2012 Cellular, Molecular & Biochemical Sciences Training Program/Center for RNA Biology Annual Symposium

 

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08:30-08:55amPoster set-up/check-in
08:55-09:00amWelcome
09:00-09:50amProf Michael Terns, University of Georgia,
"Small RNA-Mediated Prokaryotic Immune Systems"
09:50-10:10amDr Christopher Jones, OSBP,
"Molecular mimicry of human tRNALys by HIV-1 RNA genome facilitates viral replication"
10:10-10:30amMs Hui-Yi Chu, MCDB,
"Genome-Wide Investigations of Translating mRNAs to Study the Cellular Functions of tRNA Nuclear-Cytoplasm Dynamics in S cerevisiae"
10:30-10:45amCoffee Break
10:45-11:05amMs Andrea McCue, Molecular Genetics,
"Transposable Element Small RNAs as Regulators of Gene Expression"
11:05-11:35amProf Michael Ibba, Department of Microbiology ,
"Positive selection of a quality control mechanism for ambiguous genetic code translation"
11:35-01:30pmLunch/Poster Session, Great Hall Meeting Room
01:30-02:20pmKeynote Speaker Prof David Tirrell, California Institute of Technology,
"Reinterpreting the Genetic Code Non-Canonical Amino Acids in Protein Design, Evolution and Analysis"
02:20-02:50pmProf Michael Poirier, Department of Physics,
"Regulation and Functions of Nucleosome Dynamics"
02:50-03:40pmProf Lynne Maquat, University of Rochester,
"Staufen-mediated mRNA decay Alustrious effects via lncRNAs"
03:40-03:50pmClosing Remarks
03:50-05:00pmReception/Posters, Great Hall Meeting Room