Symposium program
The 3rd Annual Symposium
Center for RNA Biology and Medicine
Highlander Union Building, room 302
8:30am-5pm
Symposium Schedule
Schedule subject to change
3rd Annual RNA Symposium Abstract Booklet
| 8:30-9:05am | Registration - Badge Pickup - Poster set-up |
| 9:05-9:10am |
Symposium opens, "Welcome Address"
Rodolfo H. Torres, PhD., Vice Chancellor for Research |
| 9:10-9:15am |
Update on Center for RNA Biology & Medicine
Sika Zheng, PhD., Founding Director, RNA Biology and Medicine Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine |
| 9:15-10:15am |
“Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in human health and disease: Reframing the role of FMRP in Fragile X Syndrome”
Keynote speaker
Lynne E. Maquat, PhD.
J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics |
| 10:15-10:25am | Group Photo |
| 10:25-10:45am | Coffee break |
| Session I: RNA Splicing | Session I Chair: Adam Norris, PhD. |
| 10:45-11:20am |
"RNA splicing, chromatin modification, and the coordinated control of gene expression"
Tracy Johnson, PhD.
Professor, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Keith and Cecilia Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair Dean, Division of Life Sciences University of California, Los Angeles
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| 11:20-11:55am |
"The influence of RNA splicing in cancer and metabolism"
Klemens Hertel, PhD.
Professor, & Chair
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine University of California, Irvine |
| 11:55am-1:15pm | Lunch and poster presentations |
| Session II: Long noncoding RNAs and Transposons | Session II Chair: Karine Le Roch |
| 1:15-1:50pm |
"lncRNA Pnky in the brain: from stem cells to RNA structure"
Daniel Lim, MD., PhD.
Marjorie B. Hines Professor of Neurosurgery
Vice Chair for Research Department of Neurological Surgery Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research University of California, San Francisco |
| 1:50-2:25pm |
"Unraveling XIST: Mechanisms of X Chromosome Dosage Compensation"
Kathrin Plath, PhD.
Professor
Department of Biological Chemistry University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2:25-3pm |
"Friends or foes, transposons in the mammalian genome"
Lin He, PhD.
Professor & Thomas and Stacey Siebel Distinguished Chair in Stem Cell Research
University of California, Berkeley |
| 3-3:35pm | Afternoon break and poster presentations |
| Session III: miRNA and RNAi | Session III Chair: Changcheng Zhou, PhD. |
| 3:35-4:10pm |
"Less Stress with miRNAs"
Amy Pasquinelli, PhD.
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences University of California, San Diego |
| 4:10-4:45pm |
"Novel strategy for RNA-based antiviral vaccines"
Shou-wei Ding, PhD.
Distinguished Professor
University of California, Riverside |
| 4:45-5pm | Award announcements and closing remarks |