Structure and topology of RNA in living systems

Scientific Programme

Day 1 (Monday, 30. 01.)

• Session I, 09:00 - 10:30

  • Luca Tubiana, "Introduction"
  • Mauricio Comas-García, “Selective packaging of HIV-1 genomic RNA”

• Session II, 11:00 - 12:30

  • Roee Amit, “Using synthetic biology to unravel RNA tertiary interactions”
  • Michael Hagan, “Computational modeling of icosahedral shell assembly and encapsulation of flexible polymers”

• Session III, 14:30 - 16:00

  • Marta Szachniuk, “Spiders, entanglements, and RNA structure prediction”
  • Redmond Smyth, “Probing the structure and function of long viral RNAs”

• Short talk session 1, 16:30 - 17:30

  • Valerio Piomponi, “Molecular Dynamics to investigate Impact of RNA modifications on RNA structural dynamics and recognition”
  • Michał Żurkowski, “WebTetrado, your assistant in the G4 space”

Day 2 (Tuesday, 31. 01.)

• Session IV, 09:00 - 10:30

  • Cristian Micheletti, “Physical models for the degradation resistance of xrRNAs”
  • Anže Božič, “RNA as a randomly branched polymer”

• Session V, 11:00 - 12:30

  • Manja Marz, “RNA secondary structures in RNA viruses”
  • Giovanni Bussi, “Dissecting RNA dynamics combining molecular simulations and solution experiments”

• Session VI, 14:30 - 16:00

  • Guillaume Stirnemann, “Conformational space exploration of minimal ribozymes for autocatalytic networks”
  • Joanna Trylska, “Simulations of RNA structural dynamics and ligand association paths: the case of an aminoglycoside-sensing riboswitch”

Day 3 (Wednesday, 01. 02.)

• Session VII, 09:00 - 10:30

  • Konstantin Roeder, “RNA structural ensembles from energy landscape explorations”
  • Horacio Guzman, “Quantitative electrostatic force tomography for proteinaceous capsids in interaction with an approaching nanoscale substrate”

• Session VIII, 11:00 - 12:30

  • Samuela Pasquali, "Integrative modeling strategies and RNA polymorphism"
  • Maciej Antzcak, “RNAComposer-based modeling of RNA 3D structures in CASP15”

• Session IX, 14:30 - 16:00

  • Reidun Twarock, “The regulatory roles of viral genomes in virus assembly and genome release”
  • Bruno Sargueil, “Differential SHAPE probing to screen computationally designed RNA and to detect pseudoknot and non-canonical interactions”

• Discussion, 16:30 - 17:30

  Moderators: Samuela Pasquali, Luca Tubiana, Anže Božič

Day 4 (Thursday, 02. 02.)

• Session X, 09:00 - 10:30

  • Letizia Chiodo, “Prediction of ncRNA structure: the case of lncRNA DLEU2”
  • Roland Marquet, “Deciphering the mechanism of influenza A genome packaging using genome-wide approaches”

• Short talk session 2, 11:00 - 12:30

  • Michela Quadrini, “RNA Abstractions for Structural Comparison and Classification”
  • Giovanni Mattiotti, “Computational 3D structure characterization of CCMV RNA2 fragment”