RNA Modifications & Epitranscriptomics

RNA Modifications & Epitranscriptomics

Suzhou, China
November 13-17, 2017

Abstract deadline: September 22, 2017

Organized by:

Michaela Frye, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Chuan He, The University of Chicago, USA

Tsutomu Suzuki, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Yungui Yang, Beijing Institute of Genomics, CAS, China

We are pleased to announce Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on RNA Modifications & Epitranscriptomics which will be held in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday November 13, and will conclude after lunch on November 17, 2017.

The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in RNA modifications & Epitranscriptomics . Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.

1. RNA methylation
2. Functions of RNA methylation
3. RNA modification in disease
4. RNA modification mapping
5. tRNA modifications
6. RNA modifications and RNA structure
7. RNA editing, RNA adenylation & RNA uridylation
8. Other RNA modifications

Brenda Bass , University of Utah School of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: Is that my double-stranded RNA or yours?
Narry Kim, Seoul National University, KOREA
Abstract title: A Tale of Two Tails: Uridylation and Guanylation of Mrna

Xuetao Cao, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/The Second Military Medical University, CHINA
Jian-Jun Chen, University of Cincinnati, USA
Abstract title: The N6-Methyladenosine RNA Modification in Leukemia: Function, Mechanism and Therapeutic Potential
Xuemei Chen, University of California Riverside, USA
Abstract title: Nuclear pore: linking miRNA biogenesis and export in Arabidopsis
Vicky Cowling, University of Dundee, UNITED KINGDOM
Abstract title: mRNA cap regulation in cell fate decisions
Dan Dominissini, Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL
Michaela Frye, University of Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM
Abstract title: RNA modifications as regulators of stem cell function
Francois Fukes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BELGIUM
Abstract title: Transcriptome-wide distribution and function of RNA modifications
Jean-Michel Fustin, Kyoto University, JAPAN
Abstract title: The Circadian Clock and mRNA m6A Methylation.
Richard Gregory, Harvard University, USA
Abstract title: The m6A methyltransferase METTL3 promotes oncogene translation in human lung cancer
Chuan He, The University of Chicago, USA
Abstract title: RNA methylation in gene expression regulation
Mark Helm, Institut fuer Pharmazie und Biochemie, GERMANY
Abstract title: A lipophilic RNA modification containing a thioacetal structure
Stacy Horner, Duke University School of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: The function of N6-methyladenosine in Flaviviridae virus infection
Mofang Liu, Institute of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, CAS, CHINA
Abstract title: The new function of Piwi/piRNA machinery in mammalian spermiogenesis and human male infertility
Frank Lyko, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, GERMANY
Abstract title: Distribution and regulation of cytosine-5 RNA methylation
Donal O'Carroll, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, UNITED KINGDOM
Abstract title: RNA modification and the immortal lineage
Eric Phizicky, University of Rochester, USA
Abstract title: Why does 2'-O-methylation matter in the anticodon loop of yeast tRNAs?
Yijun Qi, Tsinghua University, CHINA
Abstract title: Vitamin E promotes nuclear microRNA biogenesis through chloroplast retrograde signaling
Tsutomu Suzuki, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN
Abstract title: Metabolic regulation of RNA modification associated with human disease
Kazuhito Tomizawa, Kumamoto University, JAPAN
Abstract title: Taurine-modification of mitochondrial tRNA is essential for translation and controls proteostasis network via Opa1
Li Yang, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biolog, CHINA
Abstract title: N6-methyladenosines modulate A-to-I RNA editing
Yungui Yang, Beijing Institute of Genomics, CAS, CHINA
Abstract title: RNA Code: Regulations and Mechanisms
Chengqi Yi, Peking University, CHINA
Abstract title: Mapping the functional mammalian epitranscriptome

We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.