INVITED SPEAKERS

Dr. Anita K. Hopper, Ohio State University

Expertise: yeast genetics and genomics, RNA-proteins complexes and RNA processing.

Dr. Amy Lee, Harvard Medical School

Expertise: cells response to environmental signals, mechanisms regulating specialized mRNA translation.

Dr. Samie Jaffrey, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University

Expertise: RNA regulatory mechanisms controlling gene expression, RNA modifications, epitranscriptomics, RNA structure, RNA-binding proteins.

Dr. Francois Bachand, Universite de Sherbrooke

Expertise: cell, gene expression and regulation, molecular genetics, functional and structural proteomics.

Dr. Ewan McRae, Houston Methodist Research Institute

Expertise: combining structural and molecular biology, engineer structured RNA elements for RNA therapeutics.