Cold Spring Harbor: RNA Modifications & Epitranscriptomics

Website：http://www.csh-asia.org/2017meetings/RNA.html

Date：November 13-17, 2017

Place: Suzhou, China

 

Organizers: 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

Major topics：

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

 

Keynote Speakers:

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 

 

Invited Speakers:

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
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
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
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
Chengqi Yi, Peking University, CHINA

 

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