1- 5 July| 2006 | Haikko|Finland |
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Selection of Participants
Participants will be selected among the applicants after closure of the application deadline (February 28). All applicants will be informed about the decision by e-mail in March.
A total of 45 participants will be accepted based on applications, including ca. 20 senior scientists, 10 post-doctoral scientists and 15 PhD students. The leading criteria for selection will be the applicant’s scientific production during the past 3 years and its relevance regarding the theme of the Workshop.
Organisers have also invited speakers to ensure coverage of the cutting-edge science in all main study fields relevant to the workshop. These 25 invited senior scientists who have confirmed their participation include, for example:
OLIVIER VOINNET, France – RNA silencing, especially viral silencing suppressors
SAVITHRAMMA DINESH-KUMAR, USA – Virus-induced hypersensitive response
KARL OPARKA, UK – Macromolecular transport and plasmodesmata
JOSEPH ATABEKOV, Russia – Viral movement complexes
DENNIS BAMFORD, Finland – RNA-dependent RNA polymerases
JÓZSEF BURGYÁN, Hungary – siRNA of viral origin
MICHAEL WASSENEGGER, Germany – Viroids and engineered resistance
TAKASHI SERA, Japan – Gene expression and viral replication
