The „Microsymposium on RNA Biology“ is an international conference that brings together young scientists, junior and senior group leaders, and company representatives from all over the world to present and discuss their latest findings in the exciting field of small RNAs and beyond. The Microsymposium was founded in 2005 and has established itself as the major small RNA meeting in Europe. It is organized by the four research institutions IMBA, IMP, GMI and the Max Perutz Labs as well as by the RNA community of the Vienna BioCenter.
In all three eukaryotic kingdoms, small regulatory RNAs play a key role in the silencing of gene expression at the post-transcriptional and the transcriptional level. They have central functions in the repression of viruses and transposons and they play essential roles in coordinating organismal development, physiological processes and human diseases, such as cancer.
To strengthen the focus on the new generation of scientists, the Microsymposium invites—besides established leaders in the field— postdocs and PhD students (selected from submitted poster abstracts) as speakers. This allows the up-and-coming scientists to present their projects and results to a highly qualified, engaged and dynamic audience and is a major distinguishing factor from other conferences.
REGISTRATION
Since its start the Microsymposium has been a registration fee-free event and we have always hoped to maintain this. However, due to overall rising costs and increasing numbers of participants, we now have to change this and introduce a modest registration fee of 100 EUR [academy] / 300 EUR [industry].
This symposium is about connecting the community and we want to make sure that everyone can attend. Therefore, we are also offering registration fee waivers and travel grants to financially support young scientists attending the Microsymposium.
TRAVEL GRANTS AND REGISTRATION FEE WAIVERS
In order to apply for a registration fee waiver, the applicant must be a young scientist of any nationality. In the registration process, please apply by ticking the box at “I want to apply for a registration fee waiver.” There you need to submit a short statement justifying the reasons for applying for a waiver (latest by April 19, 2023)
Travel grants are allocated exclusively to PhD students or postdocs on the basis of the quality of the abstract submitted. PhD students and postdocs who are selected to give their presentation at the Microsymposium will receive a travel grant of 300,- EUR [Europe] / 1000,- EUR [worldwide].
REGISTER HERE
DEADLINES
Abstract submission to be considered for a talk from abstract: March 23
Registration deadline & deadline for poster presenters: April 19
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Here you find the program
Speakers
Yiliang DING, John Innes Centre
Olivier DUSS, EMBL
Niels GEHRING, University of Cologne
Torben HEICK JENSEN, Aarhus University
Florian HEYD, Freie Universität Berlin
Valérie HILGERS, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Axel INNIS, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB)
Joanna JACHOWICZ, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
Stefanie JONAS, ETH Zurich
Joshua MENDELL, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Marlene OEFFINGER, Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM)
Ramesh PILLAI, University of Geneva
Geraldine SEYDOUX, Johns Hopkins University
Irina SOLOVEI, LMU Munich
Felipe Karam TEIXEIRA, University of Cambridge
Nadine VASTENHOUW, University of Lausanne
Karsten WEIS, ETH Zurich
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Stefan Ameres (Max Perutz Labs)
Julius Brennecke (IMBA)
Sebastian Falk (Max Perutz Labs)
Arturo Marí-Ordóñez (GMI)
Javier Martínez (Max Perutz Labs)
Andrea Pauli (IMP)
Clemens Plaschka (IMP)
SUPPORTED BY
PREMIUM SPONSOR
Sponsors
Looking back
2020 no meeting
Impressions from the 2019 meeting
Impressions from the 2018 meeting
2012 no meeting
2010 no meeting