Speaker articles

Take a look at some of the articles our invited speakers have published recently and chat with them about their work in Beijing in October.

Keynote Speakers

Ling-Ling ChenChinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Circular RNAs: Characterization, cellular roles, and applications
Therapeutic application of circular RNA aptamers in a mouse model of psoriasis

Speakers

Omar Abdel-WahabMSKCC, New York City
Systematic evaluation of AML-associated antigens identifies anti-U5 SNRNP200 therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia
Kinase-impaired BTK mutations are susceptible to clinical-stage BTK and IKZF1/3 degrader NX-2127

Xiaofeng CaoInstitute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Beijing
A mitochondrial pentatricopeptide repeat protein enhances cold tolerance by modulating mitochondrial superoxide in rice
Light controls mesophyll-specific post-transcriptional splicing of photoregulatory genes by AtPRMT5

Maria Carmo-FonsecaUniversity of Lisbon, Lisbon
Transcription and splicing dynamics during early Drosophila development
POINT technology illuminates the processing of polymerase-associated intact nascent transcripts

Jun-An ChenAcademia Sinica, Taipei
MiR34 contributes to spinal muscular atrophy and AAV9-mediated delivery of MiR34a ameliorates the motor deficits in SMA mice
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals diversity within mammalian spinal motor neurons

Xuemei Chen, Peking University, Beijing
Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain-containing proteins have NAD-RNA decapping activity
Arabidopsis HOT3/eIF5B1 constrains rRNA RNAi by facilitating 18S rRNA maturation

Yiliang DingJohn Innes Centre, Norwich
In vivo single-molecule analysis reveals COOLAIR RNA structural diversity
G4Atlas: a comprehensive transcriptome-wide G-quadruplex database

Xiang-Dong FuWestlake University, Hangzhou
ZetaSuite: computational analysis of two-dimensional high-throughput data from multi-target screens and single-cell transcriptomics
CTCF functions as an insulator for somatic genes and a chromatin remodeler for pluripotency genes during reprogramming

Amy GladfelterThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
A gene duplication of a septin reveals a developmentally regulated filament length control mechanism

Double-stranded RNA drives SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein to undergo phase separation at specific temperatures

Chuan He, The University of Chicago, Chicago
Sequencing of N6-methyl-deoxyadenosine at single-base resolution across the mammalian genome
FMRP phosphorylation modulates neuronal translation through YTHDF1

Maite HuarteUniversidad De Navarra, Pamplona
The chromatin-associated lncREST ensures effective replication stress response by promoting the assembly of fork signaling factors
ORC1 binds to cis-transcribed RNAs for efficient activation of replication origins

Shintaro IwasakiRiken, Tokyo
dCas13-mediated translational repression for accurate gene silencing in mammalian cells
A parasitic fungus employs mutated eIF4A to survive on rocaglate-synthesizing Aglaia plants

Narry KimSeoul National University, Seoul
Time-resolved profiling of RNA binding proteins throughout the mRNA life cycle
Structural atlas of human primary microRNAs generated by SHAPE-MaP

Mo-Fang LiuShanghaiTech University, Shanghai
piRNA loading triggers MIWI translocation from the intermitochondrial cement to chromatoid body during mouse spermatogenesis
piRNA 3′ uridylation facilitates the assembly of MIWI/piRNA complex for efficient target regulation in mouse male germ cells

Lynne MaquatUniversity of Rochester, Rochester
PGC-1α senses the CBC of pre-mRNA to dictate the fate of promoter-proximally paused RNAPII
FMRP-mediated spatial regulation of physiologic NMD targets in neuronal cells

Gunter MeisterUniversität Regensburg, Regensburg
Balancing of mitochondrial translation through METTL8-mediated m3C modification of mitochondrial tRNAs
Comprehensive analysis of translation from overexpressed circular RNAs reveals pervasive translation from linear transcripts

Ramesh PillaiUniversity of Geneva, Geneva
Essential roles of RNA cap-proximal ribose methylation in mammalian embryonic development and fertility
The XRN1-regulated RNA helicase activity of YTHDC2 ensures mouse fertility independently of m6A recognition

Xiao WangBroad Institute, Cambridge
Branched chemically modified poly(A) tails enhance the translation capacity of mRNA
Spatial atlas of the mouse central nervous system at molecular resolution

James WilliamsonScripps Research, La Jolla
Assembly landscape for the bacterial large ribosomal subunit
Near-physiological in vitro assembly of 50S ribosomes involves parallel pathways