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1 | 2025 RNA Collaborative Seminar Series Schedule | Administrative Meetings: | Thursday, February 7th @ 10 am ET | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Joint seminars for 2025 to be held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, with extra seminars this year in Mar, Sept, and Oct. | Thursday, May 1st @ 11 am ET | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Thursday, September 4th @ 11 am ET | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Thursday, November 6th @ 10 am ET | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Date | Time in ET (US/Canada) | RNA Center | Name and Website | Primary Contact Email | Number of Speakers | Speaker Name | Talk Title | Speaker Affiliation | Moderator | Moderator Affiliation | Panelist Emails | INFO DUE BY | Zoom Producer | Zoom Link | Notes | Unique Live Viewers # | ||||||||||||||
6 | Wednesday, January 8, 2025 | TBD | A | Example | Example Hyperlinked Center Name | Example Name A, Example.NameA@example.org | 1 (30 minutes) | Speaker A | "RNA Research" | Professor of Example University, Director of Example Society | Moderator A | SpeakerA@example.edu | 12/18/2024 | Lindsay Vicars | Zoom Producer will fill in this link 2 weeks before seminar date | This Seminar Session was not selected by any member centers. This space has been turned into an example for how to complete the form below with your center's information. | |||||||||||||||
7 | ModeratorA@example.edu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | B | Example | Example Hyperlinked Center Name | Example Name B, Example.NameB@example.org | 2 (15 minutes x 2) | Speaker B1 | "RNA Studies" | Associate Professor, Example University | Moderator B | SpeakerB1@example.edu; SpeakerB2@example.edu | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Speaker B2 | "RNA Therapeutics" | Associate Professor, Example University | ModeratorB@example.edu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 4 pm ET | A | UW-Madison | RNA MaxiGroup, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Aaron Hoskins, ahoskins@wisc.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Dennis Halterman | "Molecular warfare between plants and microbes at the RNA level" | USDA/ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit and Dept. of Plant Pathology, U. Wisconsin-Madison | Aaron Hoskins | dennis.halterman@usda.gov | 1/22/2025 | Stacey O'Neil | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BRvhLcS9THq-01It12A7kQ | 75 | |||||||||||||||
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12 | B | ARRTI | Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute (ARRTI) | Laura Keffer-Wilkes, kefferwilkesl@uleth.ca | 2 (15 minutes x 2) | Mark Lea | The role of mRNA modifications in ribosomal decoding: a molecular dynamics study | Wetmore Group | Laura Keffer-Wilkes | mark.lea@uleth.ca | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Jessica Willi | "Back to the future: how ancient ribosomes could unlock efficient biotech" | Assistant Professor, University of Lethbridge | jessica.willi@uleth.ca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | 10 am ET | A | HIRI | Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) | nevacaliskan@helmholtz-hiri.de | 1 (30 minutes) | Jens Hör | Insights into the role of RNA in bacterial immunity and phage replication | Group Leader, Helmholtz Institute for RNA based Infection Research, Junior Professor, University of Würzburg | Neva Caliskan | neva.caliskan@ur.de | 2/19/2025 | Dawid Bielewicz | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w3-WB0BRQdGW8KJrwnk4dA | 75 | |||||||||||||||
15 | Franziska Faber | t.b.a. | jens.hoer@helmholtz-hiri.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | B | Shanghai | Shanghai RNA Club | linzhb@shanghaitech.edu.cn | 1 (30 minutes) | Jie Ren, PhD | Nascent RNA at the crossroad of transcription and replication | Group Leader, State Key Laboratory of RNA Science and Engineering, China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Chao-Po Lin | renjie@big.ac.cn | |||||||||||||||||||||
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18 | Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | 10 am ET | A | EMBL | European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) | olivier.duss@embl.de; venkatraman.ravi@embl.de | 1 (30 minutes) | Eva Kowalinski, PhD | SL RNA recognition by the unusual trypanosomatid cap-binding complex | Group Leader, EMBL-Grenoble | Sora Matsumoto | Predoctoral fellow, EMBL-Heidelberg | kowalinski@embl.fr | 3/5/2025 | Dawid Bielewicz | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GPmPkuToSYy0zeDXFU2Rbg | 71 | ||||||||||||||
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20 | B | iRNA@IIT | RNA initiative at the Italian Institute of Technology (iRNA@IIT) | cinzia.nasso@iit.it; Eva.Ferri@iit.it | 1 (30 minutes) | Valeria Famà, PhD Student | Subcellular dynamics of RNA metabolism: the hidden life of RNAs | Center for Genomic Science of IIT@SEMM, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Milan, Italy | Chiara Finocchiaro | PhD Student, Center for Genomic Science of IIT@SEMM, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Milan, Italy | valeria.fama@iit.it | ||||||||||||||||||||
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22 | Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 4 pm ET | A | Rochester | University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology | elizabeth_raymonda@urmc.rochester.edu; Lindsay_Vicars@URMC.Rochester.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Doug Anderson, PhD | Discovery and Therapeutic Applications of RNA “Stitching" | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) Member, University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology: From Genome to Therapeutics | Eric J. Wagner, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Associate Director, Center for RNA Biology Wilmot Cancer Institute University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | Doug_Anderson@URMC.Rochester.edu; Eric_Wagner@URMC.Rochester.edu | 3/19/2025 | Lindsay Vicars | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QYg_EA_uSkK2CB987gltVA | 72 | ||||||||||||||
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24 | B | Michigan | University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine | paulave@umich.edu | 2 (15 minutes x 2) | Grace McIntyre, PhD Student | High-Throughput Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting OncoMiR-181a for Cancer Therapy | PhD Candidate, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan | Nils Walter | achauvie@umich.edu; mstieve@umich.edu; gmcinty@umich.edu; nwalter@umich.edu | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Adrien Chauvier, PhD. Research Lab Specialist | Real-time Monitoring of Ligand Recognition by a Riboswitch during Transcription | Nils Walter laboratory - Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan RNA Center for Biomedicine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | 10 am ET | A | IMB Mainz | Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) | o.vydzhak@imb-mainz.de; j.marques@imb.de | 1 (30 minutes) | Prof. Dr. Brian Luke | The tight regulation of RNA-DNA hybrids at short telomeres promotes repair and delays senescence onset | IMB Mainz and Professor at the Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany | Aaquib Mohd | https://www.imb.de/research/ketting/group-members | brialuke@uni-mainz.de | 4/23/2025 | Dawid Bielewicz | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rI2F6UqKTV2VbFu8PlIhXg | 64 | ||||||||||||||
27 | IMB Mainz, PhD student Ketting Lab | m.aaquib@imb-mainz.de | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | B | Poznań | RNA Research Centre in Poznań | Dawid Bielewicz; dawid.bielewicz@amu.edu.pl | 1 (30 minutes) | prof. Barbara Uszczyńska-Ratajczak, PhD | Capture me if you can: identification of long noncoding RNAs in vertebrate genomes | Group Leader, Computational Biology of Noncoding RNA, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland | Zbigniew Warkocki, PhD | Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland | barbara.uszczynska@gmail.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
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30 | Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | 4 pm ET | A | Yale | Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine | jessie.mohsen@yale.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Siggy Nachtergaele, Ph.D. | mRNA stabilization by chemical modifications in drug-resistant glioblastoma | Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | Karla M Neugebauer, PhD | R. Selden Rose Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Cell Biology | sigrid.nachtergaele@yale.edu, karla.neugebauer@yale.edu | 5/21/2025 | Grace Lee | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C3uPyVk8QCuRoCGIqI02GA | 142 | ||||||||||||||
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32 | B | HIRM | Harvard Medical School Initiative for RNA Medicine (HIRM) | Grace Lee; glee8@bidmc.harvard.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Alex Wesselhoeft, PhD | Circular RNA: Engineering, Manufacturing, Medicine | Director of RNA Therapeutics, Gene & Cell Therapy Institute, MGB, HMS Instructor, Division of Engineering in Medicine, BWH | Frank Slack, PhD | Shields Warren Mallinckrodt Professor of Medical Research Director, HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine Director, Cancer Research Institute Departments of Medicine and Pathology BIDMC Cancer Center/Harvard Medical School | rawesselhoeft@mgb.org; fslack@bidmc.harvard.edu | ||||||||||||||||||||
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34 | Wednesday, July 9, 2025 | 4 pm ET | A | MD Anderson | MD Anderson Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNAs | gcalin@mdanderson.org | 1 (30 minutes) | Anca Jurj, PhD | RNA Therapeutics | Translational Molecular Pathology Department, MD Anderson Cancer Center | George A. Calin | Translational Molecular Pathology & Leukemia Departments, MD Anderson | gcalin@mdanderson.org, MJurj@mdanderson.org | 6/18/2025 | Fabrice Leclerc | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ivJzsmACTXiAutIFDLpYJw | 137 | ||||||||||||||
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36 | B | UCSC | UCSC Center for Molecular Biology of RNA | ptveit@ucsc.edu; harry@nuvolari.ucsc.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Manuel Ares, Jr., PhD | An ancient polyamine-responsive riboswitch contributes to polyamine homeostasis in vertebrates | Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz | Michael Stone | University of California, Santa Cruz | mds@ucsc.edu, ares@ucsc.edu | ||||||||||||||||||||
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38 | Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | 10 am ET | A | UNC | UNC RNA Discovery Center | Yazmin Sanchez; yssanche@email.unc.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Yinglong Miao, PhD | How Do Small Molecules Bind RNA? | Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Computational Medicine Program | Chad Pecot, MD | Director, Professor, Division of Oncology | Yinglong_Miao@med.unc.edu; pecot@email.unc.edu | 7/23/2025 | Sangeetha Selvam | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Bdb33RjDSi-grxHDGew4gQ | 150 | ||||||||||||||
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40 | B | NUS-CSI | Singapore NUS RNA Supergroup | Xue Yan; xueyan@nus.edu.sg | 1 (30 minutes) | Jessica HO, PhD | Investigating changes in alternative splicing during influenza A virus infection | Assistant Professor, Signature Research Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School | Polly Chen, MD, PhD | Principal Investigator, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, NUS | jessica.ho@duke-nus.edu.sg; polly_chen@nus.edu.sg; xueyan@nus.edu.sg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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42 | Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | 10 am ET | A | OSU | The OSU Center for RNA Biology | Mikesell.22@osu.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Kotaro Nakanishi, PhD | Gene Silencing by cityRNAs | Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University | Rene Arvola | Postdoctoral Scholar, Singh and Amacher Lab, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University | nakanishi.9@osu.edu | 8/20/2025 | Dawid Bielewicz | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G5a1Vp9oTvmF2NWKmdAGxw | 75 | ||||||||||||||
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44 | B | Cambridge | Cambridge RNA Club | Bianca Pierattini; bp502@cam.ac.uk | 1 (30 minutes) | Simon Bullock, PhD | Getting the message across: a structural mechanism for selecting diverse mRNAs for subcellular localisation. | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK | Susanne Bornelöv, PhD | Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK | sbullock@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk | ||||||||||||||||||||
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46 | Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | 4 pm ET | A | UNSW | UNSW RNA Institute | b.eberand@unsw.edu.au | 2 (15 minutes x 2) | Prof. Pall Thordarson | UNSW RNA Institute: Overview, Capabilities, Research Programs & Objectives | Professor, School of Chemistry, UNSW RNA Institute | Dr Selene Fernandez Valverde | Senior Lecturer RNA New Research Talent Program, UNSW RNA Institute | s.fernandez_valverde@unsw.edu.au | 9/3/2025 | Stacey O'Neil | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-Oq9nhk4QviJ0MBYMwCsjw | 66 | ||||||||||||||
47 | Dr. Chantelle Ahlenstiel | Harnessing the potential of antiviral RNA therapeutics | Reserach Fellow, Immunovirology & Pathogenesis Program (IVPP), UNSW Kirby Institute | p.thordarson@unsw.edu.au , cahlenstiel@kirby.unsw.edu.au | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | B | UMass Chan | RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School | stacey.oneil@umassmed.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Hassan Fakih, PhD | Advancing Extrahepatic siRNA Therapies via Chemical Innovation: A Muscle Case Study | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RTI-UMass Chan Medical School | Julia Alterman | Assistant Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School | |||||||||||||||||||||
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50 | Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | 10 am ET | A | Reserve for Industry | Moderna | glee8@bidmc.harvard.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Dr. Alicia Bicknell, PhD | 3’-end stabilization increases cellular half-life and improves potency of mRNA therapeutics | Former Scientific Director of RNA Biology, Moderna | Frank Slack, PhD | Shields Warren Mallinckrodt Professor of Medical Research Director, HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine Director, Cancer Research Institute Departments of Medicine and Pathology BIDMC Cancer Center/Harvard Medical School | aliciabicknell12@gmail.com; fslack@bidmc.harvard.edu | 9/17/2025 | Liz Raymonda | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DR_72VkbTGWfVEbmnrei-g | 127 | ||||||||||||||
51 | B | Reserve for Industry | MiNA Therapeutics | glee8@bidmc.harvard.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Bríd Ryan, PhD | Application of RNA activation for the treatment of sickle cell disease | Chief Scientific Officer, MiNA Therapeutics | brid@minatx.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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53 | Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 10 am ET | A | GDR RNA | Groupement de Recherche (GDR) RNA | fabrice.leclerc@universite-paris-saclay.fr | 1 (30 minutes) | Prof. Patrice Gouet | N.ESPript : A new web tool that adds secondary structure elements to multiple RNA/DNA sequence alignments using dot-bracket notation | Professor of Structural Biology, Group Head, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, Université Lyon 1 | Dr. Maria Duca | Instiut de Chimie de Nice, Université Côte d'Azur | patrice.gouet@ibcp.fr; maria.duca@univ-cotedazur.fr | 10/1/2025 | Fabrice Leclerc | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1ezbh8SfTHusnhJa-UDI0g | 28 | No reminder sent - Lindsay out with flu | |||||||||||||
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55 | B | ZJU | Zhejiang University (ZJU) Center for RNA Medicine | Xin Li,xinlirna@zju.edu.cn ;Xinya Wan, lynrna@foxmail.com | 1 (30 minutes) | Mr. Huisen Zhan | MELAS-associated tRNALeu(UUR) 3243A>G mutation reshapes mitochondrial integrity via distinct fission signatures | Zhejiang University, Institute of Genetics | Xin Li, PhD | Center for RNA Medicine, Zhejiang University | 12018073@zju.edu.cn | ||||||||||||||||||||
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57 | Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 4 pm ET | A | Albany | The RNA Institute, SUNY University at Albany | selvam@albany.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Dr. Maksim Royzen | Temporal control of CRISPR-Cas9 activity using bio-orthogonal chemistry. | Department of Chemisry & The RNA Institute, University at Albany | Dr. Alan Chen | Department of Chemisry & The RNA Institute, University at Albany | achen6@albany.edu; mroyzen@albany.edu | 10/22/2025 | Sangeetha Selvam | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r_XhpgFNQqS7sHA7F-keXA | 74 | ||||||||||||||
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59 | B | Riboclub | RiboClub Sherbrooke | leandro.fequino@usherbrooke.ca | 1 (30 minutes) | Prof. Eric Massé | The emergence of antibiotics resistance and the function of small regulatory RNAs in bacteria | Université de Sherbrooke | Prof. Michelle Scott | Université de Sherbrooke | Eric.Masse@USherbrooke.ca (speaker) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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61 | Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | 4 pm ET | A | NCI | NCI RNA Biology Initiative | metzgermb@mail.nih.gov | 1 (30 minutes) | Dr. Eugene Valkov | Mechanism of mRNA decay inhibition by a bacterial pathogen effector | Stadtman Investigator, RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute | Pedro Batista | Stadtman Investigator, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute | eugene.valkov@nih.gov, pedro.batista@nih.gov | 11/19/2025 | Sangeetha Selvam | https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PJI8eaxWRJmq5K89h2mF2Q | 113 | ||||||||||||||
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63 | B | UPenn | Penn Institute for RNA Innovation, University of Pennsylvania | Russell.Roberts@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu | 1 (30 minutes) | Rachel Braun | Selective decay of interferon mRNAs controls antiviral immunity and innate memory | University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine | Jim Hoxie | Penn Institute for RNA Innovation | rmbraun@pennmedicine.upenn.edu, hoxie@pennmedicine.upenn.edu | ||||||||||||||||||||
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