RNases in infection and inflammation
July 4th, 2025
| TIME | Program | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:50 | Keynote Lecture | Ronald Raines (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | Lessons from Ribonuclease A |
| 09:50-10:30 | Invited Talk | Brian Becknell (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) | Roles and Regulation of RNases in the Host Response to Bacterial Urinary Tract Infection |
| 10:30-10:50 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:50-11:30 | Invited Talk | Klaus T. Preissner (Justus Liebig University Giessen ) | Damaging functions of ribosomal extracellular RNA (rexRNA) and antagonistic action of RNase1 in cardiovascular and other inflammatory diseases |
| 11:30-12.10 | Invited Talk | Pavel Ivanov (Harvard Medical School) | Cleavage of host tRNAs by Mycoplasma membrane-associated nuclease |
| 12.10-12.25 | Cutting-edge Oral Talk | Mauricio Castellano (Institut Pasteur de Montevideo) | Ribonuclease activity undermines immune sensing of naked extracellular RNA |
| 12:25-12:40 | Cutting-edge Oral Talk | Vanessa Costa (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) | Beyond RNA Degradation: Exploring PNPase Functions in Campylobacter jejuni |
| 12:40-12:55 | Cutting-edge Oral Talk | Rosanna Culurciello (University of Naples Federico II) | Human RNase 7 and neurons: moving towards an unexpected new functional link |
| 12:55-13:10 | Oral Talk | Susana Marques-Costa (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) | The intricate interplay between a pair of “false twins” ncRNAs, their mRNA targets and RNases in Pseudomonas putida |
| 13:100-14:10 | Lunch Break | ||
| 14:10-15:00 | Poster Session |