Program

Expected Schedule

Monday, October 16, afternoon: Biogenesis and mode of action of small RNAs (1).

Tuesday, October 17, morning: Biogenesis and mode of action of small RNAs (2).

Tuesday, October 17, afternoon: Documented roles of miRNAs in animals. Functional assignment of miRNAs and siRNAs in animals: limitations and biases. The peculiarities of plant small RNA pathways.

Wednesday, October 18, morning: Small RNAs in host-virus interactions.

Wednesday, October 18, afternoon: Bacterial regulatory RNAs. Social event.

Thursday, October 19, morning: Subcellular location and liquid/liquid phase separation in small RNA-guided silencing. Applications and limitations of human small RNA biology in the clinic.

Thursday, October 19, afternoon: Target identification methods (theoretical lecture and case study). The pecularities of Cænorhabditis elegans small RNA pathways.

Friday, October 20, morning: Detection and quantification methods (theoretical lecture; practical class on Small RNA-Seq analyses).

Friday, October 20, afternoon: Open questions, on-site evaluation of the school.