Meeting report for Odd Pols 2012

Abstract

The Eighth International Biennial Conference on RNA polymerases I and III (the 'Odd Pols') was held June 7-11, 2012 at The Airlie Center in Warrenton Virginia, USA. It was sponsored by the Universite Laval and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, and organized by Rich Maraia and Tom Moss. The meeting honored the memory of Pierre Thuriaux (Jan 1, 1950-March 18, 2012) and David Schneider reminisced on the important accomplishments his mentor Masayasu Nomura (1927-2011). The goal of the conference was to bring together the world's experts on RNA polymerase I and RNA polymerase III to highlight and share their latest results and varied experimental approaches. The meeting drew attendees from twelve countries and most contributed through oral and poster presentations. The talks were organized into several sessions subdivided into 10 distinct topics. The keynote speaker, Ian Willis, opened the meeting with his presentation entitled "New Regulators of Signaling to Odd Pols" and the closing presentation was given by Patrick Cramer with his presentation "Conservation of the RNA polymerase I, II and III transcription initiation machineries". Here we present some of the highlights from the meeting using summaries provided by the participants.

Keywords: CTD; Carboxyl-terminal domain; DNA topoisomerase IIα; DNA topoisomerase IIβ; EI; ES; NMD; NoLS; Nucleolar Localization Site; PAF53; PAR1; Pol I; Pol I-associated factor 53; Pol II; Pol III; RB; RNA polymerase I; RNA polymerase II; RNA polymerse III; Retinoblastoma; TAF1B; TATA box-binding protein; TATA box-binding protein (TBP)-associated factor 1; TBP; TF; TFIIB; TFIIE; TFIIEalpha; TFIIF; TFIIIA; TFIIIC; TTF-I; Tgm; Top2α; Top2β; WH; WT; Wildtype; eEF1-A; elongation factor 1-A; exon-including; exon-skipped; hPAF49; human Pol I-associated factor 53; ncRNAs; noncoding RNAs; nonsense mediated decay; protease activate the thrombin receptor; tRNA gene-mediated; termination factor; transcription factor; transcription factor A for Pol III; transcription factor C for Pol II; transcription factor C for Pol III; transcription factor E alpha for Pol II; transcription factor E for Pol II; transcription factor F for Pol II; winged helix.