Events
RNA Structure and Function Cluster Meetings Protein Synthesis Cluster Meetings RNA Collaborative Seminar Series
2026 Upstate New York RNA Symposium
2024 New York RNA Symposium in the Finger Lakes
DBB Seminar: "Eukaryotic Ribonucleases in Gene Regulation"
Monica Pillon, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Dec 10, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Mitch O’Connell and Dr. Makaía Papasergi-Scott (co-sponsored by Graduates Working in Science (GWIS) and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
DBB Seminar: "Molecular Insights into Human RNA 3’-end Processing"
Liang Tong, PhD - William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY
Dec 03, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Clara Kielkopf and Dr. Eric Wagner (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
DBB Seminar: "Decoding the Untranslated"
Wendy Gilbert, PhD - Maxine F. Singer '57 Ph.D. Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Nov 19, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Lynne Maquat (co-sponsored by Graduates Working in Science (GWIS) and the Protein Synthesis Cluster)
DBB Seminar: "Searching for Messages Carried by Messenger RNAs"
Xinnian Dong, PhD - HHMI investigator; Arts & Sciences Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC
Nov 12, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko and Dr. Peng Yao (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
DBB Seminar: Functional Roles of glycoRNAs
Ryan Flynn, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Department, Harvard University; Principal Investigator, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Oct 08, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Paul Boutz (co-sponsored by the RNA Society & Lexogen and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
DBB Seminar: Mechanistic Insights for Human Gene Expression Through Biochemical Reconstitution and Transcriptomics
Dylan Taatjes, PhD - Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Oct 01, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Eric Wagner (co-sponsored by the RNA Society & Lexogen)
DBB Seminar: Global Analysis of the Networks Regulating mRNA Translation and Decay
Nicholas Ingolia, PhD - Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Sep 24, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Dr. Dmitri Ermolenko (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
DBB Seminar: “m6A is Decoded by Modified tRNAs to Coordinate mRNA Decay”
Sebastian Leidel, PhD - Research Group for RNA Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Apr 30, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: Dr. Eric Phizicky and Dr. Beth Grayhack (co-sponsored by the Protein Synthesis Cluster and the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)
DBB Seminar: “The Role of RNA Modification in the Formation of Nucleoli and Cajal Bodies”
U. Thomas Meier, PhD - Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Apr 02, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6804)
Host: Dr. Yi-Tao Yu (co-sponsored by the RNA Structure & Function Cluster)