Schedule – RNA 2012
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The 17th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society |
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Tuesday, May 29 |
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14:00 – 22:00 |
Registration |
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14:00 – 16:00 |
Campus Walking Tours (by prior reservation) |
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17:30 – 19:00 |
Barbecue Dinner |
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19:00 – 20:00 |
Reception and Dessert |
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20:00 – 20:30 |
Welcome, Opening Remarks and brief Entertainment |
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20:30 – 22:00 |
Opening Plenary Session |
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Wednesday, May 30 |
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08:00 – 18:30 |
Registration |
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09:00 – 12:30 |
Session 1 Plenary |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 17:00 |
Concurrent Early Afternoon Sessions |
| Session 2A | |
| Session 2B | |
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17:15 – 18:30 |
Concurrent Late Afternoon Sessions |
| Session 3A | |
| Session 3B | |
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18:30 – 20:00 |
Dinner |
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18:30 – 20:30 |
Meetings Committee Meeting & Dinner |
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19:30 – 20:30 |
Junior Scientists Social |
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20:00 – 22:30 |
Beer Hall and Poster Session 1 |
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Thursday, May 31 |
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08:00 – 18:30 |
Registration |
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09:00 – 12:30 |
Session 4 Plenary |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Mentor-Mentee Lunch (separate reservation required) |
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14:00 – 17:00 |
Concurrent Early Afternoon Sessions |
| Session 5A | |
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Session 5B |
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17:15 – 18:30 |
Concurrent Late Afternoon Sessions |
| Session 6A | |
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Session 6B |
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18:30 – 20:00 |
Dinner |
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18:30 – 20:30 |
RNA & Society Dinner (separate reservation required) |
| Laurie Zoloth (Northwestern Univ) “Making Good: Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology” |
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20:00 – 22:30 |
Beer Hall and Poster Session 2 |
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Friday, June 1 |
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08:00 – 17:00 |
Registration |
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09:00 – 12:30 |
Session 7 Plenary |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 17:00 |
Concurrent Early Afternoon Sessions |
| Session 8A | |
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Session 8B |
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17:30 – 19:30 |
Career Development Workshop |
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17:30 – 20:00 |
Board of Directors Meeting & Dinner |
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18:30 – 20:00 |
Dinner |
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20:00 – 22:30 |
Beer Hall and Poster Session 3 |
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Saturday, June 2 |
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08:00 – 17:15 |
Registration |
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09:00 – 12:30 |
Session 9 Plenary |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 17:00 |
Concurrent Early Afternoon Sessions |
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17:15 – 18:15 |
Awards Ceremony |
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18:30 – 19:00 |
Depart University of Michigan – transportation to the Henry Ford Museum by charter bus |
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19:00 – 23:00 |
Reception & Banquet Dinner, dancing and viewing of American and automotive history exhibits (separate reservation required) |
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Sunday, June 3 |
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Conference concludes |
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