• Consequences of gene size variation during evolution

  Matthew McCoy, PhD | Poster Presentation

  Topics: gene expression, isoforms

• High throughput genomic and transcriptomic approaches to investigate causes of a Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka

  Karen Artiles, PhD | Poster Presentation

  Topics: RNAseq, transcriptome, taxonomic classification, pathogen detection, metagenomics

• Identification of Linear Extrachromosomal DNA Termini in HIV, mitochondria, and other Next-Generation Sequencing Datasets

  William Wang | Poster Presentation

  Topics: Computational Biology, Extrachromosomal DNA, DNA Sequencing, Next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics, cancer, HIV, mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA, William Wang, Nimit Jain, Karen Artiles

• Identification of Functional Implications of Gene Fusion Isoforms and Complex Structural Variants Using Long-Read RNA-seq

  Colette Felton | Poster Presentation

  Topics: alternative RNA splicing, gene fusions, isoforms, Computational RNA splicing analysis, Driver genes

• The (mis)behavior of E. coli RNA polymerase on RNA replicons

  Drew Galls | Poster Presentation

  Topics: RNA world, RNA amplification, DNA-directed RNA polymerase, viruses

• When does codon choice matter in translation?

  Maria McSharry | Poster Presentation

  Topics: synonymous codons, Translation

• Predicting site-specific modifications used for thermal stability of tRNAs in Thermococcus kodakarensis

  Jesse Leavitt, PhD | Poster Presentation

  Topics: tRNA modification

• New telomere-to-telomere CHM13 assembly of the human genome reveals a complex and expanded tRNA landscape

  Alex Bagi | Poster Presentation

  Topics: tRNA, Genetic Variation

• choros: correction of sequence-based biases for accurate quantification of ribosome profiling data

  Liana Lareau | Poster Presentation

  Topics: ribosome profiling, bioinformatics, Translation, Translation elongation

• An Isodecoder-specific Mouse Tissue Atlas of tRNAs, tDRs, and Predicted Modifications

  Aidan Manning | Poster Presentation

  Topics: tRNA, tRNA-derived fragment, RNA sequencing, Next-generation sequencing

• Alternative splicing of ultraconserved poison exons during neurogenesis

  Karinna Vivanco | Poster Presentation

  Topics: alternative splicing, splicing factors, SR genes, poison exons, neurogenesis

• Codon choice modulates protein output by limiting translation initiation

  Lou Devanneaux | Poster Presentation

  Topics: Codon usage, Translation control, translation initiation, translation regulation, ribosome profiling, Translation elongation

• Probing the binding patterns of Exon Junction Complex

  Sam Kwok | Poster Presentation

  Topics: RNA Binding Protein, post-transcriptional RNA processing

• Rules for Synonymous Codon Choice: When do suboptimal codons matter?

  Helen Sakharova | Poster Presentation

  Topics: Codon usage, Rare codons, machine learning

• Defining the function of sequence variation in human rRNA

  Sohyun Gu, PhD | Poster Presentation

  Topics: ribosomal RNA, Translation control

2:00pm - 2:10pm

• 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

2:20pm

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

  Ze Yang, PhD | Oral presentation

  Topics: Long Intergenic Non Coding RNAs

2:10pm - 2:20pm

• RNA structure landscape of S. cerevisiae introns

  Ramya Rangan | Oral presentation

  Topics: Intron, RNA splicing, RNA structure

2:30pm - 2:40pm

• 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

2:40pm - 2:50pm

• 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