XX IRT - 20th International Roundtable on Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Event    XX IRT - 20th International Roundtable on Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Dates   Sunday to  Thursday, 5th to 9th August 2012

Place    Centre Mont-Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Organisers

Masad J. Damha (McGill University)
Christopher J. Wilds (Concordia University)
Robert H.E. Hudson (University of Western Ontario)

Synopsis

The previous 19 international roundtables in this series have proved popular with academia and industry alike, and have attracted in excess of 400 attendees in recent years. This independent Roundtable is organised under the auspices of the IS3NA (International Society of Nucleosides Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids).    

The second circular is attached.  We will have a strong and varied program of plenary sessions  (see below) and contributed lectures.  Plenary lectures will be delivered by internationally-recognized scientists, including the Montgomery and Imbach-Townsend Awardees.  We will have a dynamic and engaging programme with varied cutting-edge research in medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology, as well as synthetic and therapeutic applications of nucleosides and oligonucleotides.
  

Dates to Note

1st February    - Conference registration opens
30th April        - Deadline for abstract submission
14th May         - Deadline for early registration
15th July          - Online registration closes
5th-9th August - XX IRT Conference, downtown Montréal, Canada 

Calh for Papers  

The call  for abstracts for both for standard talks and for posters is now open.  Please refer to the website to download a template.  Submission closes on 30th April.

  

Themes and Programme

Themes of the Roundtable are: 

Nucleos(t)ides (medicinal chemistry/mechanisms)
Oligonucleotides (medicinal chemistry/mechanisms)
Structure/Macromolecular Recognition
Biochemistry/Chemical and System Biology/Evolution
Supramolecular/Functional Nucleic Acids
Probes, Methods and Nucleoside/Nucleotide Reagents

Confirmed principal speakers are: 

Serge Beaucage, US Food and Drugs Administration, USA
C Frank Bennett, Isis Pharmaceuticals, USA
Tom Brown, University of Southampton, UK
Cynthia Burrows, University of Utah, USA
David Corey, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Martin Egli, Vanderbilt University, USA
Carlos González, Instituto de Quimica-Fisica Rocasolano. CSIC, Spain
Matthias Götte, McGill University, Canada
Michal Hocek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Eric T Kool, Stanford University, USA
Emily Leproust, Agilent, USA
Muthiah Manoharan, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, USA
Chris McGuigan, Welsh School of Pharmacy, UK
Dinshaw J Patel, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Enrique Pedroso, University of Barcelona,Spain
Oliver Seitz, Humboldt-University zu Berlin, Germany
Hanadi Sleiman, McGill University, Canada
Michael Sofia, Pharmasset, USA
David N Standring, Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc, USA
Piotr Strazewski, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
Jack Szostak, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

 

Features and Registration

This four-day conference will include two dedicated scientific poster sessions, trade exhibition and conference banquet among other features.   Registration fees range from CAN $ 325 to CAN $ 925.