RNA Symposium
RNA Science and Its Applications
RNA Science and Its Applications
The RNA Symposium provides a forum for faculty, students, and industry representatives to present their findings and network with colleagues. It has attracted Nobel Laureates, as well as National Academy Members, distinguished Howard Hughes Medical Institute Principal Investigators, renowned university professors, industry scientists and medical doctors, among others from around the world.
The 2023 RNA Institute Annual Symposium is hosted by the RNA Institute at the University at Albany in collaboration with the Center for RNA Biology at the University of Rochester. This year's meeting will strengthen connections between academia and industry by hosting speakers from New York State Biotech and Pharma Industries as well as academia.
Dates: Thursday, March 16 & Friday, March 17, 2023
Venue: University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222
Day 1: Thursday, March 16, 2023
Location: Campus Center Auditorium, University at Albany, SUNY
07:45 AM – 08:45 AM |
Registration & Breakfast |
Session 1Moderator: Andy Berglund |
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08:45 AM – 09:15 AM |
Welcome RemarksAndy Berglund (Director, The RNA Institute) Jeanette Altarriba (Dean of College of Arts and Sciences) John T. McDonald III (Member of Assembly, NYS Assembly District 108) |
09:15 AM – 09:50 AM |
Leah Sabin (Regeneron) Regeneron Genetics Medicines: Expanding Regeneron’s Therapeutic Pipeline |
09:50 AM – 10:25 AM |
Joanna Sztuba-Solinska (Pfizer) My scientific journey from the US government to academia and industry |
10:25 AM – 10:45 AM |
Break |
Session 2Moderator: Cara Pager |
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10:50 AM – 11:25 AM |
Martin Tenniswood (miR Scientific) Small-non-coding RNAs as Analytes in Liquid Biopsies: Problems, Pitfalls and Solutions |
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM |
Lightning Talks (13) |
12:00 PM |
Lunch |
12:30 PM -1:20 PM | Career Panel Roundtable Lunch with Industry Scientists - Multipurpose Room |
Session 3Moderator: Eric Wagner |
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1:20 PM - 1:55 PM |
Alexis Weber (SupreMEtric & UAlbany) SupreMEtric: From Research to Commercialization Effort |
1:55 PM - 2:30 PM |
Nilgun Tasdemir (Pfizer) Building Collaborations to Advance RNA Therapies |
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM |
Lightning talks (15) |
Transition to Museum | |
Session 4 |
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04:00 PM - 06:00 PM |
Poster Session Location: NYS Museum, Downtown Albany |
5:00 PM |
Cocktail Hour Location: NYS Museum, Downtown Albany |
06:15 PM – 08:00 PM | Dinner at NYS Capital Museum |
Day 2: Friday, March 17, 2023
Location: Campus Center Auditorium, University at Albany, SUNY
08:00 AM – 09:00 AM | Breakfast |
Session 5Moderator: Ken Halvorsen |
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08:50 AM - 09:00 AM |
Day 2: Welcome Remarks Thenkurussi Kesavadas (VPRED, University at Albany) |
09:00 AM – 09:35 AM |
Thomas Begley (UAlbany & Codomax) Harnessing the epitranscriptome for stress-induced translational regulation |
09:35 AM – 10:10 AM |
Suzanne Hartford (Regeneron) Use of lipid nanoparticles (LNP) for rapid functional disease modeling in CRISPR expressing mice |
10:10 AM – 10:50 AM |
Trainee talksLily Cisco, Xueyang He, Madeline Jensen, Dylan Farnsworth |
10:50 AM – 11:05 AM | Break |
Session 6Moderator: Marlene Belfort |
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11:05 AM – 11:40 AM |
Lynne Maquat (University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology) Mis-regulation of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in the intellectual disability Fragile X syndrome |
11:40 AM – 12:15 PM |
Jessica Pecone (Quadrant Biosciences) Leveraging RNA in Saliva for Diagnostic Assay Development |
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM | Mentoring & Networking Lunch |
Session 7Moderator: Dave Mathews |
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01:15 PM - 01:50 PM |
Scott Tenenbaum (sxRNA & SUNYPoly) Engineering RNA Nanoswitches: sxRNA |
01:50 AM – 02:25 PM |
Doug Anderson (Scriptr & URMC) Discovery and adaptation of ribozyme-activated RNA trans-splicing to enable efficient dual AAV therapeutics for treating large gene diseases |
02:30 PM – 03:10 PM |
Trainee talksMahera Kachwala, Cécilia Légaré , Michelle Urman, Jibin Abraham Punnoose |
03:10 PM - 03:30 PM | Break |
Session 8Moderator: Cara Pager |
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03:30 PM - 04:05 PM |
Anne Messer (NSCI) The huge potential of intrabody therapeutics |
04:05 PM – 04:40 PM |
Georges Belfort (RPI) Novel adsorptive membranes for mRNA capture for vaccine manufacture |
04:40 PM – 05:00 PM |
Closing Remarks and Award CeremonyThomas Begley (Associate Director, The RNA Institute) Lynne Maquat (Director, University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology) |
The symposium will have poster session, trainee talk sessions and lightning talk sessions. All individuals submitting an abstract will have a spot during a poster session. In addition, the presenters have the option to select oral-only or both oral & poster during registration. The abstracts selected for oral presentation and lightning talks will be notified by the middle of February.
Abstract submission deadline: February 3, 2023
Recommended Poster size: 48 x 36 inches (or 36 inches on both sides).
There will be one poster session on day 1 (March 16, 2023) of the symposium. The poster session will take place at NYS Capital Musuem (222 Madison Ave, Albany, NY 12230) from 4 PM to 6 PM.
Talk duration: 8 min talk + 2 min Q&A
The selected trainees for the oral session will be notified by mid-February.
Talk duration: 2 min talk (no Q&A) [Choose option: To be considered for the lightning talk, choose "Poster & Oral both"]
The selected trainees for the lightning talk session will submit a one slide presentation on their poster. The presentation slide should not have any animation. The selected trainees for the lightning talks will be notified by mid-February.
The registration link given below will direct you to the Whova Platform. You can use the Whova Mobile app or Web app to stay connected to the rest of the attendees at the symposium and to see the agenda and speaker information.
Graduate and Undergraduate Students - Early Bird: $100
Postdoctoral Fellows - Early Bird: $150
PI/Staff (Academia) - Early Bird: $300
PI/Staff (Industry) - Early Bird: $450
Graduate and Undergraduate Students: $150
Postdoctoral Fellows: $200
PI/Staff (Academia): $375
PI/Staff (Industry): $500
Early bird registration closes by February 3, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET.
Breakfast and Lunch are included on both days of the symposium. In addition, there will be a networking dinner event on Day 1 (March 16, 2023) of the symposium at a restaurant in downtown Albany. If you are interested, choose "Dinner" ticket along with your registration ticket while registering. Please note that the abstract information questions will be duplicated for the dinner ticket during registration but isn’t used for anything.
If you like to pay for your ticket through an invoice instead of card, please contact Paul Gumpper ([email protected]), prior to registration.
Virtual Participant fee: $20
Virtual participants have the option to view all of the symposium talks through the Zoom webinar. The webinar links will be sent to the registrants closer to the event. The virtual attendees can view the talks live but will not be able to ask questions during the symposium. They can reach out to the speakers after their talks through the Whova Platform or through email.
Few rooms were reserved at a special rate for the symposium attendees in Hilton Garden Inn Albany/SUNY Area, 1389 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12206. Please use the booking link given below
Hilton Garden Inn Booking Link
Other nearby option:
Hampton Inn Albany-Western Ave/University Area, 1442 Western Ave, Albany, NY 12203 [Website Link]
Cara Pager, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and the RNA Institute
Alexander T. Ciota, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and the RNA Institute
John Cleary, Collaborative Staff Scientist, The RNA Institute
Paul Gumpper, Administrative Manager, The RNA Institute
Cheryl P. Andam, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and The RNA Institute
Maksim Royzen, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and the RNA Institute
Sergio Ocampo, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
Suxuan Wang, Mount Holyoke College
Elise White, RPI
Melissa Ait Said, Institut Cochin - Universite de Paris
Pheonah Badu, University at Albany, SUNY
Rebecca D'Esposito, University at Albany, SUNY
Atagun Ulas Isiktas, Yale University
Grace Crowe, SUNY Brockport
Rachel Fay, University at Albany, SUNY
Chukwudi Humphrey Omeoga, University at Albany, SUNY
Raghu Ram Katreddi, University at Albany, SUNY
Mahera Kachwala, University at Albany, SUNY
Kavipriya Palanivel, University at Albany, SUNY
Aaron Premo, University at Albany, SUNY
Emily Rice, West Virginia University
Kevin Thomas, University at Albany, SUNY
The 2021 RNA Institute Mini Symposium was a great success with over 400 registrants from around the world.
We want to congratulate all the Award winners and trainee speakers for a truly enjoyable and interesting symposium.
Jason Hershchkowitz
Scott Tenenbaum
Gaby Fuchs
Liisa Koski
Donna Willey
Kathleen McDonough
Jia Sheng
Alex Valm
Alan Chen
Shipra Malik, University of Connecticut. Nanoparticle delivered short anti-miR PNAs for lymphoma therapy.
Subodh Mishra, RNA Institute, University at Albany. A CTG repeat-selective screen of a natural product library reveals dietary natural compounds as potential therapeutics for Myotonic Dystrophy
Xavier Bofill De Ros, National Cancer Institute. Interplay between miRNA precursors and biogenesis enzymes promotes a widespread increase of aberrant isoforms in tumors
Sara Evke, SUNY Polytechnic, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. The Protective Role of the Epitranscriptome Against Acetaminophen Toxicity
Omer Ziv, Gurdon Institute of Cambridge. RNA-RNA Interactome of SARS-CoV-2.
Ya Ying Zheng, RNA Institute, University at Albany. Mapping and Functional Study of RNA Phosphorothioate Backbone
Esteban Orellana, Boston Children’s Hospital. METTL1-mediated m7G modification of Arg-TCT tRNA drives oncogenic transformation
Oguzhan Begik, Center for Genomic Regulation. Quantitative profiling of native RNA modifications and their dynamics using nanopore sequencing
Rachel Fay, Wasdworth Center, University at Albany. Evolution at increased temperature increases adaptability of flaviviruses
James Thomas, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Qiushuang Wu, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Tianhan Huang, Auburn University
Miha Modic, The Francis Crick Institute and University of Cambridge
Carl Shotwell, The RNA Institute
Yekaterina Shulgina, Harvard University
Amber Altrieth, University at Albany
March 21-22, 2019 – University at Albany Performing Arts Center (PAC)
The RNA Institute’s 6th Annual RNA Symposium is entitled The Language of RNA in Disease and Development. It brings together scientific experts, students and industry professionals who conduct basic, applied and translational research in RNA. This year’s meeting highlights multidisciplinary work being done in and around RNA science.
The 2019 Symposium includes talks from Craig Mello, Eliezer Calo, Matt Disney, Wendy Gilbert, Eric Kool, Cara Pager, Gisela Storz, Charles Thornton, and Elçin Ünal, as well as presentations by faculty, postdocs, and students selected from submitted abstracts. Please join us for this exciting event!
Symposium Organizing Committee: Joan Curcio and Melinda Larsen (Co-Chairs), Tom Begley, Bijan Dey, Jason Herschkowitz, Prash Rangan and Jia Sheng. Please contact The RNA Institute directly with any questions or concerns at [email protected] or 518-437-4443.
Hands on Workshops were offered by RNA Institute staff and affiliated faculty on Thursday, March 21.
Final Schedule: please find the draft program at this link.