Join us for a scientific symposium featuring scholars from KAIST! Speakers will discuss their biomedical research on RNA, gene regulation, and disease.
Where: David G. Sills Conference Room / Sprague Hall 105 (1st Floor)
When: Thursday, June 5 from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM and Friday June 6 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Space is limited. RVSP required. There is no cost to attend.
Program Book
Agenda
Day 1 – Thursday, June 5:
1:00 PM Coffee
1:30 PM Welcome
Session 1. Epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation – Chair: Yoon Ki Kim (KAIST)
1:40 PM Daeyoup Lee, PhD – Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences, KAIST
RNAPII elongation defects caused by nuclear exosome depletion alter DNA topology and reduce cohesin occupancy
2:00 PM Ivan Marazzi, PhD – Professor, Dept of Biological Chemistry; Director, Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, UCI
Transposable elements in gene expression
2:20 PM Grace Bower – PhD Student, Evgeny Kvon Lab, Dept of Developmental and Cell Biology, UCI
Range Extender Mediates Long-Distance Enhancer Activity
2:40 PM Break
Session 2. The functions of RNA in gene regulation – Chair: Cholsoon Jang (UCI)
3:00 PM Yoon Ki Kim, PhD – Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences, KAIST
Circular RNA-induced nonsense-mediated mRNA decay
3:20 PM Yongsheng Shi, PhD – Professor, Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UCI
The nuclear RNA degradation code in health and diseases
3:40 PM Yoosik Kim, PhD – Professor, Dept of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST
Utilizing double-stranded RNAs for cancer therapy
4:00 PM Ki-Jun Yoon, PhD – Assistant Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences, KAIST
Regulation of neural epitranscriptome during neuronal differentiation and synaptogenesis
4:20 PM Closing Remarks
Day 2 – Friday, June 6:
8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries
9:00 AM Welcome
Session 3. Gene regulation and cellular stress – Chair: Yoosik Kim (KAIST)
9:10 AM Chunghun Lim, PhD – Associate Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences, KAIST
Ribosome collisions and translation stress responses in human diseases
9:30 AM Thomas Martinez, PhD – Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCI
Regulation of ribosome biogenesis by a disordered nucleolar microprotein
9:50 AM Won-Ki Cho, PhD – Assistant Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences, KAIST
The role of vimentin in resolving misfolded protein aggregates under proteolytic stress
10:10 AM Minji Byun, PhD – Assistant Professor, Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UCI
Clonal hematopoiesis-associated DNMT3A mutations derepress Polycomb Repressive Complex target genes
10:30 AM Break
Session 4. Gene regulation and tissue homeostasis – Chair: Won-Ki Cho (KAIST)
10:50 AM Seungsoo Kim, PhD – Assistant Professor, Dept of Developmental and Cell Biology, UCI
Deciphering combinatorial transcription factor control of cell identity
11:10 AM Cholsoon Jang, PhD – Assistant Professor, Dept of Biological Chemistry, UCI
Liver cancer cells evade ferroptosis through polyunsaturated fatty acid elongation
11:30 AM Yujin Chun, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow, Gina Lee / Cholsoon Jang Lab, Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UCI
mTORC1-dependent translational regulation of fatty acid desaturation enzymes
11:50 AM Hanseul Yang, PhD – Assistant Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences, KAIST
A novel fracture lattice in spiny mouse skin facilitates regeneration
12:10 PM Closing Remarks
