“RNA in Precision Medicine”
Featuring talented keynote speakers from across the world as well as six “mini-talks” presentations from across the University.
Did you mis the seminar? Symposium was live tweeted #umichRNA
Symposium Schedule
Friday, March 31: University of Michigan, Biomedical Research Science Building, 109 Zina Pitcher
| 8:45am | - | 9:00am | Coffee & On-Site Registration |
| 9:00am | - | 9:10am | Welcome and Introduction : Marschall S. Runge, MD PhD Dean, UM Medical School Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs CEO, Michigan Medicine |
| 9:10am | - | 9:55am | Keynote 1: Frank Slack, PhD Harvard Medical School "MicroRNA-based therapeutics in cancer" |
| 9:55am | - | 10:05am | Data Blitz 1: Jiaqi Shi, MD PhD Assistant Professor, Pathology “A MicroRNA Links TGF-β Signaling Pathway to Histone Modification” |
| 10:05am | - | 10:15am | Data Blitz 2: Mats Ljungman, PhD Professor, Radiation Oncology “Role of miRNA in cellular reprogramming” |
| 10:15am | - | 11:00am | Keynote 2: Thomas Tuschl, PhD Rockefeller University "RNA sequencing analysis and its diagnostic potential" |
| 11:00am | - | 11:20am | Coffee Break |
| 11:20am | - | 11:30am | Data Blitz 3: Yan Zhang, PhD Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry “The Biology and Molecular Mechanism of the Neisseria meningitidis CRISPR-Cas9 Pathway” |
| 11:30am | - | 11:40am | Data Blitz 4: Laura Scott, PhD Research Associate Professor, School of Public Health “The genetic regulatory signature of type 2 diabetes in pancreatic islets” |
| 11:40am | - | 12:25pm | Keynote 3: Nancy Cox, PhD Vanderbilt University School of Medicine "Integrating Genome, Transcriptome and Electronic Health Records for Discovery and Translation" |
| 12:25pm | - | 1:15pm | Box Lunch with Speakers, Faculty and Students (or on your own Click here for nearby lunch options) |
| 1:15pm | - | 1:25pm | Welcome Back and Introduction : S. Jack Hu, PhD Vice President for Research, University of Michigan |
| 1:25pm | - | 2:10pm | Keynote 4: Muneesh Tewari, MD PhD University of Michigan "Extracellular RNA, Biomarkers and the Future of Disease Interception" |
| 2:10pm | - | 2:20pm | Data Blitz 5: Kristin Koutmou, PhD Assistant Professor, Chemistry “Ribosomes slide on homopolymeric A and U stretches” |
| 2:20pm | - | 2:30pm | Data Blitz 6: Peter Todd, MD PhD Bucky and Patti Harris Early Career Professor of Neurology Associate Professor, Neurology “How RNA repeats elicit unconventional translation of toxic proteins in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis” |
| 2:30pm | - | 3:15pm | Keynote 5: Matt Disney, PhD Scripps Research Institute "Sequence-based rational design of small molecules targeting RNA" |
| 3:15pm | - | 3:30pm | Closing |
