Invited speakers for the annual CMBP and Center for RNA Biology symposium include Dr. Wendy Gilbert from Yale University, Dr. Anita Corbett from Emory University, and Dr. Robert Hogg from the NIH. All talks will be presented on Zoom and the poster session will be held on Gather.town (links and other details are forthcoming).
Registration is open from March 15th through April 21st at http://bioserv.mps.ohio-state.edu/cmbpsym/2021/.
The agenda is as follows:
9:00AM Opening Remarks: Karin Musier-Forsyth, Co-Director CMBP Training Grant
9:05-9:50AM Dr. J. Robert Hogg, NIH-Bethesda
mRNA Decay Target Selection by UPF1: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
9:50-10:20AM Dr. Guramrit Singh, Department of Molecular Genetics, OSU
Old player-new tricks: UPF3 function during nonsense mediated decay
10:20-10:40AM Break (20 min)
Trainee Session:
10:40-11:00AM Blake Szkoda, OSBP, CMBP Trainee (Gopalan lab)
Characterizing a genetic switch in Salmonella enterica using online buffer exchange coupled to native mass spectrometry
11:00 -11:20AM Matias Montes, MCDB, CRB Fellow (Chandler lab)
MicroRNAs as Regulators of Splicing: The Role of miR-29b in MDM2 Alternative Splicing
11:20-11:40AM Anisha Kalidindi, MCDB, CMBP Trainee (Obrietan lab)
Circadian-gated cognition is disrupted in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
11:40AM-12:30PM Break for lunch (50 min)
12:30-2:00PM Poster Session (Gather.town link will be sent prior to event)
2:00-2:45PM Dr. Wendy Gilbert, Yale University
Revealing new functions for ancient RNA modifying enzymes in health and disease
2:45-3:15PM Dr. Amanda Hummon, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, OSU
Lipid Profiling in Colon Tumor Models
3:15-3:30PM Break (15 min)
3:30-4:15PM Dr. Anita Corbett, Emory University
Mutations in Genes Encoding Core Subunits of the RNA Exosome Cause Human Disease: One Complex, Many Phenotypes
4:15PM Closing Remarks: Jane Jackman, Co-Director CMBP Training Grant