Hang Posters

Welcoming Remarks

Topics: Welcome Remarks, Conduct Reminder, Diversity Statement, Zoom

Changes in RNA stability drive neural crest development in vivo

Erica Hutchins, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: RNA decay, RNA stability, RNA binding proteins, embryo development

Regulating selective translational control of oncogenes in cancer

Joanna Kovalski, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: 5' untranslated region, Translation control, translation initiation, RNA binding proteins, CRISPRi, cancer, screening

Mutant KRAS regulates transposable element RNA and innate immunity via KRAB zinc-finger genes

Roman Reggiardo | Oral presentation

Topics: Extracellular RNA, exosome, cancer, transposable elements, lncRNA, KRAS, KZNFs, RNA sequencing

SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 regulates translation start site fidelity to promote infection

Ranen Aviner, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: ribosomes, translation initiation, RNA virus, SARS-CoV-2

Transcriptional and translational regulation of amino acid metabolism genes in response to eIF4E depletion

Paige Diamond | Oral presentation

Topics: translation initiation, Metabolism, ribosome profiling, gene regulation

Morning Coffee/Tea Break

Topics: coffee, tea, snack

A Legionella toxin exhibits tRNA mimicry and glycosyl transferase activity to target the translation machinery and trigger a ribotoxic stress response.

Advait Subramanian, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: transfer RNA, molecular mimicry, ribosomes

Unraveling the architecture of nuclear mRNA-protein complexes (mRNPs) by single molecule TIRF imaging

Ryuta Asada, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: mRNA export, RNA-binding proteins, mRNP, single molecule analysis

lncRNA Pnky is a highly structured RNA molecule that regulates neuronal differentiaion

Parna Saha, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: RNA structure

Exploring the Allosteric Mechanism of Ligand Binding-induced Multivalent RNA Binding in Homo-oligomeric Regulatory Protein TRAP

Weicheng Li, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: allostery, cooperativity, native MS, thermodynamics

Dissection of structural heterogeneity in human telomerase RNA

Nicholas Forino | Oral presentation

Topics: RNA structure, ribonucleoprotein, Next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics

Poster Session (morning, odd numbers)

Careers in Industry

Location: Mission Hall [MH-2107, MH-2109, and MH-2110]

PhD to Postdoc

Location: Mission Hall MH-2106

Postdoc to PI

Location: Mission Hall MH-2100

Poster Session (afternoon, even numbers)

A complete human rRNA variation catalog associates with development and cancer

Daphna Rothschild, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: ribosomal RNA, Genetic Variation, cancer, development, RNA structure

RNA structure landscape of S. cerevisiae introns

Ramya Rangan | Oral presentation

Topics: Intron, RNA splicing, RNA structure

Dynamic differential expressions of 3’UTR/CDS defines self-organizing heterogeneous hESC structure

Ze Yang, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: Long Intergenic Non Coding RNAs

Streamlined and sensitive mono- and di-ribosome profiling in yeast and human cells

Lucas Ferguson | Oral presentation

Topics: ribosomes, Translation, ribosome profiling, RNA-Seq, bioinformatics

Pairing phenotypic assays with direct RNA sequencing to understand U2AF1 S34F and cigarette smoke’s functional role in lung cancer

Cindy Liang | Oral presentation

Topics: RNA modifications, messenger RNA mRNA, pre-mRNA splicing, nanopore sequencing, autophagy, lung cancer, cancer, cigarette smoke

Afternoon Coffee/Tea Break

Ubiquitination of stalled ribosomes enables mRNA decay via HBS-1 and NONU-1 in vivo

Parissa Monem | Oral presentation

Topics: ribosomes, Translation elongation, ubiquitin, mRNA decay

The Role of GTP Hydrolysis by EF-G in Ribosomal Translocation

Gillian Rexroad | Oral presentation

Topics: ribosomal translocation, ribosomes, ribosomal frameshifting, Translation, Translation elongation

A systematic search for RNA structural switches across the human transcriptome

Matvei Khoroshkin | Oral presentation

Topics: riboswitch, RNA stability

Deciphering the basis for m6A selectivity

Schraga Schwartz, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: m6a, RNA modifications, epitranscriptome, code

Targeted high throughput mutagenesis of the human spliceosome reveals its in vivo operating principles

Irene Beusch, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: alternative RNA splicing, pre-mRNA splicing, spliceosomes, CRISPR, high-throughput assay

Afternoon Coffee/Tea Break

Topics: coffee, tea

Transgene Addition by cDNA Synthesis Insertion (TACSI): A new transgene supplementation tool via RNA-only delivery

Briana Van Treeck, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: gene therapy, RNA therapeutics, Retroelements, reverse transcription

Genetically encoded chemical crosslinking of RNA in vivo

Lei Wang, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: RNA technology

Engineering poison exons for allele-specific silencing of repeat expansion disease genes

Carmelle Catamura | Oral presentation

Topics: RNA splicing, Nonsense mediated decay, RNA therapeutics, neurodegenerative disease, CRISPR, gene editing

Charge Altering Releable Transporters for In vivo mRNA delivery to immune cells and its application for cancer vaccine development

Mahmoud Abd Elwakil, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: RNA technology

Modulation of F8 exon 16 fragility in Hemophilia A by antisense oligonucleotides

Victor Tse | Oral presentation

Topics: pre-mRNA splicing, RNA splicing, RNA structure, Antisense oligos, disease

Single molecule co-occupancy of RNA-binding proteins with an evolved RNA deaminase

Yizhu Lin, PhD | Oral presentation

Topics: RNA binding proteins, RNA editing

Final break before awards ceremony

Awards Ceremony, Closing Remarks

Post Conference Meetups