Thursday
28 September
11:30
A tribute to Arturo Leone
12:00
Special Interest Subgroups
- ChIP-on-Chip
- Visualizing DNA damage
- Genes and neural development
- Soil (bio)remediation
- Network biology
- Stress response: a tribute to Arturo Leone
- Cell migration and leukocyte recruitment
15:30
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CONGRESS
16:00
EMBO Lecture
Molecular mechanisms in plants that synchronise flowering with the changing seasons
George Coupland (Cologne, Germany)
17:00
Plenary Symposium:
Evolution of genes and genomes
19:00
Wine & Cheese (Get together)
20:30
Round Table: Open Access
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Friday
29 September
08:30
Minisymposia I
- Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation
- Genetics of microorganisms and microbial biotechnologies
- Membrane trafficking, adhesion and transduction
- Stem cells, development and differentiation
- DNA repair and mutagenesis
- Plant-pathogen interactions
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
Plenary Symposium:
Membrane fusion and fission
13:00
Lunch break
13:00
EMBO Italian Members Meeting
14:00
Posters: Groups 1-6 + SIS
16:00
CHIARA D'ONOFRIO Lecture
Microtubules, kinetochores and the mitotic checkpoint: from protein architecture to biological function
Andrea Musacchio (Milan)
17:30
Parallel Symposia I
- DNA processing and repair
- Genetic models of infertility: from yeast to humans
- The translational apparatus in eukaryotes
- Light and development
20:30
Round Table: Research Funding
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Saturday
30 September
08:30
Minisymposia II
- Population genetics and evolution
- Cellular stress and apoptosis
- Environmental microbiology and ecology
- Plant mineral nutrition and metabolism
- Neurodegeneration and neurorepair mechanisms
- Cell cycle, oncogenes and tumor suppressors
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
Parallel Symposia II
- p53 protein family: from mechanisms to patients
- Models of mitochondrial diseases
- Migration and pathfinding
- Emerging viruses
13:00
Lunch break
14:00
Posters: Groups 7-12
16:00
FISV Lecture
Regulation of gene expression in the brain: promoter choice, alternative splicing, and microRNAs
Tom Maniatis (Cambridge, MA, USA)
17:00
Scientific Society Meetings
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Sunday
1 October
09:00
Plenary Symposium:
Symbiosis
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
GIORGIO TECCE Lecture
MicroRNAs and chromosomal abnormalities in cancer cells
Carlo Croce (Columbus, OH, USA)
12:30
CLOSING CEREMONY
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