EBI External Seminars

In a weekly series of External Seminars, EBI invites speakers from all over Europe to discuss their latest results. The common theme of the talks is the use of system-wide approaches to address biological questions - ranging from the fundamental mechanisms of development and metabolism to disease diagnostics and treatment. The talks will feature a computational component, but many of the speakers will present their original wet-lab data.

The talks are normally held on Tuesdays at 2pm in C209/10 and carry on throughout the year with a summer break. If you would like to talk to one of the speakers on the day of their visit, please contact the host. Suggestions for speakers are also very welcome. Please send suggestions to the organisers Kathi Zarnack, David Thybert and Nicolas Le Novere. Once your nomination has been approved, Zoe Higney (Research Office) will assist with speaker arrangements.

PinkSeminars

Pink Seminars (talks given by EMBL senior faculty) will take place on the first Tuesday of every month except January, March, May, July and December.

The talks are normally held at 2pm in M203. If you would like to talk to one of the speakers on the day of their visit, please contact the PhD student indicated. Suggestions for speakers are also very welcome. Please send suggestions to John Marioni (marioni@ebi.ac.uk). Once your nomination has been approved, Zoe Higney (Research Office) will assist with speaker arrangements.

Seminar of the week

Seminar not cancelled

22/05/2012 - Room C209 at 14:00 - External Seminar

Daniel Gautheret (Université Paris-Sud, Orsay)

The invention of regulatory RNA in the 3 domains of life: lessons from deep sequencing

Regulatory RNAs in bacteria and eukaryotes are transcripts that act through binding of other RNAs or proteins. Most do not appear to require a complex tertiary structure and their sequence and location vary considerably even between closely related species. Building on deep sequencing experiments performed in all types of organisms from human to Archaea, we show that the majority of non-coding transcripts are polymorphic, poorly structured and unconserved, which fits the bill for a typical regulatory RNA. In the current argument over the functional relevance of "dark matter" RNA, I promote the hypothesis of a wasteful regulatory RNA factory.

Hosted by: Kathi Zarnack