| Number |
Presenter |
Title |
PI |
| 1 | Amal Abu Almakarem
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Comprehensive Survey and Geometric Classification of Basetriples in RNA Structures |
Dr. Neocles B. Leontis |
| 2 | Balasubrahmanyam Addepalli
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Detection of pseudouridine modifications in helix 69 of Escherichia coli 23S rRNA |
Patrick A. Limbach |
| 3 | Neha Aggarwal
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Nuclear pre-mRNA Splicing and miRNA Processing |
Girish C. Shukla |
| 4 | Reeva Aggarwal
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Exon skipping oserved due to ESE mutation in p53 exon 7 |
Dr. Dawn S Chandler |
| 5 | Elvin Aleman
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Immobilization of Single Biomolecules Using Covalent-Bond Linkages for Fluorescence Single-Molecule Experiments |
David Rueda |
| 6 | Papa Nii Asare-Okai
|
Single-ring neamine analogues target the ribosomal acyltransfer site |
Christine S. Chow |
| 7 | Daipayan Banerjee
|
Identification of prospective regulators of Prp43p-DExD/H-box function in yeast. |
Brain C Rymond |
| 8 | Tom Bebee
|
Hypoxia Induced Alternative Splicing of the p53 Regulatory Protein Murine Double Minute (MDM2) |
Dr. Dawn S. Chandler |
| 9 | Min Chen
|
A role for Spp382 in the turnover of cellular spliceosomes. |
Brian C Rymond |
| 10 | Wen-Yi Chen
|
Use of archaeal RNase P as a model system to elucidate the functional interplay among subunits in a catalytic RNP complex |
Dr. Venkat Gopalan |
| 11 | I-Ming Cho
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Exploring the potential of using archaeal RNase P and external guide sequences for disrupting gene expression |
Venkat Gopalan |
| 12 | Hui-Yi Chu
|
Genome-wide investigations of translating mRNAs to study the cellular functions of the tRNA retrograde pathway. |
Anita K Hopper |
| 13 | Lavanya Dampanaboina
|
Characterization of Arabidopsis Orthologues of Mammalian CstF50 in 3' end processing |
Dr.Arthur G Hunt |
| 14 | Kiley Dare
|
Physiological roles of lipid remodeling by multiple peptide resistance factor (MprF) in Bacillus subtilis 1A100 |
Michael Ibba |
| 15 | Mom Das
|
Role of Bacterial ProRS Editing Domain Homologs in Translational Quality Control |
Karin Musier-Forsyth |
| 16 | Racheal Desmone
|
The Impact of Upstream AUG Triplets in the Untranslated Leader Region of aroL in Escherichia coli |
Gary R. Janssen |
| 17 | Varun Dewan
|
Mapping the Interaction between Human Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase and HIV-1 Capsid |
Karin Musier-Forsyth |
| 18 | Nripesh Dhungel
|
tRNA splicing subcellular location: critical or not? |
Anita K. Hopper |
| 19 | Bobby Gaffney
|
CPSF30 In Medicago |
Arthur G. Hunt |
| 20 | Kirk Gaston
|
Title not published online |
Juan Alfonzo |
| 21 | Sarah Geisler
|
Evidence for feedback between mRNA destruction and mRNA biogenesis |
Jeff Coller |
| 22 | Jacqueline Giliberti
|
Significance of the 5'-terminal Triphosphate in Leaderless mRNA Binding to Escherichia coli Ribosomes |
Gary R. Janssen |
| 23 | Andrew Goodrich
|
Regulation of reverse transcription by HIV-1 Gag |
Karin Musier-Forsyth |
| 24 | Peixuan Guo
|
Bottom-up assembly of phi29 DNA packaging motor pRNA for prevention of cancers, viral infections and treatment of genetic disease |
Peixuan Guo |
| 25 | Zhuojun Guo
|
Single Molecule Studies of spliceosomal RNAs U2 and U6 |
David Rueda |
| 26 | Jared Hale
|
Transfer RNA Nuclear Export Pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Anita K. Hopper |
| 27 | Jeremy Henderson
|
Investigation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Trm10 tRNA methyltransferase (m1G9) activity: substrate specificity and essential amino acids for catalysis |
Jane E. Jackman |
| 28 | Tiffany Hilson
|
Title not published online |
Patrick A. Limbach |
| 29 | Melissa Hinman
|
Title not published online |
Hua Lou |
| 30 | Whitney Howe
|
The mechanism of gene expression regulation by the ykkCD riboswitch |
Timea Gerczei |
| 31 | Hsiao-Yun Huang
|
Genome-wide screening for tRNA processing defects |
Anita K. Hopper |
| 32 | Jane Jackman
|
Mechanism and function of 3'-5' nucleotide addition in diverse domains of life |
Jane Jackman |
| 33 | Yasaman Jaladat
|
Characterization of the functional group in human U6/U2 complex |
Saba Valadkhan |
| 34 | Alexander Johnson-Buck
|
Tracking the autonomous motion of single molecular “spiders” on a DNA origami track with total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy |
Nils Walter |
| 35 | Besik Kankia
|
Real-time optical assays for monitoring nucleic acid strand-exchange, cleavage and elongation reactions |
Besik I. Kankia |
| 36 | Krishanthi Karunatilaka
|
Single-Molecule Studies of Human Spliceosomal snRNAs |
David Rueda |
| 37 | Kathryn Kirschner
|
Effect of dark and/or light conditions on nucleoside modifications in total tRNA of Cucumis sativus |
Patrick Limbach |
| 38 | Karthik Krishnan
|
Short untranslated leaders and their influence on AUG binding by E. coli ribosomes |
Gary R. Janssen |
| 39 | Vishalakshi Krishnan
|
In vitro assembly of human RISC |
Nils G. Walter |
| 40 | Matthew Kuhar
|
Additional mRNA features may aid in ribosome binding and expression in E. coli. |
Gary Janssen |
| 41 | Anne Labut
|
Investigating the Activation of Bms1, a GTPase Essential for Small Subunit Ribosomal Assembly |
Katrin Karbstein |
| 42 | Andrea Ladd
|
CELF-mediated alternative splicing regulation is required for cardiac function during early, but not later, postnatal life |
Andrea N. Ladd |
| 43 | Rajan Lamichhane
|
Protein-RNA Dynamics in the Central Junction Control 30S Ribosome Assembly |
Dr. David Rueda |
| 44 | Geoff Lim
|
Sequence dependence of stability for group II single nucleotide bulge loops |
Martin J. Serra |
| 45 | Joykrishna Maity
|
Caged 5´-bridging phosphorothiolates to analyze ribozyme cleavage |
Subha R Das |
| 46 | David Mess
|
Probing catalytic activity of tRNAHis-guanylyltransferase using small RNA substrates |
Jane E. Jackman |
| 47 | Edward Miracco
|
Probing the unique action of pseudouridine synthase TruB on 5-fluorouridine containing RNA. |
Eugene Mueller |
| 48 | Jessica Morelli
|
A Thermodynamic Study of Multiple Bulge Loops in RNA Duplexes |
Martin J. Serra |
| 49 | Abigael Muchenditsi
|
Effects of metal ions and loop stability tRNA affinity of the T box antiterminator model RNA |
Dr Jennifer V. Hines |
| 50 | Henry Nguyen
|
Synthesis of a Nucleotide Analogue for RNA Structural Analysis |
Subha Das Mark Macbeth |
| 51 | Yuichi Otsuka
|
Identification of a cytoplasmic complex that adds a cap onto 5?f-monophosphate RNA |
Daniel R. Schoenberg |
| 52 | Eduardo Paredes
|
Investigation of Natural and Selected Nucleic Acid Enzymes that depend on a Cofactor |
Subha R. Das |
| 53 | Svetlana Pekovic
|
Exploring the binding specificity of the ykkCD riboswitch aptamer domain using fluorescent spectroscopy. |
Timea Gerczei |
| 54 | Anton Petrov
|
Find RNA 3D” (FR3D): Automated Geometric Search for Structural Motifs in RNA 3D Structures |
Neocles B. Leontis |
| 55 | Matt Plantinga
|
Molecular basis of the specificity of the site-specific RNA endonuclease restrictocin |
Carl C. Correll |
| 56 | Divya Potabathula
|
Title not published online |
Dr. Paula Bubulya |
| 57 | Justin Pruttivarasin
|
Large non-coding RNAs: a diverse, evolutionarily young group of transcripts. |
Saba Valadkhan |
| 58 | Dominic Qualley
|
Nucleic acid chaperone activity of retroviral nucleocapsid proteins |
Karin Musier-Forsyth |
| 59 | Ambar Rana
|
Investigation of the expression of the ykkCD multidrug-resistant efflux pump in response to antibiotics |
Timea Gerczei |
| 60 | Bhalchandra Rao
|
Biochemical and structural characterization of B. thuringiensis tRNAHis guanylyltransferase (BtThg1) |
Jane E. Jackman |
| 61 | Noah Reynolds
|
Alternative mechanisms of determining the specificity of the genetic code in the cytoplasm and mitochondria |
Michael Ibba |
| 62 | Arlie Rinaldi
|
Uncovering the function of the Nob1: a putative endonuclease involved in ribosome biogenesis |
Katrin Karbstein |
| 63 | Theresa Rogers
|
Stationary phase expression and aminoacylation of a tRNA-like small RNA in Bacillus cereus |
Michael Ibba |
| 64 | Rebecca Rohlfs
|
Antibiotic Modifications that Affect Ribosome Assembly |
Rebecca Rohlfs |
| 65 | Mary Anne Rubio
|
Title not published online |
Juan D. Alfonzo |
| 66 | Madhubanti Sarkar
|
Estrogen receptor control of post-transcriptional steps in gene expression |
Daniel R. Schoenberg Ph.D. Professor |
| 67 | Binal Shah
|
Mechanistic insights into how RNA chaperone activity facilitates eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis |
Carl C. Correll |
| 68 | Alok Sharma
|
Probing Functions for Son in Nuclear Speckle Structure and Gene Expression. |
Paula A. Bubulya |
| 69 | Yingjia Shen
|
Bioinformatic analyses of alternative polyadenylation and polyadenylation signals of rice and a green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii |
Q. Quinn Li |
| 70 | Kavleen Sikand
|
Expression profiling of microRNAs & host mRNAs in prostate cancer |
Girish C. Shukla |
| 71 | Ravi Singh
|
Identification and characterization of factors affecting damage-induced alternative splicing of MDM2 |
Dr. Dawn Chandler |
| 72 | Jinani Slaibi
|
Identification of conserved cis-acting elements which may play a role in miRNA gene expression |
Girish Shukla |
| 73 | Brian Smith
|
Kinetic characterization of the adenylation of yeast tRNAHis catalyzed by tRNAHis guanylyltransferase (Thg1) |
Jane Jackman |
| 74 | Byung Ran So
|
Mechanism of Editing of Mis-charged Cys-tRNAPro by Bacterial YbaK |
Karin Musier-Forsyth |
| 75 | Jessica Spears
|
Specific contributions of ADAT2 and ADAT3 to substrate binding and deaminase activity |
Dr. Juan Alfonzo |
| 76 | Krystal Street Roark
|
Mapping the structure of the ON and OFF state of the ykkCD riboswitch |
Timea Gerczei |
| 77 | Bethany Strunk
|
Characterization of the essential role of Fap7 in yeast ribosome assembly |
Katrin Karbstein |
| 78 | Apana Takwi
|
Identification of MicroRNA Targeting MYC |
Yong Li |
| 79 | Aixa S. Tapia-Santos
|
Regulation of the splicing mechanism of MDM2 in response to DNA damage using a splicing competent minigene system |
Dr. Dawn Chandler |
| 80 | Muralidhar Tata
|
Probing u3 snoRNA unfolding by Imp3p and Imp4p chaperones using modification interference analysis. |
Carl C Correll |
| 81 | Patrick Thomas
|
Evaluation and analysis of polyadenylation signals in the pollen transcriptome and seed storage protein genes |
Arthur G. Hunt |
| 82 | Emily Tillmaand
|
Nucleotide binding specificity of E. coli Manganese Superoxide Dismutase |
David P. Mascotti |
| 83 | Lilia Turcios
|
Co-Transcriptional cleavage in the immunoglobin M (IgM) gene |
Martha Peterson |
| 84 | Sapna Varia
|
Elucidating a role for Btf in pre-mRNA transcription and splicing |
Dr.Paula Bubulya |
| 85 | Callee M. Walsh
|
Juxtaposed ESE and ESS elements in a constitutive exon regulate mRNA splicing. |
Lisa M. Salati |
| 86 | Huiwen Wang
|
Title not published online |
Hua Lou |
| 87 | Ross Wilson
|
Ligand-induced folding of the SMK box riboswitch observed using NMR |
Mark P. Foster |
| 88 | Denghui Xing
|
Arabidopsis polyadenylation factors PCFS4 and CLPS3 regulate FCA alternative polyadenylation and flowering time |
Qingshun Q. Li |
| 89 | Srujana Samhita Yadavalli
|
Resampling and editing of mischarged tRNA prior to translation elongation |
Michael Ibba |
| 90 | Crystal Young
|
Characterizing Rok1, a putative RNA helicase involved in 18S processing |
Katrin Karbstein |
| 91 | Faqing Yuan
|
Fluorophore suitability for single molecule FRET and time-resolved fluorescence study on pRNA structure concerning nucleotide distance constraints |
Peixuan Guo |
| 92 | Shu Zhou
|
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Screening of Small Molecules as Potential Ligands for T Box Antiterminator Model RNA |
Doctor Jennifer Hines |
| 93 | Amy Zimmerman
|
Structure-activity relationship studies of peptide affinities for T box antiterminator RNA |
Dr. Jennifer V. Hines |
