The 2nd Workshop on Codon Usage
Function, mechanism and evolution
May 24-27, 2024 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
About the Conference
Codon usage bias, the preference for certain synonymous codons, is a key factor in genome regulation. Patterns of codon usage are among the strongest known predictors of protein abundance, mRNA stability, transcription, mRNA localization and protein structures in genomes. Synonymous mutations have been shown to affect gene expression, protein structures, organismal fitness and human diseases. These results revealed codon usage as a new layer of genetic information that can impact diverse biological processes. After success of the first international conference on codon usage in Edinburgh in 2022, we decided to make this conference into a biennial series. This conference will be the only international conference dedicated to understand the functions of codon usage, mechanisms of codon usage-mediated regulatory processes, and evolution of codon usage biases and genomes, with focuses on (1) mRNA metabolism; (2) translational regulation; (3) protein folding; (4) fitness and genome evolution; (5) new computational and experimental method development. Our goal is to bring together leaders, students and postdocs of diverse fields from academia and industry across the globe.
The conference will be in-person only and start with a welcome reception/registration event in the evening of May 24, 2024.
Please register below to attend the conference. For oral presentation requests and poster presentations, please submit an abstract (<250 words). Oral presentation requests must be done before March 25, 2024. Abstracts submitted after March 25 will be accepted as posters.
Travel awards available for students/postdocs (see below for details).
Deadline for registration: March 25, 2024 (early). April 25 (late registration)
Our conference is a satellite conference of the RNA Society Meeting. If you are interested in attending both conferences, you should register separately for both.
Invited Speakers
Abigail Labella
UNC Charlotte, US
Alexander Palazzo
Univ Toronto, CA
Anders Lund
Univ Copenhagen, DK
Anton Komar
Cleveland State U. US
Ariel Bazzini
Stowers Inst. US
Craig Kaplan
U. Pittsburgh, US
Danny Nedialkova
Max Planck Biochemistry, DE
Deepa Agashe
NCBS, Bangalore, IN
Diego Oyarzun
U. Edinburgh, UK
Ed O'Brien
Penn State Univ, US
Eugene Shakhnovich
Harvard Univ. US
Grzegorz Kudla
U. Edinburgh, UK
Jian Lu
Peking Univ. CH
Jianzhi Zhang
U. Michigan, US
Laurent Duret
CNRS Lyon, FR
Liana Lareau
UC Berkeley, US
Liang Huang
Oregon State Univ. US
Martine Collart
U. Geneva, Ch
Marina Rodnina
Max Planck Multidisciplinary Sciences, DE
Michal Linial
U. Jerusalem, IL
Patricia Clark
U. Notre Dame, US
Olivia Rissland
U. Colorado, US
Roland Beckmann
LMU Munich, DE
Tamir Tuller
Tel Aviv Univ, IL
Ya-Ming Hou
Thomas Jefferson U, US
Yi Liu
U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center, US
Yitzhak Pilpel
Weizmann Inst. IL
Zoya Ignatova
Univ. Hamburg, DE
Charlotte Koster
Wageningen University
Additional oral presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts.
Poster Presentations:
Size A0 portrait (84.1cm x 118.9cm).
The Venue
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
11 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is not included in the registration fee. Participants should book a hotel. Below are a few suggested hotels that are within working distance to the conference venue.
IBIS Styles Edinburgh St Andrew Square (19 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 1AU)
YOTEL Edinburgh (68–73 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 4NA)
Holiday Inn Express– City Centre (16–22 Picardy Place, Edinburgh EH1 3JT)
InterContinental Edinburgh The George (19–21 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PB)
Hotel Indigo Princes Street (20 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AN)
Courtyard Marriott Edinburgh (1–3 Baxter’s Place, Edinburgh EH1 3AF)
Cheval The Edinburgh Grand (42 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2AD)
Let us know if you'll be attending!
Early Registration Fee (before March 25, 2024 UK time):
Students/Postdocs (GBP 400), Faculty/PI (GBP 500), Industry (GBP 800)
Late Registration Fee (from March 26-April 25, 2024). Registration will close on April 25, 2024.
Students/Postdocs (GBP 500), Faculty/PI (GBP 600), Industry (GBP 900).
A few travel awards will be available to students/postdoc based on financial need and contribution to the conference. Priority will be given to those who will present their results in the meeting. To nominate, the mentor should send a brief nomination letter to the contact emails below after registration.
Registration includes:
Access to all speaker talks, poster sessions
All conference materials
Digital abstract book (in PDF)
Reception
Coffee, lunch and dinner
Organizers
Yi Liu, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, US
Grzegorz Kudla, University of Edinburgh, UK
Yitzhak Pilpel, Weizmann Institute, IL
Patricia Clark, University of Notre Dame, US
Michal Linial, University of Jeruslaem, IL
Contact
Yi Liu: Yi.Liu@UTSouthwestern.edu
Grzegorz Kudla: gkudla@gmail.com
Sponsors
University of Edinburgh
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Weizmann Institute
RNA Society
United Kingdom Research and Innovation (grant EP/S02431X/1, UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Biomedical AI)