Midlands Gene Regulation Symposium

Gene regulation is a complex multi-step process required throughout all kingdoms of life to ensure the correct spatiotemporal dosage and distribution of gene products, and response to environmental stimuli. Errors in gene regulation can lead to a diversity of catastrophic errors including developmental malformations, metabolic defects, and a failure of environmental adaptation. However, gene expression is controlled at many levels including (but not limited to) chromatin organisation, transcription initiation, and post-transcriptional control of mRNA localisation, stability and translation. This inaugural annual one-day meeting will bring together researchers from the Universities of Warwick, Birmingham and Leicester working across scales, model systems and disciplines to discuss a broad range of topics related to gene regulation.

The meeting has three primary objectives:

• To provide an opportunity in a constructive environment to discuss your latest work and gain positive feedback.
• To provide development opportunities and exposure, and to celebrate the success of our Early Career Researchers (ECRs).
• To showcase capabilities of our institutions and to develop potential collaborative grant applications and PhD projects. This also includes providing support and advice to ECRs in fellowship applications.

Organisers: Andrew Bowman and Andrew Nelson (Warwick), Yolanda Markaki and Shaun Cowley (Leicester), Rui Monteiro and Ferenc Mueller (Birmingham).

Andrew Bowman and Andrew Nelson (Warwick)

Yolanda Markaki and Shaun Cowley (Leicester)

Rui Monteiro and Ferenc Mueller (Birmingham)