The importance of understanding RNA biology never has been more apparent. Not only did an RNA virus cause a global pandemic, COVID-19, but an RNA-based vaccine has the power to end it. RNA biology is complex and fascinating, and alterations to its function often lead to disease.
How much do you really know about RNA? How is RNA regulated? What does RNA do in the cell? What happens when RNA regulation goes wrong? What are the latest approaches to studying RNA function?
Our symposia at Discover BMB, the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in Seattle in March is organized around these important questions and will feature a diverse set of experts on these topics.
Keywords: RNA modifications, epitranscriptome, RNA localization, splicing, viral RNA, RNA binding proteins, RNA structure.
Who should attend: Everyone who is curious about the diverse biology regulated by RNA, how RNA works and the latest methods to study its function.
Theme song: “Message in a Bottle” by The Police.
This session is powered by ribonucleic acid, its modifications and the interacting proteins.
RNA binding proteins and disease Daniel Dominguez (chair), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Brenda L. Bass, University of Utah Alfredo Castello, Medical Research Council–University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research Kristen Lynch, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
RNA modifications: discovery and function Stacy Horner (chair), Duke University School of Medicine Lydia M. Contreras, University of Texas at Austin Kate Meyer, Duke University School of Medicine Jordan Meier, National Cancer Institute
Novel RNAs: localization, form, function Silvi Rouskin, Harvard Medical School Eliezer Calo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Grace Chen, Yale University Matthew Taliaferro (chair), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Stacy Horner is an associate professor at Duke University.
Daniel Dominguez is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
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