First meeting on RNA and ribonucleases

On 3 and 4 July the 1st International Meeting on RNA & Ribonucleases will take place in the Sala de graus of the Faculty of Biosciences. A total of 47 researchers from 14 different countries will be participating. The congress is organised by Ester Boix, Jiarui Li, Guillem Prats-Ejarque and Mohammed Moussaoui, all lecturers in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and forms part of the events organised by the new regional network entitled Catalonia RNA & RNase Salon. The network is composed of members of the UAB, the University of Girona and the ALBA Synchrotron. The network's mission is to promote exchange and debate within the biology sector of RNA and ribonucleases. The meeting is sponsored by the RNA Society, Lexogen, the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and The Company of Biologists.