Eukaryotic mRNA Processing
August 24 - 27, 2021

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Abstract Status

Presenting Author

Abstract Title

Talk/Poster

Ajiro, Masahiko

Therapeutic manipulation of IKBKAP mis-splicing with a small molecule to cure familial dysautonomia

poster

Altieri, Jessie

The influence of 4sU labeling on splicing efficiency

poster

Angarola, Brittany L

Transcriptomic and cellular programs during aging and in breast cancer

poster

Ansari, Aseem

Engaging RNA processing machinery through non-canonical marks on RNA polymerase II

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Ansari, Athar

A termination-independent role of Rat1 in co-transcriptional splicing

poster

Arribere, Joshua A

SMG-6 cleaves NMD targets at the ribosome

talk

Bae, Bongmin

CRISPR-mediated knockout of neuronal long 3'UTRs in mESC-derived neurons

poster

Bak, Maciej

A novel approach to detect multi-level effects of RNA-binding proteins on pre-mRNA processing

poster

Bangru, Sushant

ESRP2–microRNA-122 axis directs the postnatal onset of liver maturation and polyploidization

talk

Baptissart, Marine

Poly(A) tail dynamics during cell differentiation show transcript compartmentalization and specific post-transcriptional regulation

talk

Berry, Cameron W

Developmentally regulated cleavage of transcript 3’ ends controls dynamic protein expression as germline stem cells differentiate

poster

Bhatnagar, Sanjana

Deciphering a cis-regulatory code for tissue-specific alternative splicing

poster

Bhattacharya, Saikat

The histone methyltransferase SETD2 governs co-transcriptional splicing by engaging pre-mRNA processing factors through its SHI domain

talk

Biancon, Giulia

U2AF binding atlas dissects pathogenic RNA molecular mechanisms driven by U2AF1 mutations and affecting RNA granules

talk

Bibel, Brianna L

Target binding triggers hierarchical phosphorylation of human Argonaute-2 to promote target release

talk

Bicknell, Alicia A

High ribosome loading is associated with rapid mRNA decay among coding sequence variants in mammalian cells

talk

Boraas, Liana

Non-coding mRNAs regulate focal adhesion protein organization

talk

Cain, James A

Utilising the imprinted Mcts2/H13 locus as a model to study the role of intragenic CpG islands during alternative polyadenylation

poster

Carnesecchi, Julie

Extending the Hox molecular repertoire—From transcription to mRNA splicing

talk

Carrocci, Tucker J

Intron sequence modulates gene expression through co-transcriptional splicing

talk

Castaneda, Paula

mRNA decapping by an ApaH-like phosphatase in trypanosomes

poster

Chembazhi, Ullas

Mechanistic and functional differences in RNA binding and processing activities of the muscle- and non-muscle RBFOX2 isoforms

poster

Choquet, Karine

Perturbation of U2 snRNA or 3’ splice sites disrupts multi-intron splicing order and coordination in human cells

poster

Chorghade, Sandip

Dynamic expression of poly(A) binding protein N1 coordinates cardiac growth during development and disease

poster

Cichocka, Marlena

Effect of hnRNP UL1 protein on replication-dependent histone gene repression

poster

Cortazar Osorio, Michael A

Saturation genome editing as a tool to identify rules that govern NMD activity

poster

Cortes-Lopez, Mariela

Massive parallel reporter assay decodes CD19 alternative splicing in CART-19 therapy resistance

poster

Damodaren, Nivedita

Short vs long term effects from depletion of a splicing regulator—Identification of early splicing changes after rapid depletion of the RNA-binding protein Matrin-3

poster

Dowdle, Megan E

Exploiting evolutionary diversity within the bicaudal-C multi-KH RNA binding domain to illuminate how vertebrate Bicc1 recognizes its bipartite target site within Cripto-1 mRNA

poster

Draycott, Austin

Lung cancer cells require dihydrouridine synthase 2 to sustain production of cysteine-rich oncoproteins

talk

Dziembowski, Andrzej

TENT5 cytoplasmic non-canonical poly(A) polymerases regulate the innate immune response in animals

talk

Felton, Colette

Detection of alternative isoforms of gene fusions using long-read RNA-seq

poster

Feng, Huijuan

Complexity and graded regulation of neuronal cell type-specific alternative splicing revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing

poster

Feng, Qing

Genome-wide impact of DExH-box RNA helicases on RNA splicing and quality control

poster

Fica, Sebastian M

The human exon-ligation factor Prp18 engages the spliceosome core in a transcript-specific manner

talk

Fiszbein, Ana

Widespread occurrence of hybrid internal-terminal exons in human transcriptomes

talk

Flamand, Mathieu

m6A and YTHDF proteins control mRNA localization in neurons

talk

Fu, Xingyang

A kinetic map of spliceosome activation

poster

Galej, Wojciech P

Structural insights into branch point recognition in mammals

talk

Gao, Chen

Functional impact of RBFox1c in cardiac pathological remodeling through targeted mRNA stability regulation

poster

Gentile, Gabrielle M

Regulation and function of synaptosome-associated protein 23 alternative splicing during myogenesis

talk

Grozdanov, Petar

Mechanism of polyadenylation site selection by CSTF2 in the brain

poster

Gutierrez, Pedro A

A real-time fluorescence assay for CPSF73, the nuclease for pre-mRNA 3'-end processing

poster

Haimowitz, Adam

The role of intergenic proximity in regulating alternative splicing outcomes

poster

Hegazy, Youssef A

Characterization of R-loop structures in budding yeast

poster

Heyd, Florian

Body temperature-controlled expression of antiviral response genes

talk

Hrabeta-Robinson, Eva B

U2AF1 mutation suppresses oncogenic KRAS-induced senescence in human bronchial epithelial cells

poster

Hug, Nele RG

A dual role for the RNA helicase DHX34 in NMD and pre-mRNA splicing and its impact on familial MDS and AML

talk

Hundley, Heather A

Uncovering a molecular mechanism that regulates RNA editing during neural development

poster

Hutchins, Erica J

Neural crest EMT is controlled via target degradation within P-bodies

talk

Hwang, Hun-Way

Shift in MSL1 alternative polyadenylation in response to DNA damage protects cancer cells from chemotherapeutic agent-induced apoptosis

talk

Ibrahim, Fadia

TERA-Seq—The true ends of RNA molecules tell a story

talk

IIDA, Kei

Switching of OAS1 splicing isoforms mitigates SARS-CoV2 infection

talk

Jacob, Aishwarya G

RNA binding protein multiple splicing (RBPMS) drives a contractile splicing network in human embryonic stem cell derived vascular smooth muscle cells

poster

Jagannathan, Sujatha

The myopathic transcription factor DUX4 induces production of truncated RNA-binding proteins in human muscle cells

talk

Jensen, Madeline K

Identification and structural basis of a novel cellular inhibitor of the Integrator cleavage module

poster

Jin, Hong

Conserved heterodimeric GTPase Drg1/Dfrp1 promotes efficient translation

talk

Jones, Aarin

Regulation of splicing events through PARP-1-mediated ADP-ribosylation of U2AF complex

talk

Jurica, Melissa

Reconstituting U2 snRNP interactions with the branch point sequence

talk

Kadijk, Eileigh C

Nuclear PABP accumulation in influenza A virus infected cells requires concerted action of the viral host shutoff nuclease PA-X and the non-structural protein 1

poster

Kainov, Yaroslav A

A transcriptome-wide antitermination mechanism sustaining identity of embryonic stem cells

talk

Kalsotra, Auinash

Splicing factor SRSF1 deficiency in the liver triggers NASH-like pathology via R-loop induced DNA damage and cell death

poster

Kawachi, Toshihiko

The essential role of SRSF3 in the constitutive splicing of large exons, which encode intrinsically disordered regions of transcription factors in vertebrates

poster

Ke, Shengdong

Deep learning modeling m6A deposition reveals the importance of downstream cis-element sequences

talk

Khokhar, Eraj S

Noise to signal—Exploring the landscape of noisy splicing

poster

Kim, Young Jin

Gene-specific evasion of nonsense-mediated mRNA for cystic fibrosis therapy

talk

Kinney, Justin B

Unraveling the quantitative influences of splice site strength, gene context, and therapeutics on alternative mRNA splicing using massively parallel splicing assays

poster

Kulinski, Tomasz

Oncogenic mechanisms of DIS3 mutations in multiple myeloma

talk

Lai, Eric

Recursive splice sites—Agents of chaos and order

talk

Lareau, Liana

Identifying cell-state associated alternative splicing events and their co-regulation

talk

Leclair, Nathan K

SR protein expression is regulated by ultraconserved poison exons during development and in human cancer

poster

Lee, Yeon J

Deciphering the role of a disease-associated hnRNP A1 mutation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

talk

Li, Wei

An atlas of alternative polyadenylation quantitative trait loci contributing to complex trait and disease heritability

poster

Li, Xin

Unrecycled 40S-initiated mRNA decay couples translation and piRNA production

talk

Liao, Susan E

Splicing at the phase-separated nuclear speckle interface—A model

poster

Lim, Han Young

Selective export of mRNAs encoding transcription factors by NXF1

poster

Lima, Christopher D

Targeting RNA for destruction

talk

Lin, Min-Han

Novel mechanisms of regulating Integrator function

talk

Liu, Haibin

The long noncoding RNA lnc-FANCI-2 in HPV-infected cervical cancer cells plays an important role in RAS signaling through MCAM

poster

Liu, Liang

Mechanistic dissection of the anti-cancer compound JTE-607-mediated inhibition of mRNA 3’ processing

talk

Lopez, Jessie M

KIN17 and PRCC have roles in maintaining both 5' and 3' splice site identity

talk

Love, Sierra L

A high throughput screening platform utilizing fluorescent reporters for splicing inhibitor discovery

poster

Luzak, Vanessa

An mRNA processing hotspot orchestrates immune evasion of African Trypanosomes

talk

Madhani, Hiten

Base editing the human spliceosome in haploid cells reveals a role for SUGP1 in drug resistance

talk

Mandler, Mariana

Elucidating the modification status of tRNAs in response to environmental and metabolic stress

poster

Marasco, Luciano E

Epigenetics in SMN2 alternative splicing—Towards a combined therapy of spinal muscular atrophy

talk

Martin, Charlotte

Investigating the function of tissue-specific alternative splicing in C. elegans

poster

Martinez, Nicole M

Pseudouridine synthases modify human pre-mRNA co-transcriptionally and affect pre-mRNA processing

poster

Mauer, Chris

Multiple circular RNAs are generated from backsplicing of the HIV-1 primary transcript

poster

Mayer, Andreas

A BRD4-mediated elongation control point primes transcribing RNA polymerase II for 3’-RNA processing

talk

Mimoso, Claudia A

Defining the crosstalk between transcription and the splicing machinery

talk

Miura, Pedro

Coordinated alternative polyadenylation and alternative splicing during Drosophila development

talk

Montibus, Bertille

A gene within a gene—How overlapping transcription influences alternative polyadenylation

poster

Mukherjee, Srimoyee

Cleavage/polyadenylation factor CstF64 shapes alternative polyadenylation in differentiating monocytes and promotes their transition to macrophages

talk

Mullari, Meeli

Global analysis of RNA-binding proteins in the brain tissue of a Huntington’s disease mouse model using quantitative mass spectrometry

poster

Muller-McNicoll, Michaela

Exploring cancer-specific Split-ORF expression as neoantigens

talk

Mulligan, Dennis R

MESA—A tool for fast and comprehensive quantification of alternative splicing

poster

Musaev, Damir

The role of ORF length and translation in mRNA decay

poster

Nachtergaele, Sigrid

The METTL5-TRMT112 N6-methyladenosine methyltransferase complex regulates metabolism and development via translation

talk

Nazim, Mohammad

Alternative splicing of a chromatin modifier alters the transcriptional regulatory programs of neuronal development

talk

Neeb, Zachary T

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of post-transcriptional gene regulation during SARS-CoV-2 infection

poster

Niederer, Rachel O

Translational control by C-rich elements within regulated 5’UTR isoforms

poster

Nino, Carlos A

Molecular basis of myosin VI aberrant alternative splicing in ovarian cancer

poster

Noble, Jerald D

Alternative mRNA splicing in apoptosis and c-Myc signaling pathways as novel mechanisms of resistance in relapsed and refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (R/R DLBCL) patients receiving CAR-T therapy

poster

Ntini, Evgenia

Distinctive features of long non-coding RNA chromatin (dis)-association

poster

Parsley, Julia V

Remarkable alternative splicing generates multiple isoforms of polyadenylation factors FIP1L1 and CPSF4 that vary during hESC differentiation

talk

Patop, Ines L

The splicing factor MBL forms a self-regulatory circuit by modulating back splicing in a cell type and isoform specific mechanism

talk

Pawallek, Andrea

Modulation of RNA processing pathways by the DDD40800 family of small molecules

talk

Peart, Natoya J

RBM46—A germ cell specific RNA binding protein required for mammalian spermatogenesis

talk

Pilaka-Akella, Pallavi P

Investigation of neural-specific repression of alternative splicing by a CELF protein in Caenorhabditis elegans

talk

Powell, Geralle N

Gene regulatory role and polyA track mutations of the minor spliceosomal protein ZCRB1

poster

Rajkumar, Sandy M

Spliceosome profiling using mice harboring endogenously tagged PRPF19 reveals RNA processing reactions in vivo across tissues

poster

Rastogi, Mohit

Multi-omics approach in Down syndrome resolves new regulators in two regions of the human brain.

poster

Regev, Oded

Using machine learning to decipher the determinants of exon inclusion

talk

Richard, Hugues

Assessing conservation of alternative splicing with evolutionary splicing graphs

poster

Rissland, Olivia S

Codon optimality—A potent mechanism for post-transcriptional regulation

talk

Roberts, Justin

Hypoxic induced depletion of m6A modulates alternative splicing to promote breast cancer progression

poster

Rodriguez-Molina, Juan B

Mpe1 senses the polyadenylation signal in pre-mRNA to promote efficient cleavage and control polyadenylation

talk

Sanford, Jeremy R

Isoform-specific translational control is evolutionarily conserved in primates

poster

Sarka, Kenna

Investigating the role of Snu66 in 5' and 3' splice site choice

poster

Sarkan, Kristianna

The mRNA 3’ processing factor CFIm directly participates in 3’ splice site recognition and regulates alternative splicing

talk

Senn, Katherine

Monitoring dynamics of Mer1-regulated splicing with single molecule microscopy

poster

Shah, Sneha

Can alternative splicing defects explain the pathophysiology of fragile X syndrome?

poster

Sharma, Shalini

Distinct interactions of the U1 snRNA stem-loops 3 and 4 during early spliceosome formation

talk

Singh, Smriti

Delineating the mechanistic role of human RNA polymerase II transcription and RNA processing events in triple negative breast cancer cells

poster

Sleeman, Judith

Phase-separated stress granules and processing bodies are compromised in myotonic dystrophy type 1

poster

Sousa-Luis, Rui

Polymerase-associated intact nascent transcripts reveal different kinetic classes of co-transcriptional splicing

talk

Stanek, David

The SMN complex drives structural changes in snRNAs to enable snRNP assembly

talk

Steidle, Elizabeth A

Inositol polyphosphate isoforms modulate splicing

talk

Stigliano, Jose

Chromatin effects of splicing-correcting antisense oligonucleotide therapy in spinal muscular atrophy

poster

Swale, Christopher

A plant-like mechanism coupling m6A reading to polyadenylation safeguards transcriptome integrity in Toxoplasma

talk

Tang, Alison

Detecting allele-specific isoform variation in long reads

poster

Tellier, Michael

CDK9 and PP2A regulate coupling of RNA polymerase II transcription termination with RNA maturation

talk

Thomas, James D

Pharmacologic modulation of RNA splicing enhances anti-tumor immunity

poster

Thomas, James D

RNA isoform screens uncover the essentiality and tumor-suppressor activity of ultraconserved poison exons

poster

Tilgner, Hagen U

Brain isoforms in single-cell, (developmental time) and space

poster

Torabi, Seyed

Importance of conserved elements in the formation of RNA stabilizing triplex-forming motifs

talk

Torres Ulloa, Leslie

Estimating the kinetics of mRNA 3’ end cleavage

talk

Tse, Victor

Discovery of splicing-sensitive, disease causing mutations during the course of a Curricular Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) project

poster

Tseng, Cynthia

Opposing functions for CFIm59 and -68 in mRNA alternative polyadenylation of Pten and the PI3K/Akt signalling cascade

poster

Tudek, Agnieszka

Global view on the metabolism of RNA poly(A) tails in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

talk

Vanacova, Stepanka

The comprehensive interactomes of human adenosine RNA methyltransferases and demethylases reveal distinct functional and regulatory features

talk

Vidya, Elva

Phosphorylation of intrinsically disordered region in mRNA decapping enzyme DCAP-2 reorganizes mRNP interactions in C. elegans embryo

talk

Vilardell, Josep

Exon definition by the yeast spliceosome

poster

Voigts, Lukas

Understanding the molecular mechanism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae splicing factor Spp381 during spliceosome activation

poster

Wan, Ledong

Loss of compensatory feedback mechanism involving splicing factor SRSF1 triggers KrasG12D-mediated pancreatic cancer initiation

talk

Wiedner, Hannah J

Two evolutionarily conserved isoforms of eyes absent homolog 3 (Eya3) influence myogenesis and become dysregulated in striated muscle diseases

poster

Wilusz, Jeremy E

Modulation of PP2A recruitment by IntS6 enables Integrator complex activity to be tuned in a gene-specific manner

poster

Wu, Mingkun

Systematic mapping of nuclear domain-associated transcripts reveals speckles and lamina as hubs of functionally distinct populations of retained introns

talk

Yang, Yi

RBPMS-A regulates alternative splicing decision by modulating prespliceosomal assembly pathways

talk

Zamudio, Jesse R

Nuclear Argonaute functions in RNA quality control

poster

Zeng, Yi

Profiling of nascent lariat intermediates reveals key genetic determinants of human co-transcriptional splicing

talk

Zenklusen, Daniel

Single-molecule imaging suggests compact and spliceosome dependent organization of long introns

talk

Zhang, Bo

Post-transcriptional silencing of the nuclear poly(A) binding protein is critical for postnatal maturation and function of the heart

poster

Zhang, Qian

Antisense therapy for H3.3 K27M diffuse midline gliomas

talk

Zhang, Tianyi

RNA binding protein nocte plays important roles in Drosophila development by regulating the translation of CDSs and upstream ORFs

poster

Zhang, Wenyu

Structural and functional study of the human exon definition complex

talk

Zhang, Zhenwei

Structural insights into the mechanism whereby Prp5 proofreads the pre-mRNA branch site

talk

Zheng, Sika

Alternative splicing and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay enable neuronal longevity

talk

Zuniga, Gabrielle

Tau-induced deficits in nonsense-mediated RNA decay contribute to neurodegeneration

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