Agenda

Monday, November 4, 2024

09:30 am EST
Welcome Remarks

Pedro Batista, Ph.D., Laboratory of Cellular Biology, CCR

Session I:  Oral Presentations
Chair: Aaztli Coria, Ph.D., RNA Biology Laboratory, CCR

09:35 am EST
THREE CLASSES OF PIRNA CLUSTERS IN HUMAN SPERMATOGENESIS

Franziska Ahrend (Haase lab)

09:50 am EST
ARGONAUTE 2 CATALYTIC DOMAIN IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IMMUNE CELL QUIESCENCE

Andrea Gutierrez Maria (Vidigal lab)

10:05 am EST
PATHOGENIC DICER1 RNASE IIIB HOTSPOT MUTATION LEADS TO DYSREGULATION OF ARGONAUTE STRAND SELECTION

Sharan Malagobadar (Gu lab)

 

10:20 am EST
UNCOVERING TRANSCRIPT ISOFORM REGULATORY DYNAMICS DURING TRANSCRIPTION- OR NMD-INHIBITION WITH METABOLIC LABELING AND EZBAKR

Justin Mabin (Hogg lab)

10:35 am EST
MECHANISTIC ANALYSIS OF RIBOSWITCH LIGAND INTERACTIONS PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO PHARMACOLOGICAL CONTROL OVER GENE EXPRESSION

Shaifaly Parmar (Schneekloth lab)

10:50 am EST
POSTER SESSION

Seminar Room 110

12:15 pm EST
LUNCH

Poster Viewing Continues

Session II:  Keynote Address
Introduction: Sandra L. Wolin M.D., Ph.D., RNA Biology Laboratory, CCR

01:15 pm EST
Collaborations in RNA Recognition and Regulation

Traci Hall, Ph.D.
Deputy Chief and Principal Investigator
Epigenetics & Stem Cell Biology Laboratory
Macromolecular Structure Group
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Session III: Oral Presentations
Chair:Filip Peković, Ph.D., RNA Biology Laboratory, CCR

02:15 pm EST
STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF AN RNA CHAPERONE COMPLEX

Hyeyeon Nam (Wolin lab)

02:30 pm EST
ENGINEERING dCAS13 FOR GENETICALLY ENCODED DISRUPTION OF RNA-BINDING PROTEIN INTERACTIONS Devon Mason (Mili lab)

Devon Mason (Mili lab)

02:45 pm EST
BREAK

Session IV:  Oral Presentations
Chair:

03:10 pm EST
HNRNPH1 REGULATES THE ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OF TRANSCRIPTS EXPRESSED BY CANCER-ASSOCIATED GENES

Tayvia Brownmiller (Caplen lab)

03:25 pm EST
REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF SPLICEOSOME ASSEMBLY REVEALS BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SPLICE SITE SELECTION

Benjamin Donovan (Larson lab)

03:40 pm EST
GENOME-WIDE CRISPR PERTURBATIONS UNCOVER ZNF207 AS A NOVEL REGULATOR OF LMNA CRYPTIC SPLICING LINKED TO PROGERIA

JJ Kim (Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis lab)

03:55 pm EST
UTILIZING DNA/RNA TARGETING METHODS TO REVERSE CRYPTIC EXON SPLICING IN HLRCC

Mariana Mandler (Batista lab)

04:10 pm EST
Wrap-Up, Poster Prizes & Adjourn

Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis. Ph.D., RNA Biology Laboratory, CCR