{"id":303,"date":"2011-11-15T20:20:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T20:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.194.195.88\/~rnasocie\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2012-08-17T01:14:31","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T01:14:31","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rnasociety.org\/conferences\/rna-2012\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Program\/Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"536\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Program Outline\u2014RNA 2012 (<a href=\"http:\/\/rnasociety.org\/conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/RNA-2012-Program-120518.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download PDF<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"536\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\" align=\"center\">The 17<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the RNA Society<br \/>\nAnn Arbor, Michigan, USA<br \/>\nMay 29\u2013June 2, 2012<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr class=\"program_hr\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"program_header\">Tuesday, May 29<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\">14:00 \u2013 22:00<\/td>\n<td>Registration<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center (Lobby)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000; padding-bottom: 10px;\">\n<td>14:00 \u2013 16:00<\/td>\n<td>Campus Walking Tours<br \/>\n(by prior reservation)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Departing from Power Center Lobby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000; padding-bottom: 10px;\">\n<td>17:30 \u2013 19:00<\/td>\n<td>Barbecue Dinner<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Ingalls Mall(outside\/adjacent to Michigan League)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00 \u2013 20:00<\/td>\n<td>Reception and Dessert<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center (Lobby)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00 \u2013 20:30<\/td>\n<td>Welcome, Opening remarks, and brief Entertainment<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30 \u2013 22:00<\/td>\n<td>Opening Plenary Session<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Brenda Bass (Univ Utah)<br \/>\nOlke Uhlenbeck (Northwestern Univ)<br \/>\nJonathan Weissman (UCSF)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr class=\"program_hr\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"program_header\">Wednesday, May 30<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\">08:00 \u2013 18:30<\/td>\n<td>Registration<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center (Lobby)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000; padding-bottom: 10px;\">\n<td>09:00 \u2013 12:30<\/td>\n<td>Session 1: RNA-protein interactions<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Carol Fierke (Univ Michigan)<br \/>\nChair: Scott Blanchard (Cornell Univ)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\" valign=\"top\">12:30 \u2013 14:00<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\" valign=\"top\">Michigan Union<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\" valign=\"top\">14:00 \u2013 17:00<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Concurrent Early Afternoon Sessions<br \/>\nSession 2A: Non-coding RNAs<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\" valign=\"top\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Tom Gingeras (Cold Spring Harbor)<br \/>\nChair: Wade Winkler (Univ Maryland)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Session 2B: Ribosomes &amp; translation<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Harry Noller (UCSC)<br \/>\nChair: Kurt Frederick (Ohio State Univ)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Rackham Auditorium<\/td>\n<td>17:15 \u2013 18:30<\/td>\n<td>Concurrent Late Afternoon Sessions<br \/>\nSession 3A: RNA-protein architecture<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Chair: Hashim Al-Hashimi (Univ Michigan)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Session 3B: RNA-seq &amp; computational structure prediction<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Chair: Alain Laederach (UNC Chapel Hill)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Rackham Auditorium<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\" valign=\"top\">18:30 \u2013 20:30<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Meetings Committee Meeting &amp; Dinner (limit ~40)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\" valign=\"top\">Michigan Union<br \/>\n(Anderson Room D)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\" valign=\"top\">19:30 \u2013 20:30<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Junior Scientists Social<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\" valign=\"top\">Michigan Union (Patio)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\" valign=\"top\">20:00 \u2013 22:30<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Beer Hall and Poster Session 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\" valign=\"top\">Michigan League (2nd Floor)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"367\">Poster Topic<\/td>\n<td>Abstracts<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Bioinformatics<\/td>\n<td>172 &#8211; 182<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Emerging &amp; High-throughput Techniques for RNA<\/td>\n<td>183 &#8211; 202<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>RNA-Protein Interactions<\/td>\n<td>203 &#8211; 237<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Mechanisms of RNA interference<\/td>\n<td>238 &#8211; 249<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>RNA and Epigenetics<\/td>\n<td>250 &#8211; 251<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Riboregulation in Development<\/td>\n<td>252<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Non-coding and Regulatory RNAs<\/td>\n<td>253 &#8211; 273<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>3\u2019 end processing<\/td>\n<td>274 &#8211; 284<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Ribosomes and Translation<\/td>\n<td>285 &#8211; 307<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Interconnections Between Gene Expression Processes<\/td>\n<td>308 &#8211; 324<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-top: -18px;\">Sponsor: OSU Center for RNA Biology<\/p>\n<hr class=\"program_hr\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"program_header\">Thursday, May 31<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\">08:00 \u2013 18:30<\/td>\n<td>Registration<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center (Lobby)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\">\n<td>09:00 \u2013 12:30<\/td>\n<td>Session 4: RNA turnover<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Joel Belasco (NYU)<br \/>\nChair: Oliver M\u00fchlemann (Univ Bern)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">12:30 \u2013 14:00<\/td>\n<td>Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Michigan Union<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12:30 \u2013 14:00<\/td>\n<td>Mentor-Mentee Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Michigan Union (Rogel Ballroom)<br \/>\n(separate reservation required)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14:00 \u2013 17:00<\/td>\n<td>Concurrent Early Afternoon Sessions<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Session 5A: Splicing mechanism<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Kristen Lynch (U Penn)<br \/>\nChair: Tracy Johnson \u00a0(UCSD)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Session 5B: RNA editing &amp; modification<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Jamie Williamson (Scripps Res Inst)<br \/>\nChair: Eric Phizicky (Univ Rochester)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Rackham Auditorium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:15 \u2013 18:30<\/td>\n<td>Concurrent Late Afternoon Sessions<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Session 6A: Aptamers<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Chair: Donald Burke (Univ Missouri)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Session 6B: Surveillance &amp; decay<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Chair: Anita Hopper \u00a0(Ohio State Univ)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Rackham Auditorium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\">\n<td>18:30 \u2013 20:00<\/td>\n<td>Dinner<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Michigan Union<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:30 \u2013 20:30<\/td>\n<td>RNA &amp; Society Dinner<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Michigan Union (Rogel Ballroom)<br \/>\n(limit 400, separate reservation required)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">Laurie \u00a0Zoloth (Northwestern Univ)<br \/>\n\u201cMaking Good: Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00 \u2013 22:30<\/td>\n<td>Beer Hall and Poster Session 2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Michigan League (2nd Floor)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Poster Topic<\/td>\n<td>Abstracts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>RNP Structure, Function and Biosynthesis<\/td>\n<td>325 &#8211; 335<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Splicing Mechanisms<\/td>\n<td>336 &#8211; 363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>RNA Editing and Modification<\/td>\n<td>364 &#8211; 379<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Translational Regulation<\/td>\n<td>380 &#8211; 393<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>RNA Turnover<\/td>\n<td>394 &#8211; 417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>RNA structure and folding<\/td>\n<td>418 &#8211; 456<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>RNA Transport and Localization<\/td>\n<td>457 &#8211; 463<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\">\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Viral RNAs<\/td>\n<td>464 &#8211; 478<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-top: -18px;\" align=\"center\">Sponsor: PTC Therapeutics<\/p>\n<hr class=\"program_hr\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"program_header\">Friday, June 1<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\">08:00 \u2013 17:00<\/td>\n<td>Registration<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center (Lobby)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\">\n<td>09:00 \u2013 12:30<\/td>\n<td>Session 7: RNA &amp; disease<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Bruce Sullenger (Duke University Med Center)<br \/>\nChair: Andy Berglund \u00a0(Univ Oregon)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12:30 \u2013 14:00<\/td>\n<td>Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Michigan Union<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14:00 \u2013 17:00<\/td>\n<td>Concurrent Early Afternoon Sessions<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Session 8A: RNA &amp; RNP structureKeynote: Barbara Golden (Purdue Univ)<br \/>\nChair: Carl Correll \u00a0(Rosalind Franklin Univ)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Session 8B: Small RNAs<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Tom Tuschl (Rockefeller Univ)<br \/>\nChair: Javier Martinez (IMBA, Austrian Acad Sci)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Rackham Auditorium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\">\n<td>17:30 \u2013 19:30<\/td>\n<td>Career Development Workshop<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Rackham Auditorium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:30 \u2013 20:00<\/td>\n<td>Board of Directors Meeting &amp; Dinner<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Michigan Union (Anderson Room D)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00 \u2013 22:30<\/td>\n<td>Beer Hall and Poster Session 3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Michigan League (2nd Floor)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Topic<\/td>\n<td>Abstracts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Small RNAs<\/td>\n<td>479 &#8211; 501<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>RNA Catalysis and Riboswitches<\/td>\n<td>502 &#8211; 530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Chemical and Synthetic Biology of RNA<\/td>\n<td>531 &#8211; 535<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Splicing Regulation<\/td>\n<td>536 &#8211; 576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>tRNA, snRNA, snoRNA, rRNA<\/td>\n<td>577 &#8211; 603<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>RNAs in Diseases<\/td>\n<td>604 &#8211; 623<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Therapeutic RNAs<\/td>\n<td>624 &#8211; 632<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\">\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Recent Poster Submissions<\/td>\n<td>701 &#8211; 711<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: -18px;\">Sponsor: UM Chemistry Department<\/p>\n<hr class=\"program_hr\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"program_header\">Saturday, June 2<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100px;\">08:00 \u2013 18:15<\/td>\n<td>Registration<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center (Lobby)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\">\n<td>09:00 \u2013 12:30<\/td>\n<td>Session 9: Interconnections &amp; regulation<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Doug Black (UCLA)<br \/>\nChair: Guillaume \u00a0Chanfreau (UCLA)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12:30 \u2013 14:00<\/td>\n<td>Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Michigan Union<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14:00 \u2013 17:00<\/td>\n<td>Concurrent Early Afternoon Sessions<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Session 10A: Ribozymes &amp; riboswitches<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Adrian \u00a0Ferr\u00e9-D\u2019Amar\u00e9 (Nat\u2019l Heart, Lung &amp; Blood Inst)<br \/>\nChair: Peter Unrau \u00a0(Simon Fraser Univ)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Session 10B: Function through sequence analysis<\/p>\n<p class=\"pindent\">Keynote: Fritz Roth (Univ Toronto)<br \/>\nChair: Mihaela Zavolan (Univ Basel)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0 Rackham Auditorium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:15 \u2013 18:15<\/td>\n<td>Awards Ceremony<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Power Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\">\n<td>18:30 \u2013 19:00<\/td>\n<td>Depart University of Michigan<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Transportation to the Henry Ford Museum<br \/>\nby charter bus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00 \u2013 23:00<\/td>\n<td>Reception &amp; Banquet<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">The Henry Ford Museum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Dinner, dancing and viewing of American and automotive history exhibits<br \/>\n(separate reservation required)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr class=\"program_hr\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"program_header\">Sunday, June 3<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Conference concludes<\/p>\n<hr class=\"program_hr\" \/>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"536\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Additional Scheduled Events at RNA 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"536\"><strong>Junior Scientists Pre-Conference Tour &#8211; Monday, May 28<\/strong><br \/>\n1 PM-???; Meet at the Power Center<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all graduate students and post docs<\/li>\n<li>No additional charge, no registration required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is an informal gathering for graduate students and post docs to meet and socialize. It will be a great way to glimpse a part of Ann Arbor and catch up with colleagues before the meeting starts. The tour will start on campus then extend out to the Nichols Arboretum and Kerrytown, and finally finishing at Ashley&#8217;s bar and grill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Campus Walking Tours &#8211; Tuesday, May 29<\/strong><br \/>\n14:00-16:00 at the Power Center (Lobby)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all attendees<\/li>\n<li>No additional charge, but prior registration is required before May 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take a walking tour of the University of Michigan campus, enjoy the weather and meet fellow RNA 2012 attendees. These tours are scheduled before the official start of the meeting, so get here early and stretch your legs! The tours will be in groups of 20-30 people and will be hosted by the University of Michigan Office of Undergraduate Admissions; the same folks who give the tours to prospective students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meetings Committee Meeting &#8211; Wednesday, May 30<\/strong><br \/>\n18:30-20:30 in the Michigan Union (Anderson Room D)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to the Meetings Committee, the Board of Directors, meeting sponsors, and (due to space constraints) a small number of additional observers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This meeting is where the venues for future RNA Society meetings are reviewed and selected. Any member of the RNA Society is welcome to attend, but due to space constraints one should request participation in advance by sending an email to the Meetings Committee Chair, David Lilley (<a href=\"mailto:&#x64;&#x2e;&#x6d;&#x2e;&#x6a;&#x2e;&#x6c;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x79;&#x40;&#x64;&#x75;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x65;&#x65;&#x2e;&#x61;&#x63;&#x2e;&#x75;&#x6b;\">&#x64;&#x2e;&#x6d;&#x2e;&#x6a;&#x2e;&#x6c;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x79;&#x40;<span class=\"oe_displaynone\">null<\/span>&#x64;&#x75;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x65;&#x65;&#x2e;&#x61;&#x63;&#x2e;&#x75;&#x6b;<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Junior Scientists Social &#8211; Wednesday, May 30<\/strong><br \/>\n19:30-20:30 in the Michigan Union (Patio)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all graduate students and post docs<\/li>\n<li>No additional charge, no registration required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The social is a nice setting to socialize with your fellow colleagues and talk some science over drinks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beer Hall and Poster Sessions \u2013 Wednesday-Friday, May 30-June 1<\/strong><br \/>\n20:00-22:30 in the Michigan League (2<sup>nd<\/sup>Floor)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all attendees<\/li>\n<li>Traditional poster sessions with the addition of a beer hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday sponsor: OSU Center for RNA Biology<br \/>\nThursday sponsor: PTC Therapeutics<br \/>\nFriday sponsor: UM Chemistry Department<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentor\/Mentee Lunch &#8211; Thursday, May 31<\/strong><br \/>\n12:30-14:00 in the Michigan Union (Rogel Ballroom)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all attendees<\/li>\n<li>No additional charge, but registration is required before May 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This lunch is an informal gathering that brings together 6-7 graduate students and post docs with one to two academic and industry mentors to answer student questions about careers. Topics include the pros and cons of academic vs industry careers, finding jobs, grant applications, and of course lots of interesting science. These lunches are fun for the mentors and hopefully fun and useful for the mentees as well. To the extent possible, mentors and mentees with common career and geographical objectives or experiences are grouped together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RNA &amp; Society Dinner \u2013 Thursday, May 31 <\/strong>(currently on \u201cwaitlist\u201d basis only)<br \/>\n18:30-20:30 in the Michigan Union (Rogel Ballroom)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all attendees<\/li>\n<li>No additional charge, but registration is required due to space constraints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Laurie Zoloth<\/strong> (Northwestern Univ)<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Making Good: Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology<\/em><br \/>\nThe RNA &amp; Society dinners are an opportunity for RNA scientists to hear and to think about the impacts of science on society as well as the impacts of society on science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Career Development Workshop \u2013 Friday, June 1<\/strong><br \/>\n17:30-19:30 in Rackham Auditorium<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all attendees, but especially junior scientists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is an opportunity for junior scientists to hear and discuss the issues around developing a career in science. The goal of this specific workshop is to demystify the interview process, and provide a forum in which young scientists can draw on the insights of established members of academia and industry. This workshop should be particularly relevant to young members who will be interviewing for the next step in their careers. The workshop will feature a panel of speakers with diverse experiences. The focus will be on members who recently have been through the interview process, be it for a faculty position, tenure, or a job in industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Board of Directors Meeting \u2013 Friday, June 1<\/strong><br \/>\n17:30-20:00 in the Michigan Union (Anderson Room D)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to the Board of Directors and (due to space constraints) a small number of additional observers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the business meeting of the RNA Society. Topics include an RNA journal update, results of the Meetings Committee deliberations, a report on finances and a vote on the next year\u2019s budget, and new initiatives. Any member of the RNA Society is welcome to attend, but due to space constraints one should request participation in advance by sending an email to the CEO, Jim McSwiggen (&#x6d;&#x63;&#x73;&#x77;&#x69;&#x67;&#x6a;&#x40;<span class=\"oe_displaynone\">null<\/span>&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;&#x63;&#x61;&#x73;&#x74;&#x2e;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x74;).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards ceremony &#8211; Saturday, June 2<\/strong><br \/>\n16:15-17:15 at the Power Center<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all attendees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is our opportunity to honor the people who have made significant contributions to RNA science. This year\u2019s awardees include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Okle Uhlenbeck; RNA Society Lifetime Achievement Award<\/li>\n<li>Brenda Peculis; RNA Society Service Award<\/li>\n<li>RNA Society\/Scaringe Award winners\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<li>Chenguang Gong<\/li>\n<li>Tatjana Trcek Pulisic<\/li>\n<li>Kotaro Nakanishi<\/li>\n<li>Dipali Sashital<\/li>\n<li>Poster prize winners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conference Banquet &#8211; Saturday, June 2<\/strong><br \/>\n17:45 \u2013 18:15 Shuttles depart University of Michigan for The Henry Ford Museum<br \/>\n18:30-23:00 Banquet and Dance at The Henry Ford Museum<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all attendees<\/li>\n<li>Registration required for planning purposes before May 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The banquet will take place at the Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The museum is an American treasure, and we&#8217;ll have access to exhibits along with food, drink and dancing under an airplane suspended from the ceiling. This year, for the first time, we will have a scientist band playing for the dance. The band <strong>CTP<\/strong> from PTC Therapeutics will be playing a mixture of rock, blues, R&amp;B. It will be great!<\/p>\n<p>We have chartered buses to transport attendees to the Ford Museum, which is located approximately 1\/2 hour drive from Ann Arbor. Please let us know if you are attending the banquet, and whether you will ride the bus or provide your own transportation. Ford Museum offers plenty of free parking and maps will be provided for those who drive themselves. Guests are welcome! 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