Feb. 2, 2008 (Sat.) Symposium
Place: Cheng-Shing Hall (成杏廳), Medical College Building

Topic

Time

Content

 

08:30 – 08:50

Symposium registration
1st floor, Medical College Building

08:50 - 09:00

Opening Remarks ( Dr. Michael M.C. Lai 賴明詔校長 )

Nuclear mRNA processing

Section Modulator : Dr.譚婉玉

09:00 – 09:50

Plenary Lecture Dr. Ren-Jang Lin (林仁章)
 Processing of eukaryotic RNA: the splicing machinery and the microarray detection

09:50 - 10:15

Invited Lecture 1: Dr. 張典顯
 Solving Rubik's Cube problem by DExD/H-box proteins: from RNPases to coupling of transcription and splicing

10:15 - 10:40

Invited Lecture 2: Dr. Dharam Singh
 Extraribosomal interactions between ribosomal protein L4 and RNase E regulate RNase E activity and mRNA stability

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee break and Poster Viewing

mRNA stability control

Section Modulator : Dr.李芳仁

11:00 - 11:25

Invited Lecture 3: Dr. 孫孝芳
 AUF-1 binds to the 3' untranslated region of human Fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9) gene and facilitates FGF9 mRNA decay

11:25 - 11:50

Invited Lecture 4: Dr. 林豐彥
 The Tale About Regulation of TLR4 Expression

11:50 - 12:15

Invited Lecture 5: Dr. 吳惠南

  RNA structural rearrangement by dengue virus structural and nonstructural proteins

12:15 - 14:00

Lunch and Poster viewing

Section Modulator : Dr.蔡少正

14:00 - 14:50

Plenary Lecture Dr. Ching-Yi Chen (陳敬義)
 Mechanism of AU-rich element-mediated mRNA decay

Translational control and microRNA

14:50 - 15:15

Invited Lecture 5: Dr. 譚婉玉
 The role of RBM4 in multiple modes of translational control

15:15 - 15:40

Invited Lecture 6:Dr. 曾大千
 RNA-binding protein HuR interacts with thrombomodulin 5' UTR and inhibits protein synthesis in inflammation

15:40 - 16:00

Coffee break and Poster Viewing

Section Modulator : Dr.張典顯

16:00 - 16:25

Invited Lecture 7: Dr. 黃怡萱
 Characterization of a Sequence-Specific RNA-Binding Protein, CPEB3, in neurons

16:25 - 16:50

Invited Lecture 8: Dr. 吳素幸
 MicroRNA-directed Tandem Trans-Acting siRNA Cascade in Arabidopsis

16:50 - 17:15

Invited Lecture 9: Dr. 蔡慶修
  The cis -acting elements required for the multiplication of Bamboo m osaic virus RNA

17:15 - 17:30

Closing Discussion