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SUMMARY:Northwest RNA Salon Meeting
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DESCRIPTION:We would like to invite you to the first Northwest RNA Salon 
 meeting series on Thursday\, 9 February at the Michael Smith Building (D
 over St\, Manchester M13 9NT).\n\n\nThe RNA Salon program introduced by 
 the RNA Society provides financial support for recurring local/regional 
 RNA science-based activities with the aim of promoting engagement and in
 teraction among scientists working on different aspects of RNA biology a
 nd regulation of gene expression. \n\n\nOur guest speaker will be one of
  the most successful British molecular biologists:\n\nProf Nick Proudfoo
 t (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology\, Oxford University) who will gi
 ve a talk entitled 'Defining transcription units across the human genome
 ' (15:30 - 16:30). \n\n\nNick pioneered the transcription termination fi
 eld through his discovery of an mRNA polyadenylation signal during his P
 hD in the '70s at the LMB Cambridge where he worked with Fred Sanger\, C
 esar Milstein\, Sydney Brenner and George Brownlee.  In 1981\, he starte
 d his own lab at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology\, Oxford Unive
 rsity. Since then he has been leading the transcriptional biology field 
 not only in the UK but also worldwide. He has worked on all aspects of R
 NA processing and transcription- particularly splicing and transcription
  termination.  Nick has been an EMBO member since 1982\, he was awarded 
 a Royal Society/ Wolfson Research Merit award in 2002 and has been the B
 rownlee-Abraham Chair of Molecular Biology since 2003. He was also nomin
 ated to the Royal Society in 2005.  More than all of this though\, when 
 he eventually puts down the Gilson\, his legacy will be the scientists h
 e has trained- many of whom are now running their own labs all around th
 e world\, including three researchers in the School of Biological Scienc
 es - Prof Hilary Ashe\, Prof Mark Ashe and myself. \n\n\nNick's talk wil
 l be a mix of mRNA history (very entertaining\, "must hear" stories for 
 every molecular biologist!) plus his recent work on analyses of the nasc
 ent transcriptome in human cells. \n\n\nSchedule:\n\n13.30 – 14.30: meet
  and greet\; Michael Smith's Lounge\n\n14.00 – 15.00: Short talks\; Mich
 ael Smith's Lecture Theatre\n\nPawel Grzechnik\, UoM: 'Introduction to t
 he NW RNA Salon'\n\nJennifer Love\, UoM (H. Ashe lab): 'Combined modelli
 ng and imaging suggests a role for P-bodies in mRNA degradation in the D
 rosophila embryo'\n\nJoanne Cunningham\, UoM (C. Grant lab): 'Isoform-sp
 ecific roles of eIF4G in translational regulation'\n\n\n15.00 – 15.30: c
 offee/tea\; Michael Smith's Lounge\n\n15.30  - 16.30: Keynote talk\; Mic
 hael Smith's Lecture Theatre\n\nNick Proudfoot\, University of Oxford: '
 Defining transcription units across the human genome'\n\n16.30 – 16.35: 
 closing remarks \n\n16.35 – 17.30: beer and wine\; Michael Smith's Loung
 e
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LOCATION:Michael Smith lecture theatre and lounge\, Michael Smith Buildin
 g\, Manchester
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