| Organizers |
Institution |
| Thomas Duchaine | McGill University, Canada | |
| Vanessa Dumeaux | McGill University, Canada | |
| Mike Hallett | McGill University, Canada | |
| Invitees |
Institution |
| Julie Pelloux | Universite de Montreal | |
| Chris Hillier | University of the West Indies | |
| Ali Tofigh | McGill University | |
| Frank Slack | Yale University | MicroRNA-based therapeutics in cancer |
| Brenda Andrews | University of Toronto | Using yeast functional genomics to explore biological pathways and non-coding RNA function |
| Eric Lai | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | MicroRNAs and other post-transcriptional regulation |
| Jens Lagergren | SciLifeLab Stockholm | |
| Marie Öhman | Stockholm University | Regulation of miRNAs by RNA editing in neurons |
| Chris Hammell | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Temporal regulation of miRNA expression during C. elegans post-embryonic development |
| René Ketting | Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) | Diversity of small RNA pathways in germ cells |
| Colin Crist | McGill University | Post-transcriptional mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle stem cell activity |
| Martin Simard | Laval University Cancer Research Center | Understanding small RNA pathways through the Argonautes |
| Marc Fabian | Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research | Insights into recruitment of the CCR4-NOT complex by mammalian gene silencing platforms |
| Amy Pasquinelli | UC San Diego | The multifaceted miRISC |
| Helge Grosshans | Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research | Towards a quantitative understanding of miRNA function and regulation in physiology |
| Antonio Giraldez | Yale University | Using ribosome footprinting to analyze the coding genome |
| Eric Miska | Gurdon Institute | C. elegans piRNAs |
| Nada Jabado | McGill University | Fusion of TTYH1 with the C19MC microRNA cluster in the embryonal brain tumor ETMR |
| Tim Hughes | University of Toronto | Exploring the universe of RNA-binding proteins |
| Sohail Tavazoie | The Rockefeller University | microRNAs as molecular probes into the biology of metastasis |
| Nikolaus Rajewsky | Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine | RNA-protein interactions |
| Richard Carthew | Northwestern University | MicroRNAs in Drosophila |
| Hin Hark Gan | New York University | 3D Modeling of miRISC-Target Interactions |
| Yifei Yan | Universite de Montreal | Designing small artificial miRNAs to inhibit HIV production |
| Paul Boutros | Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) | miRNA-Based Biomarkers for Cancer: Challenges & Successes |
| Nathanael Weill | Universite de Montreal | Modeling miRNA-induced gene expression regulation |
| Lill-Tove Busund | Universitetet i Tromsø | Detection of microRNA in tissue blocks or MicroRNA in the clinic |
| Line Moi | University hospital of North Norwayl | microRNAs as biomarkers in breast cancer |
| Francois Major | Universite de Montreal | RNA transient structures control the microRNA maturation pathway |
| Ahilya Sawh | McGill University | The post-translational life of DCR-1 |
| Ariel Donayo | McGill University | Regulation of the maturation of pri-miR-17~92 in normal and cancer cells |
| Mathieu Flamand | McGill University | A non-canonical site reveals multiple cooperative mechanisms in microRNA-mediated silencing |