This time the Vienna RNA Meeting marked also the concluding conference of the SFB RNA Regulation of the Transcriptome(SFB RNA REG) after eight successful years, and was organized together with the Doctoral Program in RNA Biology (DK RNA Biology).
After two and half days of excellent lectures and lively science discussions, the meeting ended with a very special conference dinner: It was transformed into a surprise retirement party to celebrate Renée Schroeder and her achievements.
Laudatory speeches were held by Eric Westhof, long term scientific collaborator from the University of Strasbourg, and by Heinz W. Engel, Rector of the University of Vienna. Furthermore, Renée’s continuous and significant contributions to the MFPL, the Vienna BioCenter campus and the whole life science community in Vienna and Austria were acknowledged by Arndt von Haeseler (MFPL Scientific Director), Jan-Michael Peters (IMP Scientific Director), Artemis Vakianis (FWF Vice-President) and Michael Stampfer (WWTF Director).
Renée Schroeder, now retiring as Professor of RNA Biochemistry at the University of Vienna, has been a prominent figure at the MFPL and the Vienna BioCenter. She played an essential part in fostering the Viennese RNA community not only by leading the SFB RNA REG during its first period but also by serving as vice-head of the Doctoral Program in RNA Biology for nine years.
The SFB RNA Regulation of the Transcriptome and the DK RNA Biology are funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna. The event was funded by the FWF and by the MFPL.
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Mind matters. VBC mental health awareness
The multiple facets of Hop1 during meiotic prophase
Chromosomes as Mechanical Objects: from E.coli to Meiosis to Mammalian cells
Convergent evolution of CO2-fixing liquid-liquid phase separation
Viral envelope engineering for cell type specific delivery
New ways of leading: inclusive leadership and revising academic hierarchies
How an opportunistic human pathogen colonizes surfaces - From pathogen behavior to new drugs
Title to be announced
Decoding Molecular Plasticity in the Dark Proteome of the Nuclear Pore Complex
Probing the 3D genome architectural basis of neurodevelopment and aging in vivo
How to tango with four - the evolution of meiotic chromosome segregation after genome duplication
Multidimensional approach to decoding the mysteries of animal development
Connecting mitotic chromosomes to dynamic microtubules - insight from biochemical reconstitution
Membrane remodeling proteins at the junction between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Neurodiversity in academia: strengths and challenges of neurodivergence
Gene expression dynamics during the awakening of the zygotic genome
When all is lost? Measuring historical signals
Suckers and segments of the octopus arm
Using the house mouse radiation to study the rapid evolution of genes and genetic processes
CRISPR jumps ahead: mechanistic insights into CRISPR-associated transposons
Title to be announced
Enigmatic evolutionary origin and multipotency of the neural crest cells - major drivers of vertebrate evolution
Visualising mitotic chromosomes and nuclear dynamics by correlative light and electron microscopy
Bacterial cell envelope homeostasis at the (post)transcriptional level
Polyploidy and rediploidisation in stressful times
Prdm9 control of meiotic synapsis of homologs in intersubspecific hybrids
RNA virus from museum specimens
Programmed DNA double-strand breaks during meiosis: Mechanism and evolution
Title to be announced