Initially scheduled for March 27, 2020, our 5th Annual Symposium “From RNA Biology to Medicine” is rescheduled for March 26, 2021
University of Michigan, Biomedical Research Science Building, 109 Zina Pitcher
TOGETHER, WE SOLVE …
Morning Welcome and Introduction, Mark Schlissel (President, University of Michigan)
Afternoon Welcome and Introduction, Srijan Sen (Associate Vice President for Research)
Featuring Keynote speakers:
Karla Neugebauer, PhD, Yale University
Kevin Weeks, PhD, University of North Carolina
Brenda Bass, PhD, University of Utah
Chris Lima, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Jamie Cate, PhD, UC Berkeley
Adrian Krainer, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The Center for RNA Biomedicine Symposium brings together national leaders of the scientific, medical and engineering communities working on recent advances of our understanding of RNA. Our symposium will provide a means of exchanging new ideas across disciplines, spurring new collaborations nationwide, while supporting a rapidly growing RNA community at the University of Michigan.
Our educational objective: to provide the latest information on how RNA molecules impact cellular function in health and disease. After this symposium, participants will be able to apply advanced knowledge of genetic testing and therapies to patient care for diseases involving RNA dysregulation.
We expect that 200-300 participants from across the country, including funding decision makers and potential donors interested in investing in our RNA center at Michigan, will engage with each other and the scientific community on campus on a range of topics involving RNA. This symposium is open to University of Michigan clinicians and research scientists, as well as other primary care practitioners and public health scholars interested in the most recent discoveries regarding the role of RNA in health and disease.
| Agenda - Friday, March 29, 2019 | ||||
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| 8:30am | - | 9:00am | Coffee | On-Site Registration |
| 9:00am | - | 9:15am | Welcome & Introductions: | Mark S. Schlissel, MD, PhD President, University of Michigan |
| 9:15am | - | 10:00am | Keynote 1:  | Karla M. Neugebauer, PhD Yale School of Medicine " Eukaryotic RNA Synthesis and Processing in the Nuclear Landscape" |
| 10:00am | - | 10:45am | Keynote 2: | Kevin M. Weeks, PhD University of North Carolina " Structure-based discovery of new functions in large RNAs" |
| 10:45am | - | 11:00am | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00am | - | 11:45am | Keynote 3:  | Brenda M. Bass, PhD University of Utah School of Medicine "Distinguishing self and non-self dsRNA in vertebrates and invertebrates" |
| 11:45am | - | 12:30pm | Keynote 4: | Christopher D. Lima, PhD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Institute "Helicase-dependent RNA decay" |
| 12:30pm | - | 2:00pm | Lunch and Poster Session | with Speakers, Faculty and Students (or on your own Click here for nearby lunch options) |
| 2:00pm | - | 2:10pm | Welcome back & Introductions: | Srijan Sen, MD, PhD Associate Vise President of Research - Health Sciences, University of Michigan |
| 2:10pm | - | 2:55pm | Keynote 5: | James H. D. Cate, PhD UC Berkeley "Dynamics of T cell activation mediated by translation initiation factor eIF3" |
| 2:55pm | - | 3:40pm | Keynote 6: | Adrain R. Krainer, PhD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory "TITLE TBA" |
| 3:45pm | - | 4:00pm | Awards Presentation: | Recognition of RNA Student Postdoc Council. Top three poster and Top three scientific art images. |
| Thank you to our generous Sponsors! | ||||
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