Agenda

Thursday, Apr 27 Friday, Apr 28

Thursday, April 27, 2023

09:00 am - 09:05 am EST
Welcome Remarks

Sandra Wolin, M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

SESSION 1: RNA Structure and Function
Chair: Eugene Valkov, D.Phil., Center for Cancer Research, NCI

 

09:05 am - 09:30 am EST
Structure-Based Discovery of New Functions in Large RNAs

Kevin Weeks, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina

09:30 am - 09:55 am EST
Protein Activity Regulation Through MRNA-Induced Conformational Changes

Christine Mayr, M.D., Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

09:55 am - 10:20 am EST
Recognition and Mimicry of the tRNA Fold

Jinwei Zhang, Ph.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

10:20 am - 10:40 am EST
Break

SESSION 2: RNA and Immunity
Chair:  Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI

 

10:40 am - 11:05 am EST
Alternative RNA Processing in the Human Immune Response

Kristen Lynch, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

11:05 am - 11:30 am EST
Beyond the CRISPR-Guided Nucleases

Ailong Ke, Ph.D.
Cornell University

11:30 am - 11:55 am EST
Innate Immune Mechanism for Self vs. Non-Self RNA discrimination

Sun Hur, Ph.D.
Harvard University

11:55 am - 02:15 pm EST
Lunch Break and Poster Session 1

SESSION 3: RNA Dynamics and Translation
Chair: Colin Wu, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI

 

02:15 pm - 02:40 pm EST
Assembly of RNA Granules in Germ Cells

Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University

02:40 pm - 03:05 pm EST
You Get a Methylation, and You Get a Methylation, Everybody Gets Methylated

Pedro Batista, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

03:05 pm - 03:30 pm EST
Mapping Novel Regulatory RNA Networks

Lydia Contreras, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin

03:30 pm - 03:55 pm EST
Single Molecule Imaging Reveals New Mechanisms for RNA Transport and Local Translation

Edouard Bertrand, Ph.D.
University of Montpellier

03:55 pm - 04:10 pm EST
Break
04:10 pm - 05:10 pm EST
Keynote Lecture: Ribosome Collisions at the Heart of Cell Fate Signaling Pathways

Rachel Green, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University

Friday, April 28, 2023

SESSION 4: Non-Coding RNAs
Chair: Katherine McJunkin, Ph.D., NIDDK, NIH

 

09:00 am - 09:25 am EST
Damaged tRNAs as Signaling Molecules

Sandra Wolin, M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

09:25 am - 09:50 am EST
RNA-Based Regulation in Pathogenic Epsilonproteobacteria

Cynthia Sharma, Ph.D.
University of Würzburg

09:50 am - 10:15 am EST
Epigenetic Genome Control by RNA-Based Mechanisms

Shiv Grewal, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

10:15 am - 10:35 am EST
Break

SESSION 4: RNA Interference and Decay
Chair:  Shuo Gu, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI

 

10:35 am - 11:00 am EST
Nuclear Sorting of RNA

Torben Jensen, Ph.D.
Aarhus University

11:00 am - 11:25 am EST
AG02 Regulates Mobile Transposons in Nucleus of Quiescent Cells

Joana Vidigal, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

11:25 am - 11:50 am EST
A Genetic Brake from RNAi: Mechanism and Therapeutic Implications

Eric Lai, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

11:50 am - 02:15 pm EST
Lunch Break and Poster Session 2

SESSION 6: RNA Therapeutics
Chair:  Natasha Caplen, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI

 

02:15 pm - 02:40 pm EST
Understanding & Targeting Altered RNA Splicing in Cancer

Omar Abdel-Wahab, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

02:40 pm - 03:05 pm EST
How a Love of RNA Biophysics Led to the Discovery of Novel Antiviral Against Enteroviruses

Blanton Tolbert, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University

03:05 pm - 03:30 pm EST
Exploring lncRNAs as Therapeutic Targets in Breast Cancer Progression

David Spector, Ph.D.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

03:30 pm - 03:45 pm EST
Break
03:45 pm - 04:45 pm EST
Keynote Lecture: Antisense Therapy for Histone H3.3K27M Diffuse Midline Glioma

Adrian Krainer, Ph.D.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

04:45 pm - 05:00 pm EST
Closing Remarks, Poster Winners and Adjour