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EMBO | EMBL Symposium: The Mobile Genome: Genetic and Physiological Impacts of Transposable Elements
Germany - Heidelberg

Hosted by: European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre
Dates: Sep 16, 2015 through Sep 19, 2015

Description
 
Transposons are abundant in most genomes and constitute about 50% of the human genome. They are usually considered as genomic parasites, the mobilisation of which can cause harmful genetic mutations.

Various mechanisms have evolved throughout the tree of life to defend genomes from the deleterious effects of transposition. Curiously, the past couple of years have brought about seminal discoveries showing that transposons also have functions essential to their host. For example, they play key roles in mammalian development, neurogenesis, and immune response.

These novel findings suggest that transposons have widespread vital functions and call for thorough investigation in all genomes and organisms.

The proposed symposium aims to facilitate the development of this emerging view by bringing together world-leading experts from diverse areas of biology including genomics, structural biology, microbiology, developmental biology, plant biology and neurobiology.


Topics

The meeting will stimulate interdisciplinary discussions on various key topics including

impact of mobile DNA on genome structure and evolution
novel advances in the mechanism of transposition and transposon defense
developmental and physiological roles of transposition.
These discussions will facilitate multi-disciplinary collaborations and greatly improve the common understanding of mobile genetic elements, as well as genome structure and function in general.
 
Additional Information
 
Event URL: http://www.embo-embl-symposia.org/symposia/2015/EES15-05/index.html
ISCB Member Discount: None

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