IBAB SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN NON-CODING GENOMICS

SYMPOSIUM ON

ADVANCES IN NON-CODING GENOMICS

13-14 September 2013 @ IBAB, Bengaluru

About the symposium: The Human Genome Project and subsequent developments have shown that majority of the genome is transcribed, yet only a small fraction of the transcripts encode proteins. Non-coding RNAs such as lncRNAs, miRNAs, piRNA, SnoRNA, SnRNA, siRNA, and tiRNA appear to be critical for the regulation of gene expression in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Understanding the regulation of these non-coding RNAs is an emerging area of research. The scope of this symposium is to explore the research progress in this emerging area of biology in India. The emphasis will be on bioinformatics challenges in formulating hypothesis, advances in technologies, and potential areas of application.

Topics covered:

Bioinformatics (Gene regulation, Databases, Targetome, Technologies in action)

Functions (Non-coding RNAs in prokaryotes, Transcriptional gene silencing, Imprinting, Catalytic RNAs)

Applications (Plants, Animals, and Medical)

Programme highlights:

September 13: Roles of non-coding RNA

September 14: Bioinformatics challenges and advances in technologies

Poster sessions on both days

Confirmed speakers:

Anjali Shiras (NCCS), N. Balaji (IISc), Beena Pillai (IGIB), S. C. Lakhotia (BHU), Malali Gowda (C-CAMP), Mukesh Jain (NIPGR), Priyanka Pandey (NIBMG), M.V. Rajam (Delhi University), Rakesh Mishra (CCMB), S. V. Ramesh (ICAR), Ravi Sacchidanandam (Mount Sinai), Vinod Scaria (IGIB), Shiva Prasad (IIITA), Shrish Tiwari (CCMB) and J. Sridhar (MKU), P.V.Shivaprasad (NCBS).

Eligibility: Open to PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty from academic institutions and universities in India.

Registration: Register by sending an e-mail to ncg@ibab.ac.in before 1 September 2013.

Poster presenters also need to submit an abstract (500 words only) along with the registration details.

Fees: 1000 for PhD students, 1500 for postdoctoral fellows, and 2000 for faculty