National Center of Competence
in Research, RNA & Disease

RNA Biology Lecture Series

The aim of these lectures is to provide a comprehensive educational offering in the field of RNA Biology for MSc and PhD students. The NCCR RNA & Disease offers the unique chance to have lectures taught by leading experts in the field from five Swiss research institutions covering a wide range of aspects of RNA biology.

The lectures take place in the autumn semester and will alternate each year between the University of Bern and ETH Zurich.

Lecture Series I: Transcription & Processing & Translation (Autumn Semester 2017: University of Bern )

Thursdays, 16:15-18:00, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, EG16

Course Catalogue University of Bern

  • 21.09.2017 Stefanie Jonas
    Transcription & RNP assembly
  • 28.09.2017 David Gatfield
    Rhythmic transcriptome and proteome
  • 05.10.2017 & 19.10.2017 Frédéric Allain
    Splicing, alternative splicing & RNA editing
  • 12.10.2017 Marc Ruepp
    Minor introns & RNA 3'-end formation
  • 26.10.2017 & 02.11.2017 Norbert Polacek
    Ribozymes & translation regulation
  • 09.11.2017 & 16.11.2017 Ulrike Kutay & Ivo Zemp
    RNP biogenesis & nuclear export
  • 23.11.2017 & 30.11.2017 Nenad Ban
    The ribosome structure & translation
  • 07.12.2017 & 14.12.2017 Oliver Mühlemann
    mRNA turnover & Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay
  • 21.12.2017 Michael Hall
    Signal Transduction & RNA

The information provided here is not binding and subject to change.

Lecture Series II: Non-coding RNAs: Biology & Therapeutics (Autumn Semester 2017: ETH Zurich)

Thursdays, 14:45-16:30, ETH Hönggerberg, HCI D8

Course Catalogue ETH Zurich

    •  21.09.2017 Helge Grosshans
      Micro RNA biogenesis & function
    • 28.09.2017 Mihaela Zavolan
      Micro RNAs: computational approaches
    • 05.10.2017 & 12.10.2017 Markus Stoffel
      Micro RNA function in metabolism
    • 19.10.2017 Marc Bühler
      Small RNAs in eukaryotic genome regulation
    • 26.10.2017 Rory Johnson
      Long noncoding RNAs in cancer
    • 02.11.2017 & 09.11.2017 Jonathan Hall
      Nucleic acid-based drugs
    • 16.11.2017 & 23.11.2017 Mariusz Nowacki
      Epigenetic programming of genome remodelling in ciliates
    • 30.11.2017 Ramesh Pillai
      piRNA biogenesis & function
    • 07.12.2017 Joachim Lingner
      Telomerase and telomeres
    • 14.12.2017 & 21.12.2017 André Schneider
      Mitochondrial tRNA import

    The information provided here is not binding and subject to change.