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RNA Structure and Function Cluster Meetings Protein Synthesis Cluster Meetings RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

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RNA Collaborative, Harvard: “A RNA-guided approach to epigenetic therapy” & “Efficient integration of spatial transcriptomics and single cell sequencing technologies for in depth tissue interrogation”

Annalisa Di Ruscio, MD, PhD; Ioannis Vlachos, PhD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Initiative for RNA Medicine (HIRM); Assistant Professor of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Initiative for RNA Medicine (HIRM)

 Dec 15, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

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Host: Frank Slack, PhD, Director, Harvard Medical School Initiative for RNA Medicine and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

RNA Collaborative, UPenn: "IMP-licating RNA binding proteins in intestinal tissue regeneration" & “Consequences of RNA-binding protein mutations in cancer”

Kathryn Hamilton, PhD; Peter Choi, PhD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Epithelium Modeling Program Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

 Dec 01, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

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Host: Kathy Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, Penn RNA Group, University of Pennsylvania

RNA Collaborative, RNA Institute, SUNY Albany: “RACK1 as a regulator of Protein biosynthesis” & “RNA shapes Zika virus gene expression”

Gabriele Fuchs, PhD; Cara Pager, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute, University at Albany, SUNY; Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences , The RNA Institute, University at Albany, SUNY

 Nov 17, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

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Host: Marlene Belfort, PhD, Distinguished Professor and Senior Advisor of The RNA Institute, University at Albany, SUNY

DBB Seminar: “Novel Technologies for High Throughput Measurements of Translation”

Can Cenik, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, TX

 Nov 10, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.

Zoom Registration

Host: Dr. Xin Li (co-sponsored by the Bioinformatics Cluster and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)

RNA Collaborative, UCSC: "Post-transcriptional control of oncogenic gene expression by IGF2BP3” & "Multiplexed single-molecule analysis of human telomerase catalysis"

Jeremy Sanford, PhD; Michael Stone, PhD - Professor of Molecular, Cell & Development Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Center for Molecular Biology of RNA ; Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Center for Molecular Biology of RNA

 Nov 03, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

Zoom Registration

Host: University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Center for Molecular Biology of RNA

DBB Seminar: "RNA Editing by Adenosine Deaminases that Act on RNA (ADARs)"

Peter A. Beal, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA

Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics Seminar

 Nov 03, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.

Zoom Registration

Host: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)

DBB Seminar: “Security Checkpoint in Genome Defense: The Functions of Germ Granules in Small RNA-mediated Genome Surveillance”

Heng-Chi Lee, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

 Oct 27, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.

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Host: Dr. Xin Li (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)

RNA Collaborative, HIRI: "CRISPR-Cas systems and the dilemma(s) of adaptive immunity” & "Uncovering host-pathogen interaction modalities using single-cell RNA-seq and RNA metabolic labeling"

Chase Beisel, PhD; Antoine-Emmanuel Saiba, PhD - “CRISPR-Cas systems and the dilemma(s) of adaptive immunity”, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, Würzburg, Germany; “Uncovering host-pathogen interaction modalities using single-cell RNA-seq and RNA metabolic labeling”, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, Würzburg, Germany

 Oct 20, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.

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Host: Prof. Neva Caliskan, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Würzburg, Germany

DBB Seminar: "RNA-based Mechanisms of DNA Virus Restriction"

John Karijolich, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

 Oct 13, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.

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Host: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)

RNA Collaborative, NUS-CSI: "Crosstalk between RNA editing and RNA splicing” & "Widespread 3’UTR splicing promotes oncogene expression and tumorigenesis”

Polly CHEN; & Yvonne TAY - “Crosstalk between RNA editing and RNA splicing”; “Widespread 3’UTR splicing promotes oncogene expression and tumorigenesis”, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore

 Oct 06, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.

Zoom Registration

Host: Daniel G. Tenen, RNA Biology Center, NUS-CSI

RNA Collaborative, NCI: "A small RNA perspective on genomic conflict” & “Targeting RNA with small molecules: tools and tactics”

Astrid Haase, MD, PhD; John (Jay) Schneekloth, Jr, PhD - “A small RNA perspective on genomic conflict”; “Targeting RNA with small molecules: tools and tactics”, NCI RNA Biology Initiative

 Sep 22, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

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Host: Host: Sandra Wolin, MD, PhD - National Cancer Institute RNA Biology Initiative

DBB Seminar: "Visualize and Manipulate Single Allele and RNA in Live Cells"

Bin Wu, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

 Sep 22, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.

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Host: Dr. Xin Li (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure and Function Cluster)

RNA Collaborative, UR: “DALRD3 targets specific arginine-tRNAs for 3-methylcytosine modification” & “Using conservation to determine RNA secondary structure”

Jenna Lentini, MS; David Matthews, MD, PhD - “DALRD3 targets specific arginine-tRNAs for 3-methylcytosine modification”; “Using conservation to determine RNA secondary structure”, University of Rochester

RNA Collaborative Seminar: University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology
Wednesday, Sept 8th, 2021 at 4:00 PM EST

Hosted by: UR Center for RNA Biology
Zoom Registration Link: https://urmc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3gRvgjQ0RQuNG3CeI8cr7Q

“DALRD3 targets specific arginine-tRNAs for 3-methylcytosine modification”

Jenna Lentini, MS, Graduate Student, Department of Biology, Dragony Fu’s Lab, UR, Rochester, NY

 

“Using conservation to determine RNA secondary structure”

David Mathews, MD, PhD, Lynne E. Maquat Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics; Director, Graduate Program in Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology; Associate Director, Center for RNA Biology, URMC, Rochester, NY

 

Moderator & Host: Lynne E. Maquat, PhD, J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oncology, and Pediatrics; Chair, Graduate Women in Science; Director, Center for RNA Biology, URMC, Rochester, NY

For more information on the RNA CSS, please visit: https://www.rnasociety.org/rna-collaborative-seminar-series

RNA Collaborative YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7QawzQsUqhgIqjKGTny41A

 Sep 08, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

Zoom Registration

Host: Lynne Maquat, PhD, UR Center for RNA Biology

RNA Collaborative, IMB Mainz: "Regulation of neurodegeneration-linked RNA-binding proteins by nuclear import receptors and post-translational modifications" & "Small RNAs and epigenetic inheritance"

Prof. Dorothee Dormann, PhD; Prof. René Ketting, PhD - Johannes Gutenberg University, JGU & Institute of Molecular Biology, IMB Mainz, Germany; Institute of Molecular Biology, IMB Mainz, Germany

Hosted by: Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB)

Zoom Registration Link: https://form.123formbuilder.com/5969319/form

 

NOTE: Participants will be sent a link to the virtual seminar a few days prior to the seminar. Please check your email for the link, which will be sent by: events@imb.de. Follow-up Q&A and discussion will be hosted on Discord: #imb-august-25.

 

"Regulation of neurodegeneration-linked RNA-binding proteins by nuclear import receptors and post-translational modifications"

Prof. Dorothee Dormann, PhD, Johannes Gutenberg University, JGU & Institute of Molecular Biology, IMB Mainz, Germany

 

"Small RNAs and epigenetic inheritance"

Prof. René Ketting, PhD, Institute of Molecular Biology, IMB Mainz, Germany

 

Moderator: Julian König, PhD

 Aug 25, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.

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Host: Julian König, PhD, IMB Mainz, Germany

RNA Collaborative, RiboClub: "Insights into the subcellular travels of cellular RNAs and RNA binding proteins"

Éric Lécuyer, PhD - Principal Investigator & Associate Professor at IRCM / UdeM - Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine / McGill - Experimental Medicine, Montréal, Québec, RiboClub, Canada

RNA Community,

 

This is a reminder that the next RNA Collaborative Seminar will be tomorrow, August 11th at 4pm ET, hosted by RiboClub, Sherbrooke, Québec. Please see below for details on the seminar and the Zoom registration link.

 

Please share this information within your RNA network.

 

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 from 4:00 – 5:00pm ET

 

Hosted by: RiboClub

Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkcemoqjwsH9QKhUJ_ioqc6aNEjEy0iWn8

 

“Insights into the subcellular travels of cellular RNAs and RNA binding proteins”
Éric Lécuyer, PhD
Principal Investigator & Associate Professor at IRCM / UdeM - Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine / McGill - Experimental Medicine, Montréal, Québec, Canada

 

Moderator: Sherif Abou Elela, PhD

 Aug 11, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

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Host: Sherif Abou Elela, PhD, RiboClub

RNA Collaborative: “SINEUPs: a new functional class of antisense long non-coding RNAs”

Prof. Stefano Gustincich, PhD - Associate Director for Technologies for Life Science (LifeTech); Director - Central RNA Laboratory, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia – IIT Genova, Italy

RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

Wednesday, July 14th 2021
9 AM ET (Eastern Time, US) / 3 PM CEST (Central European Summer Time)

 

Hosted by: RNA initiative at the Italian Institute of Technology (iRNA@IIT)

Teams Registration Link: GDPR Disclaimer (iit.it)


Prof. Stefano Gustincich, PhD
Associate Director for Technologies for Life Science (LifeTech); Director - Central RNA Laboratory; Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia – IIT Genova, Italy

 

Moderator: Prof. Gian Gaetano Tartaglia, PhD
RNA System Biology, PI; Center for Human Technologies; Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia – IIT Genova, Italy

 Jul 14, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.

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Host: Gian Gaetano Tartaglia, RNA Initiative at Italian Institute of Technology (iRNA@IIT); Moderator: Prof. Gian Gaetano Tartaglia, PhD

“Quadruplexes are everywhere” & “RNA Epigenetics steers colorectal cancer cell fate”

Jean-Louis Mergny, PhD (Ecole Polytechnique) & Alexandre David, PhD (Institute of Functional Genomics) - Groupe de Recherche RNA (GDR)

RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

 May 20, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.

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Host: Fabrice Leclerc, PhD (Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC))

“A small-molecule targeted RNA degradation approach: empowering RNA methylation analysis” & “Mechanistic insight into the mRNA poly(A) tail machinery"

Gonçalo Bernades, PhD & Lori Passmore, PhD - Cambridge RNA Club

RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

 May 05, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.

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Host: Eric Miska, PhD

“Structural insights into molecular mechanism for N6-adenosine methylation by MT-A70 family" & "A fight against SARS-CoV-2 powered by RNA structure systems biology and machine intelligence”

Jinbiao Ma, PhD (Fudan Univ) & Qiangfeng Zhang, PhD (Tsinghua Univ) - Shanghai RNA Club

RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

 Apr 21, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.

Zoom webinar

Host: Jinzhong Lin, PhD

RNA Collaborative: “RNA chaperones remodel gene expression” & “Data-inspired genome technology for RNA-guided recombineering and lineage recording”

Stephen Floor, PhD (UCSF) & Le Cong, PhD (Stanford) - The Bay Area RNA Club

RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

 Apr 07, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

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Host: The Bay Area RNA Club

“Efficient chemical RNA copying with 2-aminoimidazole activated nucleotides” & “Sensing RNA: from microRNA biogenesis to innate immunity”

Li Li, PhD & Wenwen Fang, PhD - UMass Medical School, RNA Therapeutics Institute

RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

 Mar 24, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

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Host: Erik Sontheimer, PhD

“Grad School to Biotech: A start up perspective” & “RNA Innovation: The power of academic and industry collaborations”

Wieden Group (Luc Roberts, Kristi Turton, and Riya Roy) - Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute (ARRTI)

RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

 Mar 10, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

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"A timely confluence: The backstory of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine"

Melissa J. Moore, PhD, Moderna Therapeutics - U-M Center for RNA Biomedicine

RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

 Mar 03, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m.

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Host: Nils Walter, PhD, Co-Director, U-M Center for RNA Biomedicine

"Structural and molecular basis for Cardiovirus 2A protein as a viral gene expression switch" & "The SARS-CoV-2 RNA–protein interactome in infected human cells"

Neva Caliskan, PhD & Mathias Munschauer, PhD - Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI)

RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

 Feb 24, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.

Zoom Registration

SPECIAL EVENT: RNA Presentations by UR Grad Students, Postdocs, and Technicians (Day 3)

Deb Maji (Kielkopf Lab), Elizabeth Abshire, PhD (Maquat Lab), Xavier Rambout, PhD (Maquat Lab) - University of Rochester, Center for RNA Biology

RNA Presentations

 Jan 27, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.

Zoom Registration

Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Dave Mathews

SPECIAL EVENT: RNA Presentations by UR Grad Students, Postdocs, and Technicians (Day 2)

Chen Bao (Ermolenko Lab), Sean Lindley (Anderson Lab), Arica VanderWal (O'Connell Lab) - University of Rochester, Center for RNA Biology

RNA Presentations

 Jan 13, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.

Zoom Registration

Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Dave Mathews

SPECIAL EVENT: RNA Presentations by UR Grad Students, Postdocs, and Technicians (Day 1)

Lily Cisco (Lueck Lab), Xueyang He (Boutz Lab), Shon Koren (Johnson Lab), Kamel Awayda (O'Connell Lab) - University of Rochester, Center for RNA Biology

RNA Presentations

 Jan 06, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.

Zoom Registration

Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat and Dr. Dave Mathews