Program

Expected Schedule

Tuesday, November 2, afternoon: Biogenesis and mode of action of small RNAs (1) 

Wednesday, November 3, morning: Biogenesis and mode of action of small RNAs (2) 

Wednesday, November 3, afternoon: Documented roles of miRNAs in animals; functional assignment of miRNAs and siRNAs in animals: limitations and biases; the pecularities of C. elegans small RNA pathways 

Thursday, November 4, morning: Detection and quantification methods (theoretical lecture; practical class on Small RNA-Seq analyses) 

Thursday, November 4, afternoon: Rest, social event 

Friday, November 5, morning: Subcellular location and liquid/liquid phase separation in small RNA-guided silencing; applications and limitations of human small RNA biology in the clinic 

Friday, November 5, afternoon: Target identification methods (theoretical lecture and case study). The peculiarities of plant small RNA pathways. 

Saturday, November 6, morning: Small RNAs in host-virus interactions 

Saturday, November 6, early afternoon: On-site evaluation of the school, open questions