Symposium Program and Schedule
2023 Symposium Center for RNA in Biology and Medicine Program and Schedule
Friday, November 3, 2023
Genomics Auditorium and Lobby, UC Riverside
Keynote Speaker: Don Cleveland, PhD.
Distinguished Professor, UC San Diego
2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
"Designer DNA Drug Therapy for Neurodegenerative Disease”
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Symposium Schedule
Schedule subject to change
8:30-9:10a.m. |
Registration. Badge pick-up. Poster set-up. |
9:10a.m. |
Symposium OpensWelcome and Introduction to Center for RNA in Biology & Medicine
Sika Zheng, PhD., Director, Center for RNA in Biology & Medicine
Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences
School of Medicine, University California, Riverside
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9:10-9:15a.m. |
Welcome AddressRodolfo H. Torres, PhD., Vice Chancellor, Research & Economic Development
University of California, Riverside
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9:20-10:20a.m. |
Keynote Speaker"Designer DNA Drug Therapy for Neurodegenerative Disease"Don Cleveland, PhD., Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
2018 Life Sciences Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
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10:20-10:25a.m. |
Group Photo |
10:25-10:45a.m. |
Coffee Break |
Session I: RNA Processing and Quality ControlChair, Maria Ninova, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry Department, UC Riverside
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10:45-11:20a.m. |
"mRNA 3' processing and deflation"Yongsheng Shi, PhD., Professor & Chancellor's Fellow
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
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11:20-11:55a.m. |
"Small non-coding RNA quality control in gene expression and disease"Jens Lykke-Andersen, PhD., Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
University of California, San Diego
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11:55am-1:15p.m. |
Lunch and Poster Presentations |
Session II: TranslationChair, Sean O'Leary, PhD., Assistant Professor
Biochemistry Department, UC Riverside |
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1:15-1:50p.m. |
"The exquisite choreography of translation initiation"Jody Puglisi, PhD., Jauch Professor
Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University
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1:50-2:25p.m. |
"The cellular impact and regulation of long undecoded transcript isoform production and destruction"Gloria Brar, PhD, Associate Professor
Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
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2:25-3:05p.m. |
Afternoon Break and Poster Session |
Session III: RNA in DiseasesChair, Djurdjica Coss, PhD, Professor
Division of Biomedical Sciences, UC Riverside
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3:05-3:40p.m. |
"RNA Modifications in Nucleotide Repeat Expansion Diseases"Yinsheng Wang, PhD., Distinguished Professor
Chemistry Department
University of California, Riverside
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3:40-4:15p.m. |
"Posttranscriptional regulation of RNA splicing in leukemia"Lili Wang, PhD., Associate Professor
Department of Systems Biology
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center
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4:15-4:50p.m. |
"Buffering of transcription rate by mRNA half-life in Rett syndrome neurons and in neurodevelopment"James Ellis, PhD., Senior Scientist
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
SickKids Research Institute
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4:50-5:00p.m. |
Award announcements and closing remarks |