BioCity Symposium

Discover how RNA biology is reshaping our understanding of life and driving the next generation of medical innovation. This BioCity Symposium will explore groundbreaking advances in RNA interference, long non-coding RNAs, RNA modifications, and RNA-mediated gene regulation. Learn how these discoveries are unlocking new insights into human biology and enabling personalized therapies for diseases. Bringing together leading experts in RNA research, the symposium will showcase the latest scientific breakthroughs and emerging therapeutic opportunities, highlighting RNA’s transformative role in addressing some of today’s most pressing biomedical challenges.

Tuğçe Aktaş, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany Elena Conti, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany Olivier Duss, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Andrzej Dziembowski, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Poland Ryan A. Flynn, Boston Children’s Hospital; Harvard University, USA Michaela Frye, German Cancer Research Center, Germany Eleonora Leucci, KU Leuven, Belgium Dónal O’Carroll, University of Edinburgh, UK Didier Stainier, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Germany Osamu Takeuchi, Kyoto University, Japan Wei Tao, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Harvard University, USA

Georgi Belogurov Jan Kaslin Noora Kotaja Riitta Lahesmaa Petra Sipilä Matti Turtola Hongbo Zhang Minna-Liisa Änkö