Janusz Bujnicki @jmbujnicki presenting an extension of the #RFAM database with a strong focus on structural features: RNArchitecture. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx966 #RNABenasque2018

Paul Gardner @ppgardne asks whether we can test robustness in #RNAs. No difference found in mutation rate at the nucleotide level in #ncRNAs vs #proteins. #RNABenasque2018

Now @JAntonioCorona from the #RegRNALab @langebiomx presenting his work on #splice site conservation in #plant #lncRNAs. #RNABenasque2018

Starting the #splicing session with some #evolution. Franz Lang talking about their sequencing efforts on the unicellular flagelates #Excabata: Jakobids and Malawimonads. #RNABenasque2018

Now's the turn of @MiladMiladi_ discussing his new improved version GraphClust 2.0 which can be informed by #SHAPE. #RNABenasque2018

Now @YannPonty presenting his tool #LICORNA: Alignment of Complex #RNAs - #RNABenasque2018

Friendly reminder from Eric Nawrocki @NCBI: "If you have more than one sequence that are related you can do better than #BLAST". Checkout tools that implemented co-variance models such as @hmm3r and #Infernal. #BioInformatics #RNABenasque2018

Fun slide by @waldispuhl from @mcgillu. Introducing the topic of structural complexity in self-replicating #RNA populations - "Ceci n'est pas un #ARN". #RNABenasque2018

Steven Brenner making the point that most #human studies seeking #disease causing #variation focus on #protein altering variation and ignore changes which may affect #RNA. #RNABenasque2018

Another beautiful day @CCBPP. Ready for today's morning session on #RNA Kinetics. #RNABenasque2018

Kicking off today's morning session on #RNA #2D folding. #RNABenasque2018

Manja Marz from @UniJena talking about her method to predict the host directly from the nucleotide composition of a novel #RNA virus. Cool! #rnabenasque2018

Ongoing session on #experimental methods to probe punctual and genome-wide #RNA #structure and #computational strategies to analyse such data. Lots of room for developments in this area. #RNABenasque2018

Peter Stadler from @UniLeipzig finds that patterns of #tRNA modifications vary with temperature - #RNABenasque2018.

Starting day two with Eric Westhof from @unistra talking about codon-anticodon RNA interactions and their impact on #translation rates. #RNABenasque2018

Starting #RNABenasque2018 with the talk of @RivasElenaRivas on causal inference. Neat venue @CCBPP. #blackboard #Benasque 🇪🇸