RNA Chalk Talk Series
The RBI RNA Chalk Talk Series meets once per month on Thursdays at 3:00 PM in the conference room on the 9th floor of RC1 South. Please join us for these informative 45-minute talks given by RBI students, postdocs and faculty on their own research.
“Come for the snacks, stay for the RNA and the collaboration!”
For more information, please contact our organizer:
Megan Pockalny
Graduate Student, Taliaferro Lab
megan.pockalny@cuanschutz.edu
| Date | Speaker | Title | Position | Affiliation |
| January 25, 2024 | Linda van Dyk Eric Clambey |
| Professor Associate Professor | Immunology and Microbiology Anesthesiology |
| February 22, 2024 | Frank Lee | Faculty Scientist | National Jewish Health | |
| March 28, 2024 | Kathryn Walters | Pre Doc Trainee, Mukherjee Lab | BMG | |
| May 23, 2024 | Erin Osborne Nishimura | Associate Professor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Colorado State University |
| Date | Speaker | Title | Position | Affiliation |
| January 26, 2023 | Jillian Ramos, PhD |
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Postdoc, Kieft lab | BMG |
| February 23, 2023 | ||||
| March 23, 2023 | ||||
| April 27, 2023 | ||||
| May 25, 2023 | ||||
| June 22, 2023 | ||||
| September 28, 2023 | Jeff Krall | Short Linear Motifs within the N-terminal domains of ADAR1p150 modulate domain interactions and RNA binding specificity | Graduate Student, Vogeli Lab | BMG |
| October 26, 2023 | Frederico Martinez Seidel | Post Doctoral Fellow, Rissland Lab | BMG |
| Date | Speaker | Title | Position | Affiliation |
| January 25, 2022 | Conner Langeberg | An expanded class of histidine-accepting viral RNAs | PhD Student, Kieft Lab | BMG |
February 22, 2022 | Cormac Lucas | Defining the nature of early chikungunya virus-lymphatic endothelial cell interactions in the context of draining lymph node function | PhD Student, Morrison Lab | Microbiology |
| March 22, 2022 | Grant Lo | ASPM localization to the centrosome: the how and the why? | PhD Student, Taliaferro Lab | Molecular Biology |
May 3, 2022 | Hossein Shenasa, PhD | Co-transcriptional mechanisms for splice site selection | PostDoc, Bentley Lab | BMG |
| May 24, 2022 | Lorraine Davis | Interrogating the transcriptional network of immunomodulatory drug resistance evolution in multiple myeloma | PhD Student, Sherbenou Lab | Cancer Biology |
| June 28, 2022 | Siva Uppalapati, PhD | Selective charging of leucine tRNA isoacceptors jumpstarts antinitrosative defenses in Salmonella Typhimurium | PostDoc, Vázquez-Torres Lab | Immunology & Microbiology |
| Sept 27, 2022 | Arely Diaz | Spenito, m6A RNA modification and the establishment of metabolic sexual dimorphism in larvae | PhD Student, Reis Lab | Molecular Biology |
| October 25, 2022 | Madeline Sherlock, PhD | One virus, two IRESs: calibrating protein expression through RNA structure | PostDoc, Kieft Lab | BMG |
| November 29, 2022 | Evan Morrison | Characterization of a novel set of N-terminal degrons in human cells | PhD Student, Rissland Lab | BMG |
| Date | Speaker | Title | Position | Affiliation |
| January 26, 2021 | Jeff Kieft | Engineering new functional ncRNAs from viral RNA components | PI | BMG |
February 23, 2021 CANCELED | Thomas Forman | Investigating RNA toxicity in Fasciocapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy | Student- Jagannathan Lab | BMG |
| March 23, 2021 | Ashley Knox | Lytic infection with murine gammaherpesvirus 68 activates host and riral RNA polymerase III promoters and enhances non-coding RNA expression | Student- van Dyk Lab | Microbiology |
April 27, 2021 CANCELED | Marisa Ruehle | TBD | PostDoc- Pearson Lab | CDB |
| May 25, 2021 | Raeann Goering | Oxidation induced nucleotide conversion sequencing (OINC-seq) | Student- Taliaferro Lab | Molecular Biology |
| July 6, 2021 | Matthew Szucs | Investigation of the class II xrRNA in the context of Powassan virus | Student- Kieft Lab | Microbiology |
| July 27, 2021 | Divya Kolakada | Stop codon sequence context influences nonsense mediated mRNA decay | Student- Jagannathan Lab | Molecular Biology |
| August 24, 2021 | Roberto Castro Gutierrez | Altered translational start site usage as a source of neoantigen formation in autoimmune diabetes | Student- Russ Lab | Molecular Biology |
| September 28, 2021 | Laura White | tRNA-based regulation of translation | Student- Hesselberth Lab | BMG |
| October 26, 2021 | Nicole Moss | Alternative splicing modulates insulin secretion | Student- Sussel Lab | CSD |
| November 30, 2021 | Allison Swain | Investigating the role of RNA modifications in mechanisms of long noncoding RNA HOTAIR and cell differentiation of a fungal pathogen | Postdoc- Johnson Lab | BMG |
2020
| Date | Speaker | Title | Position | Affiliation |
| January 14, 2020 | Ankita Arora, PhD | High-Throughput Identification of RNA Elements that Regulate Neuronal Localization Using a Massively Parallel Reporter Assay (MPRA) | PostDoc- Taliaferro Lab | BMG |
| February 4, 2020 | Erin Nishimura, PhD | Translate It or Condensate It: mRNA Localization in C. elegans early Embryos | Assistant Professor | CSU- Biochem & Mol Biol |
| March 3, 2020 | Allison Porman Swain, PhD | Investigating the Role of N6-methyladenosine in Candida albicans White-Opaque Switching | PostDoc- Johnson Lab | BMG |
| April 7, 2020 | Kelsey Nassar | Canceled | Student- Tan/Schweppe Lab | Endocrinology |
2019
| Date | Speaker | Title | Position | Affiliation |
| February 26, 2019 | Natalia Smirnova, PhD | Assessing the Cellular Heterogeneity of the Lung during Chronic Rejection after Transplantation by scRNAseq | Assistant Research Professor- EickelbergLab | Pulmonary Sciences |
| March 26, 2019 | Maddie Sherlock | Translation Termination-Reinitiation by a Structured Viral RNA | PostDoc- Kieft Lab | BMG |
| April 23, 2019 | Laura White | Student- Hesselberth Lab | BMG | |
| May 21, 2019 | Tassa Saldi, PhD | Effects of pre-mRNA Structure on Processing and Transcription | Research Instructor- Bentley Lab | BMG |
| August 20, 2019 | Rachel Jones | Brain Cytoplasmic RNAs: Uncharacterized lncRNAs in Localized Neuronal Translation Inhibition | Student- Kieft Lab | BMG |
| September 24, 2019 | James Till | rRNA Methylation and Translational Fidelity in Salmonella | Student- Vazquez-Torres Lab | Immunology & Microbiology |
| October 8, 2019 | Anna-Lena Steckelberg, PhD | Manipulation of RNA Metabolism by SARS Coronavirus Virulence Factor nsp1 | PostDoc- Kieft Lab | BMG |
| November 5, 2019 | Ben Akiyama, PhD | RNA Structure-Based Regulation of Flavivirus Replication | PostDoc- Kieft Lab | BMG |
| December 3, 2019 | Michael Cortazar Osorio, PhD | Escape from Nonsense-Mediated RNA Decay | PostDoc- Jagannathan Lab | BMG |
2018
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2017
| Date | Speaker | Title | Position | Affiliation |
| January 10, 2017 | Erik Hartwick | Translation Mediated by a Structured 3'UTR | Student- Kieft Lab | BMG |
| February 14, 2017 | Francisco Asturias, PhD | Investigating the Mechanistic Significance of Mediator Conformational Rearrangements | Assistant Professor | BMG |
| March 14, 2017 | Marisa Ruehle, PhD | RNA at the Centriole: Fact or Fiction? | PostDoc- Pearson Lab | CDB |
| April 12, 2017 | Ryan Sheridan | The Role of RNApolII Backtracking in Transcription Dynamics | Student- Bentley Lab | BMG |
| May 16, 2017 | Allison Porman, PhD | The Role of RNA Modification m6A in HOTAIR-Mediated Gene Repression | PostDoc- Johnson Lab | BMG |
| June 13, 2017 | Scott Seitz | Evaluating the Role of Rig-I-like RNA Helicases During RNA Virus Pathogenesis | Student- Tyler Lab | Neurology |
| July 11, 2017 | Veronica Fregoso | Exploration of the PIK3CD Splice Isoform,p37∂, in Neurodevelopment and Neuropsychiatric Disease | Student- Law Lab | Psychiatry |
| September 26, 2017 | Neel Mukherjee, PhD | RNA Regulation in Human Steroidogenesis | Assistant Professor | BMG |
| October 10, 2017 | Matthew Taliaferro, PhD | mRNA Localization: Delivering the Message | Assistant Professor | BMG |
| December 5, 2017 | Oliva Rissland | Connections Between Translation and mRNA Decay | Assistant Professor | BMG |
| December 13, 2017 | Anna-Lena Steckelberg, PhD | Exoribonuclease-Resistant RNA Structures: A New Mechanism for RNA Maturation? | PostDoc- Kieft Lab | BMG |