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DBB Seminar: “How Genes Turn Off”

Scott Hiebert, PhD - Professor,, Department of Biochemistry; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Hortense B. Ingram Chair in Cancer Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

 Oct 09, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307

Host: T32 graduate student, Hannah Clary & Dr. Kielkopf (co-sponsored by the NIH NIGMS T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences, Dr. Lynne Maquat, PI & Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Co-PI)

“Reducing the Stress of Review: Perspective from the Scientific Advisory Board”

Scott Hiebert, PhD - Professor,, Department of Biochemistry; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Hortense B. Ingram Chair in Cancer Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

 Oct 10, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room 1-9576

Call for Abstracts! UR & UAlbany’s 2024 New York RNA Symposium in the Finger Lakes

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October 14-15, 2024
Hotel Canandaigua, a Tapestry by Hilton
205 Lakeshore Dr.
Canandaigua, NY 14424

Symposium Flyer

We are pleased to announce our upcoming 2024 New York Symposium in the Finger Lakes, co-organized and hosted by the University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology and The RNA Institute at the University at Albany. This year's meeting will be held at the Hotel Canandaigua on October 14-15th, 2024. The symposium will feature a rich exchange of information leveraging the innovative and interdisciplinary research ongoing within the regional RNA community (including primarily New England and mid-Atlantic states).

The symposium will feature keynote talks, invited faculty talks, and trainee presentations (including posters, 15-minute talks, and 1-min lightning talks selected from abstract submissions). This year’s event is trainee-focused, with a networking lunch, a trainee gathering the day before the formal meeting starts (to be held on Oct 13th), poster and talk awards, and opportunities for trainees to interact with senior scientists and industry partners.

Keynote Speakers:

  • Eckhard Jankowsky, PhD, VP of RNA Science, Moderna
  • Karla Neugebauer, PhD, Director, Yale Center for RNA Science & Medicine
  • Sally Temple, PhD, Co-Founder and Scientific Director, Neural Stem Cell Institute
  • Blanton Tolbert, PhD, (UR Alumnus) VP of Science Leadership and Culture, HHMI; Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania

Faculty Speakers:

  • Mitchell O’Connell, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics; Member, Center for RNA Biology; University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Kathleen McDonough, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute, University at Albany

Early-bird registration, abstract submission, and hotel deadline: September 13th

  • Registration costs include meals and attendance for both days.
  • Trainees, plan to arrive Sun, Oct 13th in time for an early afternoon event (TBD).
  • Abstracts should be submitted separately using this template; see Abstracts for more info
    • Abstract submission closes after September 13, 2024
  • Hotel Accommodations must be booked separately from registration.
    • Click here for our event hotel booking links & rates. 
    • UR trainees are encouraged to double-up at the 2-Queen room rate at the Hotel Canandaigua.

Visit our Symposium Page     Register Today

If you have any questions, please reach out to FingerLakesRNA@urmc.rochester.edu.

 

 Oct 14, 2024 @ 8:00 a.m.

DBB Seminar: “How Hydration of Membrane Proteins Enhances Dynamics to Promote Ion Transport and Lipid Scrambling”

Alessio Accardi, PhD - Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics in Anesthesiology; Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

 Oct 16, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307

Host: Dr. John Lueck and Dr. Mitch O’Connell

DBB Seminar: “The NCI RAS Initiative: Novel Drug Discovery Efforts to Directly Target RAS-related Cancers and RASopathy Diseases”

Dominic Esposito, PhD - Director, Protein Expression Laboratory, NCI RAS Initiative, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR), Frederick, MD

 Oct 23, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307

Host: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu

DBB Seminar: “Accessing In vivo Excited-State Photochemistry with Time and Space-Resolved Spectroscopy”

Yishu Jiang, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

 Oct 30, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307

Host: Dr. David Mathews

DBB Seminar: “Ribosome Stalling and Angiogenin Function in ALS and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases”

Andrei Korostelev, PhD - Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMASS Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA “Ribosome Stalling

 Nov 06, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307

Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and by the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)

DBB Seminar: “Evolution of mRNA Translational Control Mechanisms”

Amy Si-Ying Lee, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

 Nov 13, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307

Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko and Dr. Eric Phizicky (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and by the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)

DBB Seminar: “How DEAD-box Helicase Specificity and Abundance Underlies Cellular Growth and Response to Stress”

Gloria Brar, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

 Dec 04, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
 Medical Center | K-307

Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko and Dr. Eric Phizicky (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster)