• Mitochondrial RNA and RNA biogenesis factors are nucleoid components linked to mitochondrial genome replication

  John Smolka, PhD | Poster Presentation

  Topics: mitochondria, mtDNA, tRNA, transcription, aminoacylation

• Principles and properties of disordered regions in post-transcriptional control

  Joe Lobel, PhD | Poster Presentation

  Topics: mRNA decay, disordered proteins, high-throughput approaches

• Uncovering NMD specificity factors using an overlooked class of transcripts

  Claudia Medrano | Poster Presentation

  Topics: Nonsense mediated decay, gene regulation, RNA genomics

• Developing nonsense-mediated decay evading therapeutics for PTC-inducing DDX3X alleles

  Margaret Gadek | Poster Presentation

  Topics: Antisense oligos, exon-skipping, intellectual disability, cancer, RNA therapeutics, Nonsense mediated decay, premature termination codons

• U2 snRNA pseudouridylation in the recognition of branch-site sequence during pre-mRNA splicing

  Rui Zhang, PhD | Poster Presentation

  Topics: pre-mRNA splicing, RNA modification

• Investigating the role of DDX3 in regulating mRNA export

  Albert Xu | Poster Presentation

  Topics: DDX3X, mRNA export, CRISPRi

• G3BP proteins regulate protein synthesis in mammalian cells

  José Liboy-Lugo | Poster Presentation

  Topics: stress, gene regulation, RNA binding proteins

• Helicobacter pylori and the gastric microbiome

  Verima Pereira, PhD | Poster Presentation

  Topics: Helicobacter pylori and the gastric microbiome

• A potential role for SARS-CoV-2 small viral RNAs in targeting host microRNAs and modulating gene expression

  Zach Neeb, PhD | Poster Presentation

  Topics: SARS-CoV-2, microRNA, transcriptomics, svRNA

• Discovery of novel combination cancer therapies with tCDK inhibitors

  Monika Macakova | Poster Presentation

  Topics: RNA polymerase, CRISPRi Screens, cancer, transcription, targeted therapies

• Relating 3D genome architecture to protocadherin choice in single cells

  Alex Buckley | Poster Presentation

  Topics: protocadherins, gene regulation, chromatin, in situ hybridization, 3D genome organization

9:10am - 9:20am

• 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

9:20am - 9:30am

• 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

9:30am - 9:40am

• 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

9:40am - 9:50am

• 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

9:50am - 10:00am

• 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