“Translating the cancer genome: dark matter proteins” John Prensner, M.D., Ph.D. Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Co-Hosts: The Center for RNA Biomedicine, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, and Department of Pediatric Oncology Hybrid Seminar: In-person: Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB), ABC Seminar rooms...
Inaugural RNA Therapeutics Seminar Michelle Hastings, Ph.D. Professor, Cell Biology and Anatomy; Director, Center for Genetic Diseases Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science This is an internal U-M event: In-person: Palmer Commons, Forum Hall Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mUj40sudTwmI6hXANnlJEg Keywords: pre-mRNA splicing, Antisense oligonucleotides, Usher syndrome, Batten Disease, lysosomal storage diseases Seminar flyer in...
Featured keynote speakers Chris Burge, MIT Michelle Hastings, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science John Rinn, University of Colorado-Boulder Gisela Storz, NIH Jack Szostak, University of Chicago For more details, visit: https://rna.umich.edu/2022-symposium/
"Marvelous U: Canonical and non-canonical functions of uridine modifying enzymes in health and disease" Wendy Gilbert, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale School of Medicine Flyer in PDF Hybrid Seminar In-person: BSRB, ABC Seminar Rooms Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P6PEipcsRPmG7cAL104K-Q Keywords: RNA modifications, RNA processing, RNA folding, pre-mRNA, tRNA, translation, cancer Abstract:...
"Alternative structures of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome control gene expression and offer therapeutic strategies" Silvi Rouskin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School Virtual Seminar via Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zi3UlKucR6G51hEA_33Exg Keywords: TBA Abstract: TBA
"Signaling Pathway Variation and Evolutionary Hotspots in the Fungi" Paul Magwene, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Director, Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (CBB) Duke University PDF Flier Hybrid Seminar In-person: BSRB, ABC Seminar Rooms Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7wk1SlRdQ_e04VnwcjVV7g Keywords: population genomics, statistical genetics, gene networks, microbial pathogenesis Abstract: Evolutionarily conserved signal transduction pathways, such as Ras-cAMP-PKA, calcineurin, and...
"Unexpected determinants of neuronal identity and properties: the curious cases of PTBP1, PTBP2, and neuronal splicing" Sika Zheng, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Director of Center for RNA Biology and Medicine UC Riverside, School of Medicine Flyer in PDF Virtual Seminar Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dltbxWdHQ5KrC3rTl4hqLQ Abstract: Alternative splicing is the major contributor to transcriptome diversity, but splicing...
“An Academic Approach to Oligonucleotide Therapeutics” Daniel O’Reilly Ph.D., MRSC Post-Doctoral Associate Khvorova Lab RNA Therapeutics Institute University of Massachusetts Medical School Flyer in PDF HYBRID SEMINAR: In-person: BSRC, ABC seminar rooms Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dM1a1aKVTM2KfwiieutOWg Keywords: Oligonucleotides, Chemical Modifications, RNA, Huntington’s Disease Abstract: Nucleic acids (NA) are becoming the third major pillar of therapeutic modalities...
HYBRID SEMINAR: In-person: BSRC, ABC seminar rooms Livestream: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mXMOsCvlQrSyuJQO0_EnWw "A miRNA-mediated approach to dissect the complexity of cancer progression and identify anti-cancer drugs" Analisa DiFeo, Ph.D. Associate Professor Pathology and Ob/Gyn Michigan Medicine Abstract: High grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) the most common type of “ovarian” cancer is one of the deadliest cancers diagnosed in women....
"Long non-coding RNAs as evolutionarily fluid chromatin weavers" Selene L. Fernandez-Valverde, Ph.D. Principal Investigator Advanced Genomics Unit LANGEBIO, Cinvestav Flyer in PDF HYBRID SEMINAR: In-person: BSRB, ABC seminar rooms Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3ga-wcUYSgqPEKw57DSfpg Keywords: lncRNAs, Genomics, Genome topology Abstract: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have recently emerged as prominent elements of the regulatory transactions of eukaryotic genomes....
