Regulatory RNAs: Emerging Mechanisms (J8)
December 12-15, 2023
| Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Mitchell Guttman, Phillip D. Zamore and Maite Huarte
Scholarship Deadline: Sep. 7, 2023 | Abstract Deadline: Sep. 25, 2023 | Early Registration Deadline: Oct. 12, 2023
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
Van Horne Foyer |
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Van Horne C |
| 8:00–9:00 AM |
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint) |
Van Horne A |
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* Mitchell Guttman, California Institute of Technology
Session Chair |
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* Eric A. Miska, University of Cambridge
Session Chair |
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Caroline Dean, John Innes Centre
Antisense-Mediated Chromatin Silencing |
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| 9:00–11:15 AM |
RNAs in Immune Defenses (Joint) |
Van Horne A |
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* Faezeh Jame-Chenarboo, University of Alberta
Session Chair |
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Sandra L. Wolin, NCI, National Institutes of Health
Nicked tRNAs: Surveillance and Roles as Regulatory RNAs |
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Eckhard Jankowsky, Moderna
Talk Title to be Announced |
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Stacy M. Horner, Duke University Medical Center
RNA Modifications at the Virus-host Interface |
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Christian Bellodi, Lund University
Short Talk: Short Talk: A New Role for the Pseudouridine Synthase 10 (PUS10) in Retrotransposon-driven Inflammation |
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Diana Dou, Stanford University
Short Talk: Short Talk: Xist Ribonucleoproteins Promote Female Sex-biased Autoimmunity |
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 11:15–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
President's Hall |
| 11:15–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
President's Hall |
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* Eugene W. Yeo, University of California, San Diego
Session Chair |
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| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Workshop: Cutting-Edge RNA Methods |
Van Horne B |
| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
RNAs in Chromatin Regulation |
Van Horne B |
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* Yilin Lu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Session Chair |
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Asifa Akhtar, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Epigenetic Mechanisms of Histone Acetylation by Long Non-Coding RNA |
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Edith Heard, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Mechanisms of Gene Silencing and Dosage Regulation During X-Chromosome Inactivation |
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Phillip D. Zamore, University of Massachusetts Medical School
piRNAs, PIWI Proteins, Across the Animal Kingdom |
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Howard Y. Chang, Stanford University
Non-Coding RNAs in Chromatin Regulation |
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Josien van Wolfswinkel, Yale University
Short Talk: Short Talk: Crosstalk Between Regulatory RNA Pathways in Planarian Genome Defense |
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Shannon Bailey, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Short Talk: Short Talk: How Does GTSF1 Accelerate Target RNA Cleavage by PIWI-clade Argonaute Proteins? |
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Jimmy Guo, Caltech
Short Talk: Short Talk: SPIDR: A Highly Multiplexed Method for Mapping RNA-protein Interactions Uncovers Novel RBP Functions and Indicates that PRC2 Does Not Directly Bind RNA in vivo |
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Chen Davidovich, Monash University
Short Talk: Short Talk: Inseparable RNA Binding and Chromatin Modification Activities of a Nucleosome-interacting Surface in PRC2 |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Lite Bites |
Van Horne C |
| 7:30–10:00 PM |
Poster Session 1 |
President's Hall |
Thursday, December 14, 2023
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Van Horne C |
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
RNAs in Translational Control, mRNA Stability, and Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation |
Van Horne B |
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Eliezer Calo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
RNAs in Translational Control, mRNA Stability, and Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation |
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Yukihide Tomari, University of Tokyo
Regulation of Gene Expression by Small RNAs |
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V. Narry Kim, Seoul National University Institute for Basic Science
Regulation and Biogenesis of microRNA |
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Joshua T. Mendell, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Target-Directed Destruction of Argonaute Proteins and their microRNA Guides |
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 11:00–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
President's Hall |
| 11:00–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
President's Hall |
| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Career Roundtable (Joint) |
Van Horne A |
| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
RNA as Specificity Determinants |
Van Horne B |
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* Shannon Bailey, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Session Chair |
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Oliver J. Rando, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Small RNAs in Reproductive Biology |
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Ian MacRae, The Scripps Research Institute
Molecular Bases for Gene Regulation in miRNA and piRNA Systems |
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Laura Landweber, Columbia University
Mechanisms of RNA-Guided Genome Rearrangement in the Ciliate Oxytricha |
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Paula Cohen, Cornell University
Non-Canonical Roles for Argonautes in Sex Chromosome Regulation During Mammalian Meiosis |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Lite Bites |
Van Horne C |
| 7:30–10:00 PM |
Poster Session 2 |
President's Hall |
Friday, December 15, 2023
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Van Horne C |
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Roles of ncRNAs in Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Compartmentalization |
Van Horne B |
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Roy R. Parker, HHMI/University of Colorado
RNA-Mediated Granules |
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Richard A. Young, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
RNA and Nuclear Condensates |
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 11:00–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 5:00–6:45 PM |
RNAs and DNA Organization |
Van Horne B |
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* Jimmy Guo, Caltech
Session Chair |
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* Diana Dou, Stanford University
Session Chair |
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Thomas R. Cech, HHMI/University of Colorado
How Might Molecular Condensates Enhance the Action of RNA-binding Proteins? |
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Mitchell Guttman, California Institute of Technology
RNA Promotes the Formation of Spatial Compartments in the Nucleus |
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Maite Huarte, Universidad de Navarra
Noncoding RNA Roles in the Coordination of DNA Replication and Stress Signaling |
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Jonathan E. Henninger, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Short Talk: Short Talk: RNA Binding by Transcription Factors in Health and Disease |
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Yilin Lu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Short Talk: Short Talk: Double Strand Break Repair Mediated by RNA Transcripts in Yeast and Human Cells |
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Prashant Bhat, California Institute of Technology
Short Talk: Short Talk: 3D Genome Organization Around Nuclear Speckles Drives mRNA Splicing Efficiency |
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| 6:45–7:00 PM |
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) |
Van Horne B |
| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Lite Bites |
Van Horne C |
| 7:30–8:00 PM |
Entertainment |
Van Horne C |
| 8:00–9:00 PM |
Cash Bar |
Van Horne C |
Saturday, December 16, 2023
