RTI Seminar Series
Join the Virtual Seminar Series, organized by the RNA Therapeutics Institute at UMass Medical School
This seminar series offers students, postdocs, and faculty the opportunity to interact directly with speakers discussing a diverse array of topics within the RNA world.
The 2021/2022 seminar series will be held virtually. See the schedule below for the upcoming seminars.
Most seminars are recorded. Please contact us if you would like a link to view the seminar.
Date | Speaker | Seminar Title & Zoom Link | Faculty Host |
December 14, 2021 |
Ian MacRae, PhD |
"Diverse small RNA mechanisms in plants, animals, and viruses" |
Phillip Zamore, PhD |
January 11, 2022 |
Eric T. Kool, PhD |
"Small-Molecule Reactive Probes of RNA" |
Jon Watts, PhD |
February 1, 2022 |
Mihaela Zavolan, PhD |
“Cell-type specific expression of 3’ UTR isoforms: quantification, regulation, functional relevance” |
Athma Pai, PhD |
February 22, 2022 |
Huda Y. Zoghbi, MD |
"Molecular and neurobiological studies in Rett syndrome and other MECP2 disorders" |
Voices In Science |
March 1, 2022 |
Nadya Dimitrova, PhD |
"Long noncoding RNAs at the intersection of cancer pathways" |
Wen Xue, PhD |
March 4, 2022 |
Stefan L. Ameres, PhD |
“Dissecting gene regulatory mechanisms by time-resolved transcriptomics” |
Phil Zamore, PhD |
March 8, 2022 |
Toshiyuki Shimizu, PhD |
"Structural biology of nucleic acid sensing Toll-like receptors" |
Wenwen Fang, PhD |
March 21, 2022 |
Karla Neugebauer, PhD
Yale University
Dept Mol Biophysics and Biochemistry
Dept Cell Biology
Director, Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine
Director of Graduate Studies in MB&B
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“Pre-mRNA processing and the organization of the cell nucleus” |
RTI Trainees |
March 29, 2022 |
Guocai Zhong, Ph.D. |
“Devising an RNA switch toolbox for developing regulatable gene therapies” |
RTI & |
April 5, 2022 |
Joana A. Vidigal, PhD |
"AGO2 unchained: in vivo roles in the miRNA pathway and beyond" | Anastasia Khvorova, PhD |
April 12, 2022 |
Jue Chen |
"CFTR, the odd ABC transporter responsible for cystic fibrosis" |
Niko Grigorieff, PhD |
April 26, 2022 |
ChangHwan Lee, PhD |
"Understanding dynamics of Notch-induced transcriptional bursting in its native context" |
David Grunwald, PhD |
May 10, 2022 10:00 - 11:30am |
Andrea Pauli |
“Kicking off life – new insights into the egg-to-embryo transition” |
Andrei Korostelev, PhD |
May 24, 2022 1:00 - 2:30pm |
Nicola Allen, PhD |
"Astrocyte-neuron interaction in health and disease" |
Craig Mello, PhD |