CNET 2017 - XXth National Congress on Transposable Elements

Session 2 - TE regulation & small RNAs

Theater of the "Grand Chateau", Valrose Campus

Chair: Gael Cristofari

› Retrotransposons meet antiviral RNAi: control of virus infections in insects - Keynote speaker: Carla Saleh 09:00-09:45 (45min)

› First demonstration of the direct role of the piRNA pathway as key player in genome maintenance. - Bridlin Barckmann 09:45-10:10 (25min)

› The germline piRNA clusters act as an heritable sequence memory of passed TE invasions - Emilie Brasset 10:10-10:35 (25min)

Coffee break

Backyard Garden of Theater, Valrose Campus

Session 2 - TE regulation & small RNAs

Theater of the "Grand Chateau", Valrose Campus

Chair: Gael Cristofari

› Deciphering the link between RNA modifications and small RNA pathways in the control of transposable elements and neuronal disorders. - Clement Carre 11:05-11:30 (25min)

› Subtelomeric piRNA cluster: to have or not have - Laure Teysset 11:30-11:55 (25min)

› Biology of a piRNA cluster : flamenco as a model - Nolwenn Mouniee 11:55-12:20 (25min)

Lunch (buffet)

Backyard Garden of Theater, Valrose Campus

Poster session

Backyard Garden of Theater, Valrose Campus

Refreshments

Session 3a - Origin, evolution and dynamics of TEs

Theater of the "Grand Chateau", Valrose Campus

Chair: Dominic van Essen

› Invasion of experimental populations by a transposable element and interactions between copies. - Aurélie Hua-Van 15:30-15:55 (25min)

› Evolutionary genome dynamics in domesticated and wild yeasts - Jia-Xing Yue 15:55-16:20 (25min)

› Retrotransposition dynamics in more than 100 mammalian genomes - Nicolas Gilbert 16:20-16:45 (25min)

Free time

Gala dinner at "Le St Paul" restaurant