Heinz
13:00 End of meeting