Poster Abstracts

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Number	Presenter	Title	PI
1	Hiba Al-Ashtal	Title not published online	Andrea Berman
2	Lama AlAbdi	Title not published online	Humaira Gowher
3	Ali Aldhumani	Polyamine modulation of T-box riboswitch function for antibacterial drug discovery	Jennifer Hines
4	Prabhakar Sairam Andhey	Novel AD risk genes identified through a tissue-specific transcriptome-wide differential expression and co-expression analysis	Jingwen Yan
5	Sri Appasamy	Choosing representatives for Equivalence Classes of RNA structures and development of new visualization features for RNA 3D structure annotation and analysis	Neocles Leontis
6	Waqar Arif	Title not published online	Auinash Kalsotra
7	Regan Bales	Determination of the roles of Trm7, Trm732, and Trm734 orthologs in 2’-O-methylation of human and fruit fly tRNA	Michael Guy
8	Zahra Batool	Title not published online	Yury Polikanov
9	Divyaa Bhagdikar	Identification and characterization of S-box riboswitches that regulate at the level of translation initiation	Tina Henkin
10	Abigail Bieker	Title not published online	Mallory Havens
11	Arun Kumar Boddapati	A computational framework for classifying RNA-binding proteins based on their preference for RNA structural motifs	Sarath Janga
12	Rachel Bowman	Characterization of U5NU Binding by Vaccinia Capping Enzyme	Paul Gollnick
13	Jennifer Brooks	The effect of tRNA modifications on pseudohyphal growth in yeast	Michael Guy
14	Kasun Buddika	Molecular and functional characterization of stem cell messenger ribonucleoprotein complexes (mRNPs)	Sokol Nicholas Samuel
15	Jun-Kyu Byun	Role of Unique C-terminal Domain in an Aminoacyl-tRNA Trans-editing Protein from Arabidopsis thaliana	Karin Musier-Forsyth
16	Kenneth Carlson	Regulation of eIF2 kinase GCN2 in translational control	Dr. Ronald C. Wek
17	Paul Carlson	De novo Design of Transcriptional and Translational RNA Repressors	Julius Lucks
18	Manohar Chakrabarti	Genome-wide atlas of alternative polyadenylation in the forage legume, red clover	Arthur Hunt
19	Jackie Chen	Temporally controlled expression of ESRP2 licenses fetal-to-adult switch in alternative splicing required for hepatocyte maturation	Auinash Kalsotra
20	Sahil Chhabra	Modeling RNA-ligand Structures using chemical shifts	Aaron Frank
21	Edric Choi	Analyzing the role of G·U base pairs on the melting behavior of the S. enterica htrA RNA thermometer	Rachel Mitton-Fry
22	Sara Cloutier	Developing a high resolution genome-wide R-loop mapping protocol in yeast	Elizabeth Tran
23	Sarah Cooper	Structural implications of Gag-mediated assembly during bovine leukemia virus replication	Dr. Dominic Qualley
24	Shiba Dandpat	Title not published online	Nils Walter
25	Swapna Vidhur Daulatabad	Lantern: a semi-automated pipeline and repository for annotating lncRNAs with ontologies	Sarath Janga
26	Daniel Dayeh	Molecular basis for mismatch-sensitive cleavage modulation of bilobed Argonaute proteins	Kotaro Nakanishi
27	Laura de Lorenzo	The interplay between alternative polyadenylation and RNA quality control in Arabidopsis	Arthur Hunt
28	Daniel del Valle-Morales	A new approach to NGS identification of capped 5’ ends	Daniel Schoenberg
29	Kim Delaney	Characterization of a putative HSV-like ribozyme in an R2 retrotransposon in the vertebrates Lampetra aepyptera and Lethenteron appendix.	Kim Delaney
30	Daisy DiVita	Functional and genetic studies of the tRNA modification protein Trm732 in yeast	Michael Guy
31	Samantha Dodbele	Investigation of a Noncoding RNA Handyman in Dictyostelium discoideum	Jane Jackman
32	Mike Dong	Title not published online	Subha Das
33	Dana Driver	Title not published online	Peixuan Guo
34	Caleb Embree	Do allelic differences in Candida albicans Pseudouridine Synthase 4 lead to distinct functions?	Douglas Bernstein
35	Chrishan Fernando	Performing a genetic screen to identify factors that promote lncRNA-dependent gene repression	Elizabeth Tran
36	Tanja Florin	Title not published online	Alexander Mankin
37	Janie Frandsen	Title not published online	Tina Henkin
38	Keshav Gc	RsmC shows RNA chaperone activity during ribosome biogenesis	Sanjaya Abeysirigunawardena
39	Nicolette Geron	Using Cell-SELEX to Identify Modified DNA Aptamers that Bind E. coli	Mina Sumita
40	Andrew Goodwin	The dichotomy of MDM2 splicing in response to genotoxic stress	Dawn Chandler
41	Kevin Hart	Plasmodium Transmission is Critically Regulated by General and Transmission-Specific Deadenylases of the CAF1/CCR4/NOT Complex	Scott Lindner
42	Huzaifa Hassan	Title not published online	Sarath Janga
43	Caitlin Hawkins	Characterization of minimal binding site of modification enzyme RsmG	Sanjaya Abeysirigunawardena
44	Youssef Hegazy	Mapping of R-loops in yeast cells using DNase H	Elizabeth Tran
45	Charles Hoogstraten	The utility of NMR relaxation-dispersion data in characterizing invisible states of RNA	Charles Hoogstraten
46	Maryam Hosseini	The evolutionary path of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome: How to fold a functional RNA with fewer Guanines	Neocles Leontis
47	Jillian Houtz	Assessment of candidate factors required for RNA editing in Physarum polycephalum mitochondria	Jonatha Gott
48	Shijie Huang	Bacterial cell can live without free 5S rRNA	Alexander Mankin
49	Katlyn Hughes	Quantitative Analysis of the Effect of RTR1 Knockout on the Global Proteome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Amber Mosley
50	Sun Jeong Im	Using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) to Determine DNA Aptamers that Binds to E. coli for Biosensor Development	Mina Sumita
51	Mahdieh Jadaliha	Title not published online	Prasanth Kannanganattu
52	Cameron Jamshidi	NMR studies to observe transiently populated conformational states in the RNA binding protein TRAP	Mark Foster
53	Sarath Chandra Janga	Seten: a tool for systematic identification and comparison of processes, phenotypes, and diseases associated with RNA-binding proteins from condition-specific CLIP-seq profiles	Sarath Janga
54	Kumudie Jayalath	Pseudouridylation enzyme RsuA influence 30S ribosome assembly	Sanjaya Abeysirigunawardena
55	Danni Jin	Interaction between Human Glutamyl-Prolyl tRNA synthetase Linker domain and HIV-1 Matrix: Implications for viral infection	Karin Musier-Forsyth
56	Elizabeth Jolley	Title not published online	Phil Bevilacqua
57	Manasses Jora	Global Profiling of the Effects of Oxidative Stress on RNA Modifications by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry	Pat Limbach
58	Amira Kefi	Identification of novel transcripts in brain tissue using third generation sequencing: ISO-seq	Chunyu Liu
59	Melissa Kelley	The effects of peroxide exposure on the RNA of radiotrophic C. neoformans	Pat Limbach
60	Bett Kimutai	Reactivity and impact of amino-acid-linked platinum(II) analogues in RNA and DNA	Christine Chow
61	Jessica King	Analysis of Alternative Splicing in Disease Associated Exons	Mallory Havens
62	Jonathan Kitzrow	Probing the structure of the HIV-1 5´UTR with varying transcription start sites	Karin Musier-Forsyth
63	Jhumku Kohtz	The Evf2 enhancer lncRNA regulates hundreds of enhancer-chromosomal interactions across the extent of chr6 (~150Mb) in mouse developing brain	Jhumku Kohtz
64	Markos Koutmos	tRNA processing in human mitochondria	Markos Koutmos
65	Kristin Koutmou	Mechanisms of ribosome stalling during the translation of positively charged peptides	Kristin Koutmou
66	Aiswarya Krishnamohan	Distinct mechanistic features of the atypical SPOUT methyltransferase, Trm10	Jane Jackman
67	Alexandra Kuzmishin	Quality control by trans-editing factor prevents global mistranslation of non-protein amino acid α-aminobutyrate	Karin Musier-Forsyth
68	Jason Kwon	Restoration of MYC-repressed miR-29 in pancreatic cancer cells leads to increased reactive oxygen species and gemcitabine sensitization	Janaiah Kota
69	Amanda Kyle	Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase regulated quality control is linked to stress responses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Michael Ibba
70	Geneva LaForce	In-silico design and experimental validation of Boolean logic gates based on a fluorogenic RNA aptamer	Emil Khisamutdinov
71	Stella Lai	Characterization of K-turns in RNase P RNAs from Halobacteriales	Venkat Gopalan
72	Yu-Hsuan Karen Lai	Genome-wide Identification of Enzymatic Targets of a DEAD-box RNA Helicase Reveals Roles for RNA Secondary Structure Remodeling in Termination of Transcription	Elizabeth Tran
73	Jessica D. Leuchter	Identifying novel inhibitors of RNA riboswitches by targeting transient binding pockets	Aaron Frank
74	Weicheng Li	Validating and Optimizing Mechanistic Model of Cooperative Ligand Binding to the Oligomeric Trp- and RNA-binding protein TRAP	Mark Foster
75	Zhefeng Li	The Hydrophobic Effect from Conjugated Chemicals or Drugs on in Vivo Biodistribution of RNA Nanoparticles	Peixuan Guo
76	Josiah Liew	Polyadenylation in the Apicomplexa	Arthur Hunt
77	Kefei Liu	Title not published online	Shen Li
78	Shuohui Liu	SHAPE Analysis of the RSV Genomic RNA 5'-leader Secondary Structure and Gag Interactions	Karin Musier-Forsyth
79	Xiao Ma	Selectivity mechanisms of aminoacyl-tRNA trans-editing factor	Mark Foster
80	Stephanie Mack	The Effect of Metal Ions on Lariat Debranching Enzyme Cleavage Activity	Subha R. Das
81	Prabuddha Madubashitha	A study of aminoglycoside binding to 16S rRNA	Christine Chow
82	Rebecca Mann	Isoacceptor specific characterization of tRNA aminoacylation and misacylation in vivo	Michael Ibba
83	Aidan Manning	Title not published online	Heather Hundley
84	Ila Marathe	Use of SHAPE-Seq and FRET to elucidate structure-function relationships in archaeal RNase P, a multi-subunit catalytic ribonucleoprotein	Venkat Gopalan
85	Ashanti Matlock	tRNA recognition and catalysis by eukaryoticThg1 3’-5’ polymerase	Jane Jackman
86	Kyle Messina	Title not published online	Phil Bevilacqua
87	Sezen Meydan	Widespread presence of internal translation initiation sites in Escherichia coli	Alexander Mankin
88	Wayne Miles	Post-transcriptional regulation upon tumor-suppressor loss	Miles
89	Vibhor Mishra	Title not published online	Craig S Pikaard
90	David Mitchell III	Glyoxals as in vivo RNA structural probes of guanine base pairing	Phil Bevilacqua
91	Matias Montes	Modulating the insulin receptor splicing in pediatric sarcomas	Dawn Chandler
92	Allyson Morris	Investigating the effects of PUS5 deletion on mitochondrial encoded protein expression in Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Douglas Bernstein
93	Stephanie Nguyen	Analysis of alternative splicing in disease associated exons	Mallory Havens
94	Gina Nostramo	Development of a genome-wide screen in S. cerevisiae to identify novel retrograde tRNA nuclear importers and re-exporters	Anita Hopper
95	Eimile Oakes	The Molecular Mechanisms of ADAR3 in Glioblastoma	Heather Hundley
96	Benjamin OBrien	Programmable Nucleic Acid Based Polygons with Controlled Neuroimmunomodulatory Properties for Predictive QSAR Modeling	Emil Khisamutdinov
97	Geeta Palsule	Mechanisms and functional consequences of processing and generating the intronic Drosophila RNase P RNA	Amanda Simcox
98	Luke Parks	Nascent RNA sequencing and capture of minimally disturbed newly divided cells	Mats Ljungman
99	Sarah Peck	Competition between the RNA exosome and TFIIS for backtracked RNA Polymerase II	Amber Mosley
100	Justin Peterson	Title not published online	Heather Hundley
101	Hong-Duc Phan	Structural and functional characterization of human Argonaute4	Kotaro Nakanishi
102	Ethan Pickerill	Identification of functions of pseudouridine synthase 7 in Candida albicans	Douglas Bernstein
103	Elizabeth Przekwas	Title not published online	Mallory Havens
104	Christina Psihountas	tRNA modification profile changes during growth phase transitions in Bacillus subtilis	Pat Limbach
105	Krithika R Subramanian	Time-dependent differential alternative splicing in mammalian tissues	Nathan Salomonis
106	Suba Rajendren	Dimerization of ADARs contributes to substrate specificity of A-to-I editing in vivo	Heather Hundley
107	Chad Ratterman	Lariat Debranching Enzyme Cleavage of Backbone Branched RNAs With Non-Canonical Branch-Point Residues	Subha R. Das
108	Joshua-Paolo Reyes	Regulatory elements in the HIV-1 5´UTR modulate Gag binding specificity	Karin Musier-Forsyth
109	Udit Sheth	Screen for chemical inhibitors of repeat associated non-AUG (RAN) translation	Peter Todd
110	Rajneesh Srivastava	Transcriptome analysis of developing lens reveals abundance of novel transcripts and extensive splicing alterations	Sarath Janga
111	Ashley Stevens	Polyadenylation in the Apicomplexa	Arthur Hunt
112	Qinyu Sun	Title not published online	Prasanth Kannanganattu
113	Emily Susa	Mitochondrial gene expression responds to lack of nutrients but not to different nutrient sources in Trypanosoma cruzi	Sara Zimmer
114	Maxim Svetlov	Kinetics of drug-ribosome interactions defines the cidality of macrolide antibiotics	Alexander Mankin
115	Yu-Ci Syu	Specificities of HTLV-1 Gag RNA-binding domains: implications for genomic RNA dimerization and primer annealing	Karin Musier-Forsyth
116	Courtney Szyjka	Suppression screen for the identification of protein interactors of the trp RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP)	Paul Gollnick
117	Yow Yong Tan	Investigating the importance of the bulge region for S. enterica htrA RNA thermometer behavior using SHAPE assays.	Rachel Mitton-Fry
118	Priti Thakur	Improving the sequence coverage of RNA modification mapping by LC-MS	Balasubrahmanyam Addepalli
119	Jackson Trotman	Title not published online	Daniel Schoenberg
120	Yi-Ju Tseng	Identifying regulators of C9orf72 ALS/FTD associated RAN translation	Todd Peter
121	Ullas Valiya Chembazhi	Title not published online	Auinash Kalsotra
122	Vibhuti Wadhwa	Use of pulsed EPR to probe protein cofactor-mediated long-range remodeling of the catalytic RNA in archaeal RNase P	Mark Foster
123	Petra Wallenmeyer	XL-SHAPE Analysis of Human Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase Interaction with HIV-1 Genomic RNA	Karin Musier-Forsyth
124	Stephanie Wang	Evaluating the hybridization of backbone branched and spliceosomal RNAs	Subha R. Das
125	Richard Watson	Recent Updates to the RNAstructure Software Package for RNA Secondary Structure Prediction and Analysis	David Mathews
126	Michael Wolfe	Bru-Seq reveals modulation of mRNA stability by Human Pumilio proteins	Freddolino
127	Lauren Woodward	Alternate exon junction complexes potentiate branched nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathways	Guramrit Singh
128	Zheng Cindy Xing	Characterization of the mammalian DEAD-box protein DDX5 reveals functional conservation with S. cerevisiae ortholog Dbp2 in transcriptional control and glucose metabolism	Elizabeth Tran
129	Congcong Xu	Favorable Biodistribution, Specific Targeting and Conditional Endosomal Escape of RNA Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy	Peixuan Guo
130	Jing Yang	Maternal dead-end 1 promotes translation of nanos1 by binding the eIF3 complex	Jing Yang
131	Xuan Ye	Rbfox1 accomplishes extraordinary RNA binding specificity by optimizing discrimination against non-cognate sequences	Eckhard Jankowsky
132	Lanqing Ying	Inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase by modified aminoglycosides	Kurt Fredrick
133	Jeffrey Zuber	A sensitivity analysis of RNA folding nearest neighbor parameters quantifies the uncertainty in RNA secondary structure prediction and reveals correlations between parameter values	Mathews David