Biological Mechanisms and Applications of RNA

The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation will be the 11^th in a biennial series that began in 2004. The 2026 meeting will discuss the newest findings on the basic mechanisms that underlie the biogenesis, regulation, and functions of all classes of RNA. Topics of interest include but are not limited to RNA synthesis, folding, modification, splicing, 3´ end formation, mRNA translation, decay, localization, and how these processes are coupled in cells. The application of fundamental knowledge to illuminate disease mechanisms and develop RNA-based therapies will be emphasized. An important goal of the meeting is to foster interactions between academic and industrial scientists that lead to the identification and development of novel drug targets. Moreover, the meeting seeks to support interactions among scientists at all stages of their careers, and the limitation of the attendance to ~180 participants will promote such conversations. The meeting will include approximately 40 invited speakers from academia and industry representing a variety of post-transcriptional control topics in nine sessions. In addition, a limited number of short talks will be selected from submitted abstracts. Four late afternoon poster sessions will ensure that the science of every participant will be discussed in depth. Sessions will generally have 4-6 speakers each.