Prof Kang organizing an RNA symposium (5.15) for KSBMB

Post date: Mar 10, 2016 1:50:10 AM

Professor Kang is organizing a symposium on "Novel RNA Functions" to be held on May 15 in Seoul. Five speakers including Prof. Kang will talk on several new classes of non-protein-coding functional RNA for two hours from 13:40 PM on May 15 (Wed) in the room 104 (on the first floor) of COEX, Seoul. The symposium will be part of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, which will be held in COEX, Seoul from May 14 (Tue) through 16 (Thr).

SYMPOSIUM 16 <Novel RNA Functions>

RNA is highly abundant macromolecules with diverse functions. It plays as an information messenger, a structural scaffold, and a catalytic enzyme. On top of many exciting disclosure of RNA, the most surprising discovery of the 21st century is the fact that almost every portion of the genome is transcribed to produce many kinds of RNA in addition to mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA. Non-protein-coding functional RNAs include microRNA, siRNA, snRNA, snoRNA, small and long non-coding RNA, and much more. The goal of this symposium is to bring researchers together who are experts in the biology of non-coding RNAs along with those who want to learn about them. In this symposium, several novel classes of non-coding RNAs, such as those involved in transcription and gene expression, associated with cancer and diseases, and implicated in therapeutic applications will be discussed.