Telomeres & Telomerase
April 30 - May 4, 2019

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Abstract Status


Presenting Author

Abstract Title

Talk/Poster

Agarwal, Suneet

Hematopoietic cell transplantation without radiation or DNA alkylating agents in bone marrow failure with short telomeres

poster

Agrawal, Ritvija

Investigating how telomeres tether to and move along the nuclear membrane during meiosis

poster

Ahmed, Shawn

Pot1 proteins regulate a novel form of Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance

talk

Allsopp, Richard

The longevity associated allele of FOXO3 protects against telomere attrition during aging

talk

Apte, Manasi

Revealing the secrets of telomerase minus HAATI survivors in S. pombe

talk

Aquilanti, Elisa

Rapid sensitivity to telomerase inhibition in a subset of leukemia cell lines

poster

Azarm, Kameron

Persistent telomere cohesion prevents premature senescence in aging and ALT cells

poster

Azzalin, Claus

Telomeric replication stress in ALT cells—Causes and management

talk

Barnes, Ryan P

Targeted oxidative telomere base damage induces growth arrest and senescence in normal human cells

talk

Barry, Raymond M

Elucidating the mechanism by which Rap1 protects from obesity

poster

Barsourk, Adam

Is nucleotide excision repair essential for telomere preservation following UV exposure?

poster

Batista, Luis FZ

Posttranscriptional modulation of TERC by PAPD5 inhibition rescues hematopoietic development in X-linked dyskeratosis congenital

talk

Baxley, Ryan M

Chronic Mcm10 deficiency causes defects in telomere maintenance in human cells

talk

Beattie, Tara

Understanding the telomere-initiated DNA damage response during cellular senescence

poster

Beemon, Karen L.

hTERT negatively regulated by TERT antisense promoter-associated (TAPAS) long noncoding RNA

talk

Benslimane, Yahya

Genome-wide CRISPR screens reveal novel genetic vulnerabilities to telomerase inhibition and telomere erosion

talk

Bose, Sreyashree

A role for the novel telomerase-associated lncRNA TER2AS in telomere maintenance

talk

Bosso, Giuseppe

Multiple cancer pathways regulate telomere protection

poster

Braun, Hanna

Evolutionary diversity of the telosome—What proteins bind to the chromosome ends of butterflies?

poster

Briod, Anna-Sophia

Probing the telomere environment with BioID reveals RADX, which is important for telomere replication

poster

Butter, Falk

ZBTB10 binds the telomeric variant repeat TTGGGG and interacts with TRF2

poster

Cano, Maria Isabel N

Replication protein A1 is the Leishmania spp. telomere end-binding protein

talk

Castillo-Gonzalez, Claudia M

A new role for POT1 proteins in reproductive development

poster

Chakrabarti, Kausik

Novel aspects of Telomerase RNA regulation in kinetoplastid pathogen, Trypanosoma brucei

poster

Chang, Sandy

Replisome-mediated A-NHEJ repair of dysfunctional telomeres lacking POT1a/b-TPP1 occurs independent of the MRN complex

poster

Chartrand, Pascal

Single-molecule imaging of endogenous hTR at telomeres and Cajal bodies

talk

Chen, Lu

A core TERT promoter mechanism in human carcinogenesis repurposed from evolution

poster

Chen, Yuan-Yin

The C-circle biomarker is secreted by alternative-lengthening-of-telomeres positive (ALT+) cancer cells inside exosomes and provides a blood-based diagnostic for ALT activity

poster

Chevalier, Manon

Cell-cycle specific telomere profiling reveals NuMA as an important player in telomere dynamics and localization throughout mitosis

talk

Cicconi, Alessandro

BRIT1 phosphorylation modulates the interaction with TRF2 and the DNA damage response and repair at dysfunctional telomeres lacking TPP1-POT1

poster

Clatterbuck Soper, Sarah F

DAXX localizes ATRX to suppress alternative lengthening of telomeres in osteosarcoma

poster

Cleal, Kez

Chromothripsis during telomere crisis is independent of NHEJ and consistent with a replicative origin

talk

Coulon, Stephane

Telomerase repairs broken replication forks at telomeres

talk

de Lange, Titia

TREX1 and APOBEC3B induce chromothripsis and kataegis during telomere crisis

talk

Decottignies, Anabelle

Specific death of ALT cells through TSPYL5 depletion

talk

Dewhurst, Sally M

Defining a genomic signature of telomere crisis

poster

Dietz, Sabrina F

TEBP-1 and TEBP-2 are novel telomere binding proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans<

poster

Doksani, Ylli

Telomere damage induces the formation of intramolecular loops

talk

Epum, Esther A

RAD51 modulates the RAD52-RPA interaction to promote capping of double-stranded breaks by de novo telomere healing

talk

Evans, Alys

Investigating the role of DNA polymerase theta in telomeric stability and the escape from crisis

poster

Feigon, Juli

Structure of telomerase with telomeric DNA

talk

Feng, Xuyang

Understanding the mechanism of CST-mediated telomerase termination in human cells

talk

Feretzaki, Marianna

Recruitment of telomeric lncRNA TERRA to chromosome ends

talk

Fernandes, Rita

The THO complex counteracts TERRA R-loops and TERRA association with telomeres

poster

Ferreira, Miguel G

Telomerase deficiency leads to cancer regression in a melanoma zebrafish model

talk

Ferrer, Alejandro

Evaluation of the pathogenicity of missense variants in hTERT using computational protein modeling and functional assays

poster

Frank, Lukas

Recruiting PML to telomeres induces alternative lengthening of telomeres activity

poster

Friedman, Katherine L.

Mapping hotspots of de novo telomere addition in the yeast genome

poster

Gagos, Sarantis

Alternative lengthening of telomeres in neoplasia—Increased genomic flexibility and the role of polyploidization in maintenance of cancer genome integrity

poster

Garcia, Daniela

Pop1, Pop6 and Pop7, subunits of RNase P/MRP, affect telomerase RNA in vivo

talk

Gaysinskaya, Valeriya

Rare synonymous mutation in DKC1 causes TR insufficiency and familial pulmonary fibrosis

poster

Geiller, Helene E

Genetic loss of ATRX combined with telomere stress is sufficient to initiate ALT activity

poster

Geli, Vincent

Conditional expression of telomerase under the control of the p21 promoter as a model of senescence bypass and much more

talk

Gillespie, Abigail E

Telomere length regulation in budding yeast relies on elongation of collapsed forks by telomerase

poster

Glousker, Galina

Changes in telomeric chromatin composition upon POT1 3’-overhang deprotection

poster

Graniel, Jacqueline V

A mouse model for a telomeropathic mutation in ACD/TPP1

poster

Grill, Sherilyn A

Two separation-of-function isoforms of human TPP1 and a novel intragenic RNA dictate telomerase regulation in somatic and germ cells

poster

Gu, Peili

Role of Pot1b in the maintenance of global telomere length

poster

Gu, Yuchao (Jessica)

Transcriptional regulation of the telomerase reverse transcriptase in stem cells and the germline

poster

Guettler, Sebastian

Targeting the substrate binding domains of tankyrase to probe its functions at telomeres and in cell signaling

poster

Gunja, Sethu Madhava Rao R

Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (Parn) knockout zebrafish variants showed variable telomere lengths.

poster

Hasegawa, Kazuteru

Loss of TERT compromises stem cell self-renewal independent of enzyme activity

talk

Hayashi, Makoto

A single defined sister chromatid fusion destabilizes cell cycle through micronuclei formation

talk

Henslee, Gabrielle C

Identification and characterization of novel ACD variants

poster

Hentschel, Jendrik

Telomere DNA G-quadruplex folding within actively extending human telomerase

talk

Hoang, Song-My

Transitional control of telomeric homology directed repair by Poly ADP-Ribose metabolism

poster

Hockemeyer, Dirk

Using genetically engineered stem cell models to study cancer associated POT1 mutations

talk

Huang, Chenhui

Speedy A regulates telomere-LINC complex connection via interacting with SUN1

poster

Huang, Franklin W

Integrated analysis of telomere content and genomic alterations across the cancer cell line encyclopedia (CCLE)

talk

Huggenberger, Susanna

EXO1 resection at G-quadruplex structures facilitates resolution and replication at telomeres

talk

Ishikawa, Fuyuki

Telomere-binding proteins Taz1 and Rap1 regulate DSB repair and suppress gross chromosomal rearrangements in fission yeast

talk

Johnson, Brad

Modeling fibrotic pathologies of dyskeratosis congenita to evaluate potential therapies

poster

Jones, Celina Y

The effect of telomere length on Ku’s essential role in human cells

talk

Jones-Weinert, Corey

Telomeric replication stress and ncRNA transcription

poster

Karimian, Kayarash

Measuring telomerase processivity using PacBio Sequencing

poster

Keener, Rebecca

Tel1 and Mec1 use distinct pathways for DNA damage response signaling and telomere length regulation

talk

Klein, Shir

The role of Rnr3, the Minor isoform of the large subunit of the RNR complex, in DNA repair and telomere length maintenance

poster

Kupiec, Martin

Two alternative modes of action for yeast telomerase

talk

Kyriacou, Eftychia

Why centromeres fall apart on meiotic entry, and how telomeres put them back together

poster

Lai, Tsung-Po

Telomere-based senescence in the human placenta and fetal membranes at parturition

poster

Laster, Brenda H.

Intratumoral long-term in vivo telomerase inhibition—An innovative cancer treatment

poster

Lazzerini Denchi, Eros

Mechanism of TZAP-mediated telomere length regulation

poster

Lee, Jennifer Jaeun

Brca2 abrogation engages with the alternative lengthening of telomeres via break-induced replication

poster

Li, Bibo

The oligonucleotide-binding activity of RAP1 is essential for monoallelic VSG expression and cell viability in Trypanosoma brucei

talk

Lieberman, Paul

Elevated telomere dysfunction in S47P African-American variant of TP53

poster

Lim, Ci Ji

Biochemical studies of human CST complex and its interactions with telomeric substrates

talk

Liu, Jia-Cheng

Swc4 is a novel telomere regulator in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

poster

Liu, Jun-Ping

Effect of peptidomimetic telomere dysfunction inhibitor (TELODIN) on the stress-induced stem cell premature senescence and fibrogenesis

poster

Logeswaran, Dhenugen

Conservation and evolution of Metazoan telomerase RNA

talk

Lorbeer, Franziska K

Modeling dyskeratosis congenita in human pluripotent stem cells

poster

Lottersberger, Francisca

DNA-PKcs activity protects telomeres through stimulating Apollo-dependent overhang generation

talk

Lue, Neal

The roles of telomere and cell cycle regulatory proteins in controlling an ALT-like pathway in Ustilago maydis

poster

Lundblad, Vicki

The preferred substrate for telomerase in wild type yeast is a regressed replication fork

talk

Lustig, Arthur

A role for yeast Rad59 in Mre11A470 motif telomere rapid deletion and size homeostasis

poster

MacNeil, Deanna

N-terminal residues of human dyskerin are required for interactions with telomerase RNA that prevent RNA degradation

talk

Mangaonkar, Abhishek i

Incidence and clinicopathologic implications of variants in genes affecting telomere structure and function in myeloid neoplasms

poster

Markiewicz-Potoczny, Marta

The Shelterin complex is largely dispensable in pluripotent embryonic stem cells

talk

Mattarocci, Stefano

Interplay between Rad5 and Srs2 helicases and Rad51 to assist telomere replication

talk

MENDEZ BERMUDEZ, AARON

TRF2 maintains heterochromatic integrity during replicative senescence

poster

Meunier, Marion A

Identifying novel protein surfaces on the Polymerase alpha-Primase complex

poster

Mirman, Zachary K

The role of CST/Polα/Primase in DSB repair

poster

Moeller, Corinne A

The RPA complex inhibits the activity of the t-RPA complex at replication forks

poster

Mojiri, Anahita

Human telomerase mRNA treatment restores function in progeria iPSC- derived endothelial cells

poster

Momtareen, Taizina

Investigation of helicases, exonucleases, and TERRA non-coding RNAs in telomere maintenance in S. cerevisiae

poster

Montero, Juan Jose

TERRA regulate the transcriptional landscape of pluripotent cells through TRF1-dependent recruitment of PRC2

talk

Myong, Sua

Position of oxidative damage controls telomere conformation and telomerase extension activity

poster

Naeger, Anna

Functional characterization of the human telomeric proteome during telomere replication

poster

Nageshan, Rishi Kumar

Spindle dynamics dictate whether chromatin entanglements are resolved or further entangled

talk

Nagpal, Neha

Restoring telomerase RNA in telomere diseases using small molecules

talk

Nandakumar, Jayakrishnan

Combining conservation and species specificity to determine how human telomerase binds telomeres

talk

Neuhoefer, Patrick

TERT+ acinar stem cells—A cell-of-origin for pancreatic cancer

poster

Neumann, Hannah

Identification of yeast telomerase RNA transporters using mass spectrometry

poster

O'Sullivan, Roderick

RAD51AP1 is a critical mediator of alternative lengthening of telomeres

talk

Padmanaban, Shilpa

Filling in the gaps in our definition of the human telomerase recruitment complex

poster

Pasquier, Emeline

Chromatin organization at telomeres in S. cerevisiae

poster

Patrick, Eric

Direct observation of processive telomerase catalysis using high-resolution optical tweezers

poster

Pellman, David

Mechanisms for rapid genome evolution

talk

Penev, Alex

Dual mechanisms regulate hTERT expression in pluripotent cells

talk

Perez-Martinez, Lara

Npl3 regulates R-loops at short telomeres to prevent premature  senescence

talk

Pohl, Thomas J

Viability in response to heat stress requires shelterin rearrangement and telomere shortening

talk

Qiao, Feng

Quality control mechanism of telomerase RNA folding

talk

Qin, Jian

SENP3 negatively regulates dykserin SUMOylation and the levels of telomerase RNA

poster

Raffa, Grazia Daniela

The TGS1 hypermethylase negatively regulates telomere elongation

poster

Rai, Rekha

Characterization of the mechanisms of catastrophic telomeric attrition in the absence of TRF2B and RAP1

poster

Roake, Caitlin

Disruption of telomerase RNA maturation kinetics precipitates disease

talk

Rosas Bringas, Fernando R

Investigating the function of G-quadruplexes at telomeres

poster

Rubtsova, Maria P

Integrator is involved in the human telomerase RNA biogenesis

poster

Sahin, Ergun

Telomere dysfunction induces sirtuin repression that drives telomere-dependent disease

talk

Sanchez-Alonso, Patricia

Partial characterization of mutants interrupted in a lncRNA gene suggest TER was found in Ustilago maydis

poster

Sandhu, Ranjodh

The conserved TELR surface of shelterin protein TPP1 controls telomerase processivity at telomeres

talk

Sanford, Samantha L

Investigating the impact of oxidized and therapeutic dNTPs on telomerase activity

poster

Savage, Sharon A

Central nervous system manifestations of very short telomeres

talk

Schmidt, Jens C

Direct observation of processive telomerase catalysis using high resolution optical tweezers

talk

Schratz, Kristen E

The cancer phenotype of short telomere syndromes

talk

Sfeir, Agnel J

Genome-wide screen identifies genetic vulnerabilities in cells expressing mutant POT1

poster

Shubin, Calla

Examining origin firing and telomere length in S. cerevisiae

poster

Silva, Bruno A

FANCM restricts R-loop-induced telomeric replication stress in ALT cells

poster

Simpson, Mark

Telomere-dysfunction induced cellular senescence during gestation, labor onset, and parturition in humans

poster

Smith, Susan

Overlapping but distinct mechanisms for resolution of human ribosomal DNA and telomeres in mitosis

talk

Sommer, Aurore

The CST complex—A role in the alternative lengthening of telomeres?

poster

Songyang, Zhou

Identification and study of human telomerase regulators

talk

Stern, Josh L.

Cancer types that commonly harbor TERT promoter mutations display enhanced expression of mesenchymal genes, including the transcription factor SNAIL2, which can regulate TERT mRNA expression

talk

Stevens, Katie

Together we are stronger—The importance of partnering with patients through Team Telomere

poster

Stewart, Jason A

Human CST interacts with the MCM2-7 complex and negatively regulates replication origin licensing

talk

Stinus Ruiz de Gauna, Sonia

Investigating the role of human telomeres in post-mitotic nuclear reorganization

poster

Stone, Michael D

Structural dynamics and heterogeneity in the essential three-way junction of human telomerase RNA

poster

Sun, Chongkui

The macroH2A1.2 histone variant links ATRX loss to alternative telomere lengthening

poster

Takasugi, Taylor N

Loss of Pot1b promotes telomere length elongation

poster

Tan, Kar-Tong

Catching chromosomal ends in cancer genomes with long reads

talk

Tang, Mengfan

Human Rif1 interact with TRF2 and is required for the maintenance of heterochromatin state of telomere

poster

Teixeira, Maria Teresa

Interplay between DNA damage checkpoints and stress-induced response to control ROS levels during replicative senescence

poster

Thadani, Rahul R

The torsional state of telomeres

poster

Thompson, Ashley S

Prevalence of RTEL1 germline mutations in disease and the general population

poster

Tomita, Kazunori

Age-related telomere shortening in human putamen

talk

Turkalo, Timothy K

Strand-seq analysis reveals no genome-wide stability role for ATRX or RTEL1 in hPSCs

poster

Vessoni, Alexandre

Telomere dysfunction and oncogene stress induce different fates in human embryonic stem cells

poster

Wagner, Tina

Telomere folding is defective in senescent cells due to altered histone modifier expression

poster

Wang, Fang

Characterization of telomeric repeat-containing RNA (TERRA) transcripts during mouse early embryo development

poster

Wang, Hong

TIN2 is an architectural protein stabilizing TRF1-mediated telomeric DNA-DNA pairing at the single-molecule level

talk

Wong, Judy

Effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms in telomerase reverse transcriptase on telomere length maintenance and progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

poster

Wong, Lee

The roles of H3.3 and ATRX in driving ALTernative lengthening of telomeres in cancers

talk

Wood, Michael

Impact of chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6 release on telomere stability

poster

Wu, Yangxiu

Development of a proteomic classifier to identify telomere maintenance mechanisms in human cancer

talk

Wu, Zhenfang

Structural insights into telomerase inhibition and telomere capping by CST in budding yeast

talk

Wu, Zhi-Jing

Telomere maintenance in single chromosome yeast

poster

Xu, Dawei

The TERT locus genotypes of rs2736100-CC/CA and rs2736098-AA genotypes in the TERT locus predict shorter survival in renal cell carcinoma

poster

Yang, Zhe

Break induced replication promotes fragile telomere formation

talk

Young, Pierce G

Identification of methyltransferase NOP2a as a novel gene involved in telomere length set point in Arabidopsis thaliana

poster

Yu, Eun Young

Telomere trimming and DNA damage as signatures of high risk neuroblastoma

talk

Yun, Maximina H

Telomere length is exclusively maintained by the ALT mechanism in a vertebrate, the newt Pleurodeles waltl

talk

Zappulla, David

A 4-bp core-enclosing helix in TLC1 RNA is essential for telomerase activity and binding to TERT

talk

Zhang, Dong

FANCM suppresses DNA replication stress at ALT telomeres by disrupting TERRA R-loops

poster

Zhang, Fan

ETV5 and c-Myc cooperate to activate hTERT promoter in a repressive chromatin context via composite ETS/E-box sites

poster

Zhang, Huaiying

Phase transition drives telomere clustering

talk

zhang, jiamin

Alternative lengthening of telomeres through two distinct break-induced replication pathways

talk

Zhang, Tianpeng

Defining telomere proteome and dynamics in response to damage

talk

Zhu, Jiyue

Humanizing telomerase reverse transcriptase (Tert) gene in mice

poster