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Program

Workshop on miRNAs and Virus-Associated Cancers
26-28 May 2012, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Saturday, 26 May 2012

Arrival at Hotel Argosy Hotel, Iva Dulčića 41, 20000, Dubrovnik, Croatia

16:00

Registration

 

17:30

Welcome Remarks

Magdalena Grce and Saleem Khan

17:45-18:15

Friend or foe? The role of small RNAs in viral infections

Sébastien Pfeffer

18:30-19:30

Welcome cocktails

 

19:30

Visit to the old town and free time for dinner

 

Sunday, 27 May 2012

 

Session 1

9:00-10:45 Virus-Encoded miRNAs and their Functions I

Chair: Saleem Khan

09:00-09:35

Role of herpesvirus microRNAs in pathogenesis

Venugopal Nair

09:35-10:10

Analysis of the viral and cellular miRNA targetome during EBV infection

Rebecca Skalsky

10:10-10:45

Restraint of ICP34.5 expression controls outcome of HSV-1 infection

Igor Jurak

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

 

Session 2

11:15-12:25 Virus-Encoded miRNAs and their Functions II

Chair: Lou Laimins

11:15-11:50

Roles and regulation of microRNAs in viral infections

Sébastien Pfeffer

11:50-12:25

Degradation of cellular miR-27 by a novel, highly abundant viral transcript is important for efficient MCMV replication in vivo

Lars Dölken

12:30-14:00

Lunch

 

Session 3

14:00-15:10 Virus-Encoded miRNAs and their Functions III

Chair: Dennis McCance

14:00-14:35

An RNA virus encodes a cluster of microRNAs with implications for viral-mediated tumorigenesis

Chris Sullivan

14:35-15:10

MiRNA based immunoevasion mechanism of the human polyomaviruses

Yoav Bauman

15:10-15:40

Coffee Break

 

Session 4

15:40-16:50 miRNAs and Regulation of Cellular Pathways

Chair: Venugopal Nair

15:40-16:15

(De)regulatory microRNA disease networks: a computational perspective

Takis Benos

16:15-16:50

Probing cellular pathways with polyomaviruses

James Pipas

17:00-21:00

Visit to the old town and organized dinner

 

Monday, 28 May 2012

 

Session 5

9:00-11:00 Host-Encoded miRNAs Relevant to Viral Infection and Cancer I

Chair: Sébastien Pfeffer

09:00-09:35

Human papillomaviruses downregulate miR-203 and mir-146a expression to control late gene expression and amplification

Lou Laimins

09:35-10:10

Regulation of miR203, miR-24 and miR-205 by HPV-16 E6 and E7 in primary human keratinocytes

Dennis McCance

10:10-10:45

Induction of cellular senescence by repression of HPV oncogenes increases the expression of miR-29 and miR-30, which target the cell cycle regulator B-Myb

Ivan Martinez

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

 

Session 6

11:15-12:50 Host-Encoded miRNAs Relevant to Viral Infection and Cancer II

Chair: Magdalena Grce

11:15-11:50

Regulation of cellular microRNAs by the human papillomavirus type 16 E6 oncogene

Saleem Khan

11:50-12:25

Oncogenic HPV infections and growth factor signaling pathways: a positive feedback loop

Michelle Ozbun

12:25-12:35

Concluding remarks

Saleem Khan

12:45-14:00

Lunch and departure

 

 

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