2008 Rustbelt RNA Meeting
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Number Presenter Title PI
42Andrea Ladd
CELF-mediated alternative splicing regulation is required for cardiac function during early, but not later, postnatal life Andrea N. Ladd
12Hui-Yi Chu
Genome-wide investigations of translating mRNAs to study the cellular functions of the tRNA retrograde pathway. Anita K Hopper
31Hsiao-Yun Huang
Genome-wide screening for tRNA processing defects Anita K. Hopper
18Nripesh Dhungel
tRNA splicing subcellular location: critical or not? Anita K. Hopper
26Jared Hale
Transfer RNA Nuclear Export Pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Anita K. Hopper
81Patrick Thomas
Evaluation and analysis of polyadenylation signals in the pollen transcriptome and seed storage protein genes Arthur G. Hunt
19Bobby Gaffney
CPSF30 In Medicago Arthur G. Hunt
35Besik Kankia
Real-time optical assays for monitoring nucleic acid strand-exchange, cleavage and elongation reactions Besik I. Kankia
7Daipayan Banerjee
Identification of prospective regulators of Prp43p-DExD/H-box function in yeast. Brain C Rymond
9Min Chen
A role for Spp382 in the turnover of cellular spliceosomes. Brian C Rymond
80Muralidhar Tata
Probing u3 snoRNA unfolding by Imp3p and Imp4p chaperones using modification interference analysis. Carl C Correll
55Matt Plantinga
Molecular basis of the specificity of the site-specific RNA endonuclease restrictocin Carl C. Correll
67Binal Shah
Mechanistic insights into how RNA chaperone activity facilitates eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis Carl C. Correll
6Papa Nii Asare-Okai
Single-ring neamine analogues target the ribosomal acyltransfer site Christine S. Chow
51Yuichi Otsuka
Identification of a cytoplasmic complex that adds a cap onto 5?f-monophosphate RNA Daniel R. Schoenberg
66Madhubanti Sarkar
Estrogen receptor control of post-transcriptional steps in gene expression Daniel R. Schoenberg Ph.D. Professor
82Emily Tillmaand
Nucleotide binding specificity of E. coli Manganese Superoxide Dismutase David P. Mascotti
25Zhuojun Guo
Single Molecule Studies of spliceosomal RNAs U2 and U6 David Rueda
36Krishanthi Karunatilaka
Single-Molecule Studies of Human Spliceosomal snRNAs David Rueda
5Elvin Aleman
Immobilization of Single Biomolecules Using Covalent-Bond Linkages for Fluorescence Single-Molecule Experiments David Rueda
92Shu Zhou
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Screening of Small Molecules as Potential Ligands for T Box Antiterminator Model RNA Doctor Jennifer Hines
49Abigael Muchenditsi
Effects of metal ions and loop stability tRNA affinity of the T box antiterminator model RNA Dr Jennifer V. Hines
43Rajan Lamichhane
Protein-RNA Dynamics in the Central Junction Control 30S Ribosome Assembly Dr. David Rueda
79Aixa S. Tapia-Santos
Regulation of the splicing mechanism of MDM2 in response to DNA damage using a splicing competent minigene system Dr. Dawn Chandler
71Ravi Singh
Identification and characterization of factors affecting damage-induced alternative splicing of MDM2 Dr. Dawn Chandler
4Reeva Aggarwal
Exon skipping oserved due to ESE mutation in p53 exon 7 Dr. Dawn S Chandler
8Tom Bebee
Hypoxia Induced Alternative Splicing of the p53 Regulatory Protein Murine Double Minute (MDM2) Dr. Dawn S. Chandler
93Amy Zimmerman
Structure-activity relationship studies of peptide affinities for T box antiterminator RNA Dr. Jennifer V. Hines
75Jessica Spears
Specific contributions of ADAT2 and ADAT3 to substrate binding and deaminase activity Dr. Juan Alfonzo
1Amal Abu Almakarem
Comprehensive Survey and Geometric Classification of Basetriples in RNA Structures Dr. Neocles B. Leontis
56Divya Potabathula
Title not published online Dr. Paula Bubulya
10Wen-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
13Lavanya Dampanaboina
Characterization of Arabidopsis Orthologues of Mammalian CstF50 in 3' end processing Dr.Arthur G Hunt
84Sapna Varia
Elucidating a role for Btf in pre-mRNA transcription and splicing Dr.Paula Bubulya
47Edward Miracco
Probing the unique action of pseudouridine synthase TruB on 5-fluorouridine containing RNA. Eugene Mueller
40Matthew Kuhar
Additional mRNA features may aid in ribosome binding and expression in E. coli. Gary Janssen
22Jacqueline Giliberti
Significance of the 5'-terminal Triphosphate in Leaderless mRNA Binding to Escherichia coli Ribosomes Gary R. Janssen
16Racheal Desmone
The Impact of Upstream AUG Triplets in the Untranslated Leader Region of aroL in Escherichia coli Gary R. Janssen
38Karthik Krishnan
Short untranslated leaders and their influence on AUG binding by E. coli ribosomes Gary R. Janssen
70Kavleen Sikand
Expression profiling of microRNAs & host mRNAs in prostate cancer Girish C. Shukla
3Neha Aggarwal
Nuclear pre-mRNA Splicing and miRNA Processing Girish C. Shukla
72Jinani Slaibi
Identification of conserved cis-acting elements which may play a role in miRNA gene expression Girish Shukla
86Huiwen Wang
Title not published online Hua Lou
29Melissa Hinman
Title not published online Hua Lou
27Jeremy Henderson
Investigation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Trm10 tRNA methyltransferase (m1G9) activity: substrate specificity and essential amino acids for catalysis Jane E. Jackman
60Bhalchandra Rao
Biochemical and structural characterization of B. thuringiensis tRNAHis guanylyltransferase (BtThg1) Jane E. Jackman
46David Mess
Probing catalytic activity of tRNAHis-guanylyltransferase using small RNA substrates Jane E. Jackman
32Jane Jackman
Mechanism and function of 3'-5' nucleotide addition in diverse domains of life Jane Jackman
73Brian Smith
Kinetic characterization of the adenylation of yeast tRNAHis catalyzed by tRNAHis guanylyltransferase (Thg1) Jane Jackman
21Sarah Geisler
Evidence for feedback between mRNA destruction and mRNA biogenesis Jeff Coller
20Kirk Gaston
Title not published online Juan Alfonzo
65Mary Anne Rubio
Title not published online Juan D. Alfonzo
17Varun Dewan
Mapping the Interaction between Human Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase and HIV-1 Capsid Karin Musier-Forsyth
15Mom Das
Role of Bacterial ProRS Editing Domain Homologs in Translational Quality Control Karin Musier-Forsyth
23Andrew Goodrich
Regulation of reverse transcription by HIV-1 Gag Karin Musier-Forsyth
58Dominic Qualley
Nucleic acid chaperone activity of retroviral nucleocapsid proteins Karin Musier-Forsyth
74Byung Ran So
Mechanism of Editing of Mis-charged Cys-tRNAPro by Bacterial YbaK Karin Musier-Forsyth
77Bethany Strunk
Characterization of the essential role of Fap7 in yeast ribosome assembly Katrin Karbstein
41Anne Labut
Investigating the Activation of Bms1, a GTPase Essential for Small Subunit Ribosomal Assembly Katrin Karbstein
90Crystal Young
Characterizing Rok1, a putative RNA helicase involved in 18S processing Katrin Karbstein
62Arlie Rinaldi
Uncovering the function of the Nob1: a putative endonuclease involved in ribosome biogenesis Katrin Karbstein
85Callee M. Walsh
Juxtaposed ESE and ESS elements in a constitutive exon regulate mRNA splicing. Lisa M. Salati
87Ross Wilson
Ligand-induced folding of the SMK box riboswitch observed using NMR Mark P. Foster
83Lilia Turcios
Co-Transcriptional cleavage in the immunoglobin M (IgM) gene Martha Peterson
44Geoff Lim
Sequence dependence of stability for group II single nucleotide bulge loops Martin J. Serra
48Jessica Morelli
A Thermodynamic Study of Multiple Bulge Loops in RNA Duplexes Martin J. Serra
63Theresa Rogers
Stationary phase expression and aminoacylation of a tRNA-like small RNA in Bacillus cereus Michael Ibba
61Noah Reynolds
Alternative mechanisms of determining the specificity of the genetic code in the cytoplasm and mitochondria Michael Ibba
14Kiley Dare
Physiological roles of lipid remodeling by multiple peptide resistance factor (MprF) in Bacillus subtilis 1A100 Michael Ibba
89Srujana Samhita Yadavalli
Resampling and editing of mischarged tRNA prior to translation elongation Michael Ibba
54Anton Petrov
Find RNA 3D” (FR3D): Automated Geometric Search for Structural Motifs in RNA 3D Structures Neocles B. Leontis
39Vishalakshi Krishnan
In vitro assembly of human RISC Nils G. Walter
34Alexander Johnson-Buck
Tracking the autonomous motion of single molecular “spiders” on a DNA origami track with total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy Nils Walter
28Tiffany Hilson
Title not published online Patrick A. Limbach
2Balasubrahmanyam Addepalli
Detection of pseudouridine modifications in helix 69 of Escherichia coli 23S rRNA Patrick A. Limbach
37Kathryn Kirschner
Effect of dark and/or light conditions on nucleoside modifications in total tRNA of Cucumis sativus Patrick Limbach
68Alok Sharma
Probing Functions for Son in Nuclear Speckle Structure and Gene Expression. Paula A. Bubulya
24Peixuan Guo
Bottom-up assembly of phi29 DNA packaging motor pRNA for prevention of cancers, viral infections and treatment of genetic disease Peixuan Guo
91Faqing Yuan
Fluorophore suitability for single molecule FRET and time-resolved fluorescence study on pRNA structure concerning nucleotide distance constraints Peixuan Guo
69Yingjia Shen
Bioinformatic analyses of alternative polyadenylation and polyadenylation signals of rice and a green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Q. Quinn Li
88Denghui Xing
Arabidopsis polyadenylation factors PCFS4 and CLPS3 regulate FCA alternative polyadenylation and flowering time Qingshun Q. Li
64Rebecca Rohlfs
Antibiotic Modifications that Affect Ribosome Assembly Rebecca Rohlfs
57Justin Pruttivarasin
Large non-coding RNAs: a diverse, evolutionarily young group of transcripts. Saba Valadkhan
33Yasaman Jaladat
Characterization of the functional group in human U6/U2 complex Saba Valadkhan
50Henry Nguyen
Synthesis of a Nucleotide Analogue for RNA Structural Analysis Subha Das Mark Macbeth
45Joykrishna Maity
Caged 5´-bridging phosphorothiolates to analyze ribozyme cleavage Subha R Das
52Eduardo Paredes
Investigation of Natural and Selected Nucleic Acid Enzymes that depend on a Cofactor Subha R. Das
30Whitney Howe
The mechanism of gene expression regulation by the ykkCD riboswitch Timea Gerczei
53Svetlana Pekovic
Exploring the binding specificity of the ykkCD riboswitch aptamer domain using fluorescent spectroscopy. Timea Gerczei
76Krystal Street Roark
Mapping the structure of the ON and OFF state of the ykkCD riboswitch Timea Gerczei
59Ambar Rana
Investigation of the expression of the ykkCD multidrug-resistant efflux pump in response to antibiotics Timea Gerczei
11I-Ming Cho
Exploring the potential of using archaeal RNase P and external guide sequences for disrupting gene expression Venkat Gopalan
78Apana Takwi
Identification of MicroRNA Targeting MYC Yong Li