RNA biology
RNA biology has emerged as one of the most important areas in modern biology and medicine. Coding and noncoding RNAs are central players in a wide spectrum of biological processes. This theme will explore the forefront of research on post-transcriptional gene regulation, ranging from the roles of RNAs and proteins in RNA processing and translation to new technologies and RNA-based therapies.
Organizers
Sergej Djuranovic
Washington University in St. Louis
Olivia S. Rissland
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Symposia
RNA processing
- Evolutionary plasticity of poly(A) signals
Olivia Rissland, University of Colorado - Gene expression regulation by RNA modifications
Siggy Nachtergaele, Yale University - Exploring the crossroads of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration: The RNA exosome and human disease
Derrick Morton, University of Southern California - Leveraging machine learning to reveal the splicing code
Hani Goodarzi, University of California, San Francisco
RNA in cytoplasm
- Ribosomal frameshifting on polyA tracks in heat stress
Sergej Djuranovic, Washington University in St. Louis - Understanding long noncoding RNA multifunctionality through splicing and structural dynamics
Alisha Jones, New York University - Dynamics of translation
Joseph D. Puglisi, Stanford University - Target-directed microRNA degradation
Katherine McJunkin, National Institutes of Health
RNA-based therapies/RNA methods
- CRISPR-Cas effectors exhibit metal-dependent specificity switching
Dipali Sashital, Iowa State University - De novo gene synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase
Samuel Sternberg, Columbia University - TBD
Alicia Bicknell, Moderna Inc. - TBD
Liana Lareau, University of California, Berkeley
Other sessions
These sessions and activities will also be of interest. See the full program schedule for details on these and the rest of the ASBMB Annual Meeting.
Featured speakers
- Persistence and serendipity in science: a poker analogy
Melissa J. Moore, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Novel GABA aminotransferase and ornithine aminotransferase inactivators as potential new treatments for epilepsy, pain and hepatocellular carcinoma
Richard Silverman, Northwestern University
Meetups
- Epigenetics and gene regulation
- Industry scientists and industry interest
- RNA
Interest group sessions
Workshops
Poster sessions
- Epigenetics and gene regulation
- Nucleic acids
Events
- ASBMB welcome address
- Career and education fair
- Emerging investigator seminar
- Undergraduate poster competition
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