CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Mechanisms underlying gene silencing by microRNAs

miRNAs protect us against pathogenic RNA

RNA-seq of di�erentiation, a few cells and a few hours at a time

8:30 am

8:45 am Ian MacRaeScripps

9:35 am Irene PedersenUC Irvine

10:00 am Ali MortazaviUC Irvine

Regulation of RNA activity by mRNA methylation in stem cells

Deciphering the poly(A) code

Transcriptomic signatures in neurodegenerative disease

The non-template functions of telomerase RNA

1:00 pm Crystal ZhaoSanford-Burnham

1:50 pm Yongsheng ShiUC Irvine

2:15 pm Ryan LimUC Irvine

2:40 pm Feng QiaoUC Irvine

Structural imprints in vivo decode RNA regulatory mechanisms

Embracing splicing complexity: integrating mechanisms of splice site selection to predict splicing patterns

lncRNAs: function and mechanism in controlling cellular identity

3:20 pm Robert SpitaleUC Irvine

3:45 pm Klemens HertelUC Irvine

4:10 pm Mitchell GuttmanCaltech

RNA Symposium

Co-Sponsored by:UCI Institute for Genomics & BioinformaticsUCI Genomics High-Throughput FacilityUCI Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesUCI Data Science InitiativeUCI Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Telomerase RNA

LUNCH BREAK

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rsvp: achang18@uci.edu

April 24, 2015Calit2 Building Auditorium

WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION

RNA editing enzyme machines

Repeat-containing RNA binding proteins: switches, blocks, and triggers

Functions of a liver-speci�c microRNA in the life cycle of hepatitis C virus

10:40 am Ruslan AfasizhevBoston University

11:05 am Inna AfasizhevaBoston University

11:30 am Peter SarnowStanford University

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