August 22-26, 2012
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Abstract deadline: June 22, 2012
Meeting Website: http://www.rochester.edu/College/BIO/ribosyn2012
Plenary Speakers:
Marat Yusupov: From crystallization of bacterial ribosome to structure determination of eukaryotic ribosome
Jeff Lipton: The Ribosomopathies: When Bad Ribosomes Happen to Good People
This year’s plenary speakers set the stage for the breadth of this meeting: from deeper structural insights into the ribosome to the impact of failures in ribosome assembly on human disease.
Session Topics will include:
- prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosome assembly
- rRNA transcription and processing
- ribophagy and quality control
- snoRNPs and modifications
- trans-acting assembly factors
- ribosome synthesis and growth regulation
- ribosome biogenesis and disease
Organizing Committee: Gloria Culver, Steve Ellis, Arlen Johnson, Denis Lafontaine and Jamie Williamson
meeting correspondence: ribosyn2012@gmail.com