| Tipo de Actividad | Curso/Seminario/Workshop |
| Area(s) de interés | VIDA Biología, Ecología, y Medioambiente
SALU Salud |
| Denominación | Workshop "Genomic parasites and noncoding RNA in evolution and disease" |
| Fecha Inicio | 29/10/2018 | Fecha Finalización | 31/10/2018 |
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| Lugar de celebración | Baeza - Jaén - España |
| URL | http://www.unia.es/biomedicine |
Observaciones
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This workshop belongs to the series "Current Trends in Biomedicine", organized by the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía at the Sede Antonio Machado of Baeza (Andalusia, Spain).
More information and application att http://www.unia.es/biomedicine
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Resumen
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Friend or foe in nature is often one and the same and the classification depends on the perspective of the observer. This concept is key to the proposed workshop which will discuss the beneficial and detrimental impact of genomic parasites to the human genome. On the one hand, viruses and transposable elements provide novel genetic material and challenge established gene expression patterns. Hence, transposition of DNA enables quick adaptation and is widely accepted to be a major driver of evolution, in fact essential for the development of complex organisms. On the other hand, mobile genetic elements are highly mutagenic and may interfere with essential developmental programmes and physiological processes. As a consequence, transposition is linked to cancer and other diseases. Importantly, in all the processes, beneficial or detrimental, a complex web of non-coding RNA constitutes the interface between the genomic parasites and the host. Tasks as diverse as transcriptional...
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