RNA World Journal Club, beginning Friday Sept 22nd
Contact Aaron Goldstrohm for more information at agoldstr@umn.edu
Oct 2, 2017 26th Annual Developmental Biology Symposium,
RNA rules: developmental regulation by RNA, Coffman Memorial Union
Maria Barna, Stanford University
“Novel Modes of Cellular Communication: From Specialized Ribosomes to Signaling Filopodia”
Douglas Black, University of California, Los Angeles
“Mechanisms and Programs of Posttranscriptional Gene Regulation in Neurons”
Anne Ephrussi, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
“Assembly and Transport of Oskar RNPs in the Drosophila Oocyte”
Antonio Giraldez, Yale University
“Uncovering Novel Regulatory Codes in Development”
Eric Miska, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
“RNA and Epigenetics: New Insights from C. elegans and Rift Lake Cichlids”
Craig Pikaard, Indiana University
“Mechanisms of Selective Gene Silencing in Plants”
Howard Lipshitz, University of Toronto
“Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Drosophila”
Oct 29, 2017 BMBB Seminar
Dr. Anita Corbett, Emory University
March 14, 2018 BMBB Seminar
Dr. Perry Blackshear, National Institutes Environmental Health Sciences
May 3, 2017 19th Bollum Symposium Versatile Functions of RNA in Biology and Disease
1:00pm Welcome
Dr. David Bernlohr, University of Minnesota-Twin Cites
1:05pm Introduction
Dr. Aaron Goldstrohm, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
1:15pm Dr. Hashim Al-Hashimi, Duke University
Dynamic RNA Structures in Translational Fidelity and Drug History
2:00pm Dr. Lynne Maquat, University of Rochester
Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay and Human Disease: Genome Guardian and Executor
2:45pm Intermission
3:15pm Dr. Kristen Lynch, University of Pennsylvania
Getting Sick of Splicing: Alternative Splicing and the Humane Immune System
4:00pm Dr. Maurice Swanson, University of Flordia
RNA-mediated Mechanisms in Development and Disease
4:45pm Closing Remarks
Dr. Aaron Goldstrohm, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
April 20th, 2017, RNA Supergroup Research in Progress Seminar
Dr. Subbaya Subramanian, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Title: Mechanisms of malignant transformation and immune regulation in colon cancer.
Learn more about his research here: https://subreelab.umn.edu/
April 5th, 2017, BMBB Seminar
Dr. Yunsun Nam Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Biophysics UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dalas, TX
March 8th, 2017, BMBB Seminar
Jens Lykke-Andersen, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Sciences from the University of California, San Diego.
"Mechanisms of human mRNA turnover and quality control"
Dec 13th 2016, 4-5pm, Faculty Lightning Talks
Dr. Aaron Goldstrohm
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
"Regulation of mRNA translation and decay in the eukaryotes"
Dr. Guisheng Song
"microRNA signaling in the pathogenesis of metabolic disorders and liver cancer"
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
Dr. David Greenstein
"The Caenorhabditis elegans gonad: A test tube for RNA biology."
Nov 15th 2016, 4-5pm, Faculty Lightning Talks
Dr. Scott Dehm
AR splice variants in prostate cancer
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Dr. Kate Adamala
Assistant Professor, Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Dr. Frank Alberts
Genomic approaches for dissecting regulatory genetic variation.
Assistant Professor, Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Sept 15th 2016, 4-5pm, Faculty Lightning Talks
Dr. Jeongsik Yong, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Kathleen Boris-Lawrie, Professor and Chair of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Irina St. Louis, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine
Aaron Engelhart, Assistant Professor of Geneetics, Cell Biology and Development