Columbia RNA Club - Just add your name at the bottom to join the email list! Seminars usually the last Friday of the month

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1	firstname	lastname	Columbia EMAIL	lab(s) representing	Student/Postdoc/Faculty/Staff?	Interested in giving a talk? Y/N	confirmed date	If yes, TITLE or topic (Note, priority is to students and postdocs or new faculty)

2	Pedro	Bak-Gordon	pgb2122@columbia.edu	Manley	Student	Y	9/25/2026	"Aberrant Splicing Induced by Oncogenic SF3B1 Mutations Creates Compensatory Dependencies on Mitochondrial Genome Expression"
3	Vikas	Malik	vm2616@cumc.columbia.edu	Jianlong Wang	Associate Research Scientist	Yes; summer 2026	9/25/2026	"Targeting Nsun2-Dependent RNA m5C Modification for Totipotency Control in Stem Cells"
4	Deobrat	Dixit	dd3174@cumc.columbia.edu	Wechsler-Reya	Associate Research Scientist	Y	5/29/2026	"Regulation of Medulloblastoma Growth and Immune Evasion by RNA Methylation"
5	Caela	Phillips	cmp2278@cumc.columbia.edu	Berchowitz	Student	Y	5/29/2026	"Why are Introns Retained? Gene Class-Specific Intron Function"
6	Erica	Niewold	en2609@cumc.columbia.edu	Lili Wang	Student	Yes	4/24/2026	"U1 snRNA dysregulation drives the onset of chronic lymphocytic leukemia"
7	Akanksha	Thawani	at4137@cumc.columbia.edu	Thawani	PI	Y	4/24/2026	"Genetic Architects: Discovering How Retrotransposons Craft Our Genomes"
8	Stephen	Tang	st3362@cumc.columbia.edu	Sternberg	Student	Y	3/27/26	Antiviral reverse transcriptases reveal the evolutionary origin of telomerase
9	Alexa	Osterhoudt	aso2128@cumc.columbia.edu	Lomvardas	Student	Y	3/27/26	"The HUSH Complex as an Epigenetic Regulator of Olfactory Receptor Choice"
10	Sabrina	Phanor	skp2157@cumc.columbia.edu	Gennarino	Student	Y	1/30/2026	"Haploinsufficiency of Pumilio2 causes a neurodevelopmental disorder with ataxia"
11	Meghna	Maiti	mm5736@columbia.edu	Gonzalez	Student	Y	1/30/2026	The mechanism of reading-frame maintenance by tRNA modification
12	Aline	Real	areal@nygenome.org	Knowles	Postdoc	Y	12/12/2025	"Genetic effects on RNA splicing in the human brain and their role in neurological diseases"
13	Tianji	Yu	ty2514@cumc.columbia.edu	Zhang	Student	Y	12/12/2025	"Primate-specific adaptation of Ku protects transcriptomic integrity by suppressing Alu-mediated alternative splicing"
14	Supriya	Pratihar	sp4172@cumc.columbia.edu	Al-Hashimi	Postdoc	Y	10/24/2025	A Quantitative Ensemble-Based Model of RNA Cellular Function
15	Jiayu	Su	js5756@cumc.columbia.edu	Rabadan/Knowles	Student	Y	10/24/2025	Mapping isoform landscape and regulatory mechanisms in the brain from spatial transcriptomics data
16	Ye	Wang	yw4291@cumc.columbia.edu	Zhang	Postdoc	Y	tbd
17	Zhaoning (Johnny)	Wang	zw3168@cumc.columbia.edu	Bing Ren	Postdoc	Yes	Fall/Winter 2026
18	Bharath	Saravanan	bs3663@cumc.columbia.edu	Bing Ren	Postdoc	Yes	tbd
19	Jordan	Kesner	jk3755@cumc.columbia.edu	Haubner	Postdoc	Y	tbd
20	Zhen	Zhao	zz3494@cumc.columbia.edu	Zha Lab	Postdoc	Y	tbd
21	Kevin	Larsen	klarsen@nysbc.org	Kieft	Staff	Y
22	Alondra	Schweizer Burguete	asb2272@cumc.columbia.edu	St. George/Hyslop	ASR/PI	Y	May/June of 2025	Determining the Effects of Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion on Axonal Degeneration
23	Harrison	Cullen	hc3281@cumc.columbia.edu	Goff	Student	Yes	tbd
24	Parisa	Yousefpour	py2339@columbia.edu	Yousefpour	PI	?
25	Aditi	Trehan	at3534@cumc.columbia.edu	Wu	student	Y
26	Miquel	Anglada Girotto		Califano	PhD student	Yes	tbd	In silico RNA isoform screening for the systematic discovery of cancer-driver exons with therapeutic potential
27	Lili	Wang	lw3282@cumc.columbia.edu	Lili Wang	PI	Yes
28	Aaron	Viny	adv2105@cumc.Columbia.edu	Viny	PI	Y Sure, why not?!	tbd
29	Yosef	Sabo	ys2581@cumc.columbia.edu	Sabo	PI	Yes	tbd
30	Ruchika		fr2563@cumc.columbia.edu		Postdoc
31	Jeff	Kieft	JKieft@nysbc.org	Kieft	PI	RNA Day 2025	8/1/25
32	Ruxiao (Ru)	Tian	rt2750@cumc.columbia.edu	Sankar Ghosh	student	Y	3/14/25	a lncRNA genetic risk factor of inflammatory bowel disease
33	Matt	Walker	mww2129@columbia.edu	Landweber/Sternberg	Student	Y	3/14/25	"RNA-guided flagellin regulation in bacteria"
34	Kate	Segar	kes2234@cumc.columbia.edu	Kieft	Student	Yes (Nov or Dec)	1/31/25	Structural diversity in viral RNA translation elements
35	Megan	Schertzer	mschertzer@nygenome.org	Knowles	Postdoc	Y	1/31/25	Framework to investigate isoform-specific functions of RNA binding proteins
36	Jen	Small-Saunders	jls2302@cumc.columbia.edu	Small-Saunders	PI	Y	12/13/24	tRNA modification reprogramming in artemisinin resistant plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites
37	Philippe	Batut	pjb2177@cumc.columbia.edu	Batut	PI	Y	12/13/24	“Noncoding RNAs & genome organization control the dynamics of transcription during development”
38	Brian	Joseph	bj2468@cumc.columbia.edu	Zhang	Postdoc	Y	11/22/24	Engineering splicing-regulatory networks to produce mature neurons differentiated from stem cells
39	Max	Cabaj	mc4761@cumc.columbia.edu	Gennarino	Student	Yes	10/25/24	Function-specific Pumilio1 mutations drive two different diseases
40	Michal	Levo	ml5092@columbia.edu	Levo	PI	Y (Fall 2024)	10/25/24	A transcriptional metronome – coupled ON-OFF durations govern gene activity
41	Margarita	Angelova	mta2141@cumc.columbia.edu	Landweber	Postdoc	Yes (05/2024 or later)	6/28/24	DNA N6-methyladenine (6mA) involvement in programmed genome rearrangement in the ciliate Oxytricha: a new role for piRNAs?
42	Stephen	Tang		Sternberg	Student	Yes (06/2024 or later)	6/28/24	De novo gene synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase
43	Demetra	Kelenis	dpk2130@cumc.columbia.edu	Goff	Postdoc	Y	4/12/24	A proteome-wide, MS-based screen identifies novel SUMOylation substrates induced by HIV-1 infection
44	Rimante	Zedaveinyte	rz2610@cumc.columbia.edu	Sternberg	Student	Y	2/23/24	Antagonistic conflict between transposon-encoded introns and guide RNAs
45	Karissa	Sanbonmatsu	kys@lanl.gov	Sanbonmatsu	PI	YES	1/26/24	Structure-function relationships for individual non-coding RNAs
46	Maddie	Sherlock	mes5567@gmail.com	Kieft	Scientist at NYSBC (as of 9/1/23)	Yes (11/2023 or later)	1/26/24	Structural Basis of Translation Termination-Reinitiation by a Viral RNA
47	Benedetta	Ricci	br2730@cumc.columbia.edu	Zaccara	Student	Y	12/8/2023	The role of the YTHDF m6A readers in Neuroblastoma
48	Chance	Meers		Sternberg	Postdoc	Yes	12/8/2023	Transposon-encoded nucleases use guide RNAs to promote their selfish spread
49	Ainan	Geng	ag4593@cumc.columbia.edu	Al-Hashimi	student	Y	11/10/2023	Using dynamic ensembles to quantitatively model sequence-specific RNA cellular activity
50	Pedro	Bak-Gordon		Manley	Student	Y Fall 2023	11/10/2023	A novel small molecule binder of Ku70 induces selective lethality of U2AF1-mutant leukemia cells
51	Ya-Cheng	Liao	yl5293@cumc.columbia.edu	Liao	PI	Y Fall 2023	10/6/2023	RNA granules hitchhike on lysosomes for long-distance transport
52	Jellert	Gaublomme	jg4106@columbia.edu	Gaublomme	PI	Yes	10/6/2023	Optical pooled multi-omic single-cell screening via RNA barcoding
53	Max	Lauring	mcl2214@cumc.columbia.edu	Basu	Student	5/5/2023	5/5/2023	RNA decay and retrotransposition
54	Pavel	Vlasov	pav2120@columbia.edu	Manley	Student	5/5/2023	5/5/2023	Unexpected Functions for “Non-Coding” RNAs: Evidence for Enhancer RNA Translation
55	Michael	Murphy	mrm2267@cumc.columbia.edu	Xuebing Wu	Postdoc	April 7	4/7/2023	Defective ribosomal protein paralog switching in neonatal heart failure
56	Yocelyn	Recinos	yr2330@columbia.edu	Zhang	Student	April 7	4/7/2023	CRISPR based screening of splicing-regulatory elements
57	Jeanine	Gezelle	jgg2144@cumc.columbia.edu	Steckelberg	Student	March 6	3/6/2023	Probing the structure of an exonuclease-resistant RNA
58	Conner	Langeberg	conner.langeberg@cuanschutz.edu	Kieft	Student	March 6	3/6/2023	A generalizable scaffold-based approach for structure determination of small RNA elements by cryo-EM
59	Christine	Mayr		---guest---	faculty	01/06/2023	01/06/2023	Protein activity regulation through mRNA-induced conformational changes
60	Nicola	de Prisco		Gennarino	Postdoc	12/2/2022	12/2/2022	Alternative polyadenylation alters protein dosage by switching between intronic and 3'UTR sites
61	Shuang	Feng	sf2568@columbia.edu	Manley	Postdoc	12/2/2022	12/2/2022	"A nucleolar “long non-coding” RNA PAPAS encodes a novel protein that functions in response to stress"
62	Riley	Gentry	rcg2140@columbia.edu	Gonzalez	Student	11/04/2022	11/04/2022	The mechanism of mRNA activation
63	Sara	Zaccara	sz3145@cumc.columbia.edu	Zaccara	organizer	11/04/2022	11/04/2022	"Uncovering mechanisms of dynamic m6A regulation"
64	Rebeca	King		Sternberg	Student	10/7/22	10/7/22	"Targeted DNA integration in human cells without double-strand breaks using CRISPR RNA-guided transposases"
65	Megan	Kelly		Al-Hashimi	Student	5/23/2022	5/23/2022	"Quantitative reconstitution of RNA cellular activity"
66	Peiguo	Shi	ps3008@cumc.columbia.edu	Xuebing Wu	Postdoc	5/23/2022	5/23/2022	"The collateral activity of CRISPR-Cas13d in mammalian cells and its potential applications"
67	Lena	Street	las2256@columbia.edu	Jovanovic	Student	4/22/2022	4/22/2022	"A lifetime of protein-protein interactions: mapping RBPs in the mRNA lifecycle"
68	Min-Han	Lin		Tong	Postdoc	12/6/21	12/6/21	Novel mechanisms of regulating Integrator function
69	Yocelyn	Recinos		Zhang	Student	12/6/21	12/6/21	A two-step adaptive evolution of MAPT splicing in primates
70	Florian	Hoffmann	fth2104@cumc.columbia.edu	Sternberg	Student	hybrid	10/25/21	Fidelity regulation in CRISPR RNA-guided transposition
71	Pavel	Vlasov		Manley	Student	hybrid	10/25/21	Unexpected Functions for “Non-Coding” RNAs: Evidence for Enhancer RNA Translation
72	Nicola	de Prisco		Gennarino	Postdoc	zoom	8/10/21	CPSF6 haploinsufficiency causes neurodevelopmental disease by global change in alternative polyadenylation
73	Shan	Zha	sz2296@cumc.columbia.edu	Zha	PI	zoom	8/10/21	Why does a DNA repair protein complex hug RNA? DNA-PK on structured RNAs
74	Jonathan	Bizarro		Basu	postdoc	zoom	6/15/21	The RNA exosome regulates nuclear body phase separation
75	Erik	Hartwick		Gonzalez	Postdoc	zoom	6/15/21	Viral tRNA-like structure manipulation of translation
76	Raphaelle	Laureau		Berchowitz	Postdoc	zoom	4/20/21	Meiosis-specific transcriptional activation and translational repression of Ty3-Gypsy retrotransposons
77	Anna-Lena	Steckelberg	as6282@cumc.columbia.edu	Steckelberg	PI	zoom	4/20/21	Viral manipulation of RNA degradation
78	Rotem	Karni		---guest---	faculty	2/25/2020	2/25/2020	Dysregulation of alternative splicing in cancer and its modulation for therapy
79	Yoon	Kim		Santa-Maria Perez	Student	2/25/2020	2/25/2020	Investing the role of RNA methyltransferase NSUN2 and microRNA methylation in AD
80	Bridget	Huang	byh2107@columbia.edu	Fernandez/Gonzalez	PostDoc	2/22/2017	11/26/19	Inter-domain Communications in eIF5B Regulate Translation Initiation
81	Hanrui	Zhang	hz2418@cumc.columbia.edu	Zhang	PI	11/26/19	11/26/19	Discovering novel regulators of macrophage efferocytosis by genome-wide CRISPR screen
82	Haixing	Li	hl2727@columbia.edu	Gonzalez	Postdoc	10/29/19	10/29/19	tRNA-mediated regulation of ribosome dynamics in promoting +1 frameshifting
83	Diana	Ottoz		Berchowitz	postdoc	10/29/19	10/29/19	Amyloid-like protein assemblies create scanning roadblocks on specific transcripts
84	Salvatore	Botta		Gennarino	research associate	9/24/19	9/24/19	“Understanding the role of the RNA-binding protein Pumilio1 in two different neurological diseases”
85	Lisa	Bashkirova	evb2121@columbia.edu	Lomvardas	Student	5/2/2019	5/2/2019	Early transcription plays an instructive role in olfactory receptor choice
86	Bijoy	Desai	bijoydesai@gmail.com	Gonzalez	Post doc	5/2/2019	5/2/2019	Understanding the conformational and compositional dynamics of translational machinery using genomically encoded unnatural amino acids
87	Sanne	Klompe		Sternberg	student	4/4/2019	4/4/2019	Transposon-encoded CRISPR-Cas systems direct RNA-guided DNA integration
88	Yueh-Lin	Tsai	yt2438@columbia.edu	Manley	Student	4/4/2019	4/4/2019	The ALS/FTD-associated RNA binding protein FUS sequesters mRNAs encoding respiratory chain complex components and induces mitochondrial dysfunction
89	Blake	Wiedenheft		---guest---	faculty	3/7/2019	3/7/2019	Evolutionary outcomes of CRISPR–anti-CRISPR conflict
90	Xiang-Jun	Lu	xl2134@columbia.edu	Bussemaker	Research Scientist	2/7/2019	2/7/2019	Identification and characterization of G-quadraplexes from 3D atomic coordinates
91	Xuebing	Wu	xw2629@cumc.columbia.edu	Xuebing Wu	PI	2/7/2019	2/7/2019	Functions and mechanisms of mammalian mRNA structures
92	Heather	Feaga		Dworkin	PostDoc	12/6/2018	12/6/2018	The ribosome hibernation factor YvyD dimerizes inactive ribosomes
93	Ismael	Santa-Maria Perez		Santa-Maria Perez	PI	12/6/2018	12/6/2018	Investigating the role of microRNAs and post-transcriptional regulation in neurodegeneration
94	Hachung	Chung	hc3070@columbia.edu	Chung	PI	11/8/2018	11/8/2018	Unraveling the role of RNA editing in human immunity
95	Solomon	Haizel	shaizel@gradcenter.cuny.edu	Gonzalez/Goss	Student	11/8/2018	11/8/2018	Direct recruitment of eIF4G or (DAP5) to the 5’ untranslated region (UTR) of a subset of cellular mRNAs drives the cap-independent translation of these mRNAs
96	Shikha	Singh		Hunt	Post-doc	10/4/2018	10/4/2018	The ATPase activity of ABCF proteins can dynamically modulate the stereochemistry at the ribosomal peptidyl transferase center
97	Mauricio	Arias Hernandez	maa2113@columbia.edu	Chasin	PostDoc	5/24/2018	5/24/2018	Fast kinetics for Commitment in Exon Definition
98	Pankaj	Giri		Basu	Postdoc	5/24/2018	5/24/2018	Spatiotemporal regulation of the RNA exosome complex
99	Yadong	Sun		Tong	Post-doc	4/26/2018	4/26/2018	Molecular basis for the recognition of the human AAUAAA polyadenylation signal
100	Robert	Washburn	rw378@columbia.edu	Gottesman	PostDoc	4/26/2018	4/26/2018	Coupling transcription, translation and replication in E. coli