Seminar Annual Schedule
All Seasons
| SEASON | SESSION | LAB | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|---|
2024-2025 | Session 1: 2024-Nov-11Chair: François Bachand | Didier Stainer - Max Planck Institute (Germany) | Speaker: Lara Falcucci, Ph.D. student Title: Transcriptional adaptation, a new mRNA-decay-based mode of genetic compensation, drives utrophin upregulation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
2024-2025 | Session 1: 2024-Nov-11Chair: François Bachand | Claire Moore - Tufts University (USA) | Speaker: Atish Barua, postdoc fellow Title: The pivotal role of CFIm25 overexpression in macrophages is a key factor in antibacterial immunity |
2024-2025 | Session 1: 2024-Nov-11Chair: François Bachand | Lara Mahal - University of Alberta (Canada) | Speaker: Helia Dehghan Harati, Ph.D. student Title: Studying machinery underlying miRNA-mediated upregulation |
2024-2025 | Session 2: 2024-Dec-2 | Stacey Wetmore - University of Lethbridge (Canada) | Speaker: Indu Negi, postdoc fellow Title: Tuning the ykkC-I riboswitch: insights into potential effects of metal ion-induced allostery through MD simulations |
2024-2025 | Session 2: 2024-Dec-2 | Anna Blakney - University of British Columbia (Canada) | Speaker: Credo Casmil, Ph.D. student Title: Expanding the repertoire of self-amplifying RNA vectors: an emerging frontier in mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases |
2024-2025 | Session 2: 2024-Dec-2 | Marc Roussel - University of Lethbridge (Canada) | Speaker: Elizabeth Trofimenkoff, Ph.D. student Title: Mathematical modeling of eIF5B-mediated non-canonical translation initiation as a chemotherapeutic target |
2024-2025 | Session 3: 2025-Jan-13 | Samer Hussein - Université Laval (Canada) | Speaker: Valérie Watters, Ph.D. student Title: Novel cell-state specific isoforms of Tunar long non-coding RNA: implications in pluripotency and neuronal differentiation |
2024-2025 | Session 3: 2025-Jan-13 | Ethan Greenblatt - University of British Columbia (Canada) | Speaker: Kaicheng Ma, Ph.D. student Title: Stress granule associated protein complexes selectively promote mRNA translation during development |
2024-2025 | Session 3: 2025-Jan-13 | Karine Choquet - Université de Sherbrooke (Canada) | Speaker: Louis-Philippe Chaumont, M.Sc. student Title: Exploring the relationship between snoRNAs and alternative splicing of their host during neurogenesis |
2024-2025 | Session 4: 2025-Feb-4 | Sherif Abou Elela - Université de Sherbrooke | Speaker: Andrea Rivera, M.Sc. student Title: SNORA81 promotes ovarian cancer invasiveness by regulating the expression of cytokine signaling and cell cycle associated genes |
2024-2025 | Session 4: 2025-Feb-4 | Haissi Cui - University of Toronto | Speaker: Han Gao, M.Sc. student Title: A disease-associated IleRS variant causes its exclusion from the multisynthetase complex |
2024-2025 | Session 4: 2025-Feb-4 | Peter Unrau - Simon Fraser University | Speaker: Samira Ebrahimi , Ph.D. student Title: Regnase-1 precisely regulates NFKBIZ 3’UTR stability at the post-transcriptional level: Implications for B cell lymphoma and early SARS-CoV-2 infection |
2024-2025 | Session 5: 2025-Mar-10 | Syam Somasekharan - University of British Columbia | Speaker: Mia Cai, Ph.D. student Title: DDX55-mediated activation of AR via CBP: a novel driver of prostate cancer growth |
2024-2025 | Session 5: 2025-Mar-10 | Dev Majumdar - University of Vermont (USA) | Speaker: Zachary Miller, Ph.D. student Title: PABPC1 Regulates IgM Through Direct Interaction With The 3’UTR |
2024-2025 | Session 5: 2025-Mar-10 | Eric Massé - Université de Sherbrooke | Speaker: Carlos Daniel Vega Valle, M.Sc. student Title: A mutant regulatory RNA creates a new paradigm in RNA regulation |
2024-2025 | Session 6: 2025-Apr-15 | Michael Strong - University Of Western Ontario | Speaker: Melis Savasan Sogut, Post-doc Title: 3’UTR variants of ALS-related RNAs alter cellular and subcellular phenotypes |
2024-2025 | Session 6: 2025-Apr-15 | Bowen Li - University of Toronto | Speaker: Fanglin Gong, Ph.D. student Title: Inhaled amino acid-derived lipid nanoparticles enable efficient pulmonary gene editing in mice and ferrets |
2024-2025 | Session 6: 2025-Apr-15 | Jean-Philippe Brosseau - Université de Sherbrooke | Speaker: Dhanushka Hewa Bostanthirige, Post-doc Title: Proof-of-principle of NF1 gene therapy in plexiform neurofibroma mice models |
2024-2025 | Session 7: 2025-May-6 | Mathieu Quesnel-Vallieres - Université de Sherbrooke | Speaker: Emma Delannoy, PhD student Title: Exploring the functional impact and therapeutic potential of splicing variants in pancreatic cancer |
2024-2025 | Session 7: 2025-May-6 | Chantelle Sephton - Université Laval | Speaker: Bastien Glasson, PhD student Title: mTOR signaling regulates FUS association with polyribosomes and local translation inhibition |
2024-2025 | Session 7: 2025-May-6 | Neil Renwick - Queen’s University | Speaker: Tashifa Imtiaz, PhD student Title: Detection and functional characterization of a miR-375/YAP axis in neuroendocrine cells and related neoplasms |
2024-2025 | Session 8: 2025-Jun-9 | Benjamin Haley | Speaker: Title: |
2024-2025 | Session 8: 2025-Jun-9 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Title: |
2024-2025 | Session 8: 2025-Jun-9 | Kathryn Morelli | Speaker: Title: |
2023-2024 | Session 1: 2023-Nov-06 | Benoit Laurent lab | Speaker: Viktoriia Bavykina, MSc student Title: Transcriptomics in Action: Mapping Cellular Behavior in Engineered Biomaterials |
2023-2024 | Session 1: 2023-Nov-06 | Martin Smith lab | Speaker: Martin Smith, PI Title: Fiction or function: detecting RNA secondary structures in the mammalian genome |
2023-2024 | Session 1: 2023-Nov-06 | Julie Claycomb lab | Speaker: Julie Claycomb, PI Title: Mapping small RNA pathway neighbourhoods within C. elegans germ granules |
2023-2024 | Session 1: 2023-Nov-06 | Francois Bachand lab | Speaker: Mélodie Latour, MSc student Title: Welcome to the family: characterization of ZC3H14 as a new nuclear poly(A)-binding protein |
2023-2024 | Session 2: 2023-Dec-11 | Mathieu Flamand lab | Speaker: Mathieu Flamand, PI Title: Unraveling the roles of m6A readers in synaptic plasticity |
2023-2024 | Session 2: 2023-Dec-11 | Francois Major lab | Speaker: Mélanie Lemaire, PhD student Title: Determining the functional structure of primary microRNA transcripts |
2023-2024 | Session 2: 2023-Dec-11 | Trushar Patel lab | Speaker: Higor Pereira, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Title: Identification and Characterization of a G4s within the DENV 3' UTR and Its Impact on Viral Life Cycle |
2023-2024 | Session 2: 2023-Dec-11 | Marc Fabian lab | Speaker: Sam Kajjo, PhD candidate Title: Uncovering a link between PABPC and mTOR-mediated translational suppression |
2023-2024 | Session 3: 2024-Jan-15 | Mousumi Majumder lab | Speaker: Reid Opperman, MSc student Title: The Effects of Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage in microRNA Overexpressing Breast Cancer |
2023-2024 | Session 3: 2024-Jan-15 | Maureen McKeague lab | Speaker: Olivia Kovecses, PhD student Title: Small activating RNA for drugging transcription factors in leukemia |
2023-2024 | Session 3: 2024-Jan-15 | Evan Mercier lab | Speaker: Evan Mercier, PI Title: Multidrug efflux pumps in Acinetobacter baumannii and their roles in antimicrobial resistance |
2023-2024 | Session 3: 2024-Jan-15 | Christine Vande Velde lab | Speaker: Asmita Ghosh, Postdoc fellow Title: Relevance of the RNA binding protein G3BP1 to the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia |
2023-2024 | Session 4: 2024-Feb-5 | Nehal Thakor lab | Speaker: Nehal Thakor, PI Title: Regulation of mRNA translation by eIF5B in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
2023-2024 | Session 4: 2024-Feb-5 | Taha Azad lab | Speaker: Taha Azad, PI Title: Novel RNA therapeutics for cancer therapeutics and infectious disease |
2023-2024 | Session 4: 2024-Feb-5 | Aïda Ouangraoua lab | Speaker: Bertrand Marchand, post-doctoral fellow Title: Small parsimony approaches to reconstruct the evolution of RNA structures |
2023-2024 | Session 4: 2024-Feb-5 | Leslie Parent lab | Speaker: Rebecca Kaddis Maldonado, Research Faculty Title: Co-transcriptional assembly of retroviral ribonucleoprotein complexes |
2023-2024 | Session 5: 2024-Mar-11 | Jacques-P. Tremblay lab | Speaker: Kelly Godbout, PhD student Title: Correcting pathogenic mutations by prime editing through RNA delivery |
2023-2024 | Session 5: 2024-Mar-11 | Pavan Kakumani lab | Speaker: Claire Hynes, BSc student Title: Functional characterization of CSDE1 missense variants in autism spectrum disorder |
2023-2024 | Session 5: 2024-Mar-11 | Karine Choquet lab | Speaker: Karine Choquet, PI Title: Genetic regulation of nascent RNA splicing revealed by direct RNA nanopore sequencing |
2023-2024 | Session 5: 2024-Mar-11 | Athar Ansari lab | Speaker: Athar Ansari, PI Title: Beyond the canonical role of TFIIB in eukaryotic transcription |
2023-2024 | Session 6: 2024-Apr-8 | Ute Kothe lab | Speaker: Sarah Schultz, PhD candidate Title: Modifications in the T arm of tRNA globally determine tRNA maturation, function and cellular fitness |
2023-2024 | Session 6: 2024-Apr-8 | François Dragon lab | Speaker: Frédérique Servant, MSc student Title: The mystery of yeast RPS18A and RPS18B paralogs |
2023-2024 | Session 6: 2024-Apr-8 | Pascale Legault lab | Speaker: Nazli Kocatug, PhD candidate Title: Regulation of let-7 microRNA levels via a complex protein-protein interaction network |
2023-2024 | Session 6: 2024-Apr-8 | Jean-Pierre Perreault lab | Speaker: Marc-Antoine Turcotte, PhD candidate Title: G-quadruplex inducing oligonucleotides as MAOB therapeutic agent for Parkinson’s disease |
2023-2024 | Session 7: 2024-May-13 | Melissa Leger-Abraham lab | Speaker: Cristina Guttierez-Vargas, Postdoctoral Fellow Title: Structural studies of ribosomes from apicomplexan parasites |
2023-2024 | Session 7: 2024-May-13 | Martin Sauvageau lab | Speaker: Vatsal Satchan, PhD Title: Antisense oligonucleotide-mediated PCSK7 inhibition presents a novel therapeutic approach for MASLD |
2023-2024 | Session 7: 2024-May-13 | Michelle Scott lab | Speaker: Étienne Fafard-Couture, PhD candidate Title: Lost and found: Exploring the genomic landscape of snoRNAs and their pseudogenes |
2023-2024 | Session 7: 2024-May-13 | Nawwaf Kharma lab | Speaker: Gabriel Aguiar-Tawil, PhD student Title: Transcription as a Means of Enhancing Biosensor Sensitivity |
2023-2024 | Session 8: 2024-Jun-10 | Eric Jan | Speaker: Subash Chapagain, PhD student Title: Of form and essence: Investigation of novel viral internal ribosome entry sites discovered through metagenomic mining |
2023-2024 | Session 8: 2024-Jun-10 | Maritza Jaramillo | Speaker: Laura Marcela Garcia Prada, PhD student Title: Investigating the anti-leishmanial activity of rocaglates with high and low binding affinity for the RNA helicase eIF4A |
2023-2024 | Session 8: 2024-Jun-10 | Chantal Autexier | Speaker: Adrian Young, PhD student Title: Coordinated interactions of unique telomerase reverse transcriptase domains that influence telomerase association to telomeres |
2023-2024 | Session 8: 2024-Jun-10 | Athan Zovoilis | Speaker: Travis Haight, PhD student Title: Dissecting the role of circular RNAs in neurodegeneration |
2022-2023 | Session 1: 2022-Nov-07 | Leslie Parent lab | Speaker: Leslie Parent, PI Title: Exploring the role of biomolecular condensates in retrovirus assembly |
2022-2023 | Session 1: 2022-Nov-07 | Hanadi Sleiman lab | Speaker: Jathavan (Jath) Asohan, PhD student Title: Can Greasy Nanoparticles Treat 'Undruggable' Diseases? |
2022-2023 | Session 1: 2022-Nov-07 | Yingfu Li lab | Speaker: Jake Brill, MSc student Title: In vitro selection of single-mutant RNA libraries reveals variants of a cis-acting hammerhead ribozyme with mutations to a previously identified essential nucleotide. |
2022-2023 | Session 1: 2022-Nov-07 | Benoit Laurent lab | Speaker: Benoit Laurent, PI Title: Can we track brain aging with RNA? |
2022-2023 | Session 2: 2022-Dec-12 | Mousumi Majumder lab | Speaker: Braydon Nault, MSc. student Title: More than the mitochondria. Investigating ATP synthase as a breast cancer marker |
2022-2023 | Session 2: 2022-Dec-12 | Daniel Lafontaine lab | Speaker: Shirin Jahangirnejad, PhD. student Title: Investigating metabolic crosstalk of biochemical pathways involving riboswitches in Escherichia coli. |
2022-2023 | Session 2: 2022-Dec-12 | Melissa Leger-Abraham lab | Speaker: Lee Izhaki-Thavor, PostDoc student Title: Biological and structural characterization of DOZI from Plasmodium falciparum |
2022-2023 | Session 2: 2022-Dec-12 | François Bachand lab | Speaker: Zabih Mir Hassani, MSc. student Title: Targeting a dedicated ribosomal protein chaperone to inhibit cancer cell proliferation |
2022-2023 | Session 3: 2023-Jan-09 | Jonathan Perreault lab | Speaker: Aurélie Devinck, PhD. Student Title: Functional characterization of novel non-coding RNA structures in Pseudomonas using luminescence assay |
2022-2023 | Session 3: 2023-Jan-09 | Marlene Oeffinger lab | Speaker: Marlene Oeffinger, PI Title: Nuclear mRNA metabolism drives selective basket assembly on a subset of nuclear pore complexes in S.cerevisiae |
2022-2023 | Session 3: 2023-Jan-09 | Daniel Zenklusen lab | Speaker: Daniel Zenklusen, PI Title: Single-molecule imaging suggests compact and spliceosome dependent organization of long introns |
2022-2023 | Session 3: 2023-Jan-09 | Athanasios Zovoilis lab | Speaker: Liam Mitchell, PhD. Student Title: A to I analysis approaches for RNAs from repetitive elements |
2022-2023 | Session 4: 2023-Feb-13 | Michael Charette lab | Speaker: Courtney Geer, MSc. student Title: SAM Supplementation Partially Rescues a Yeast Model of the Bowen-Conradi Syndrome Ribosomopathy |
2022-2023 | Session 4: 2023-Feb-13 | Pavan Kumar Kakumani lab | Speaker: Pavan Kakumani, PI Title: CSDE1 promotes miR-451 biogenesis |
2022-2023 | Session 4: 2023-Feb-13 | Ute Kothe lab | Speaker: Sarah Schultz, Ph.D. student Title: Using a thiolase to study how the methyltransferase TrmB binds tRNA |
2022-2023 | Session 4: 2023-Feb-13 | Maureen McKeague lab | Speaker: Maira Rivera Valdés, Postdoctoral Researcher Title: RNA gymnastics: A method to detect RNA switching in vitro |
2022-2023 | Session 5: 2023-Mar-06 | Ly Vu lab | Speaker: Ly Vu, PI Title: The role of the CCR4-NOT (CNOT) RNA Deadenylation Complex in Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
2022-2023 | Session 5: 2023-Mar-06 | Jean-Pierre Perreault lab | Speaker: Marc-Antoine Turcotte, Ph.D. student Title: Exploring the Impact of Alpha-Synuclein Mutations on G-Quadruplex Targeting: Implications for Therapeutic Development |
2022-2023 | Session 5: 2023-Mar-06 | Maritza Jaramillo lab | Speaker: Leonardo Cortazzo da Silva, M.Sc. student Title: Reprogramming host and parasite eIF4A–dependent mRNA translation to control Leishmania infection |
2022-2023 | Session 5: 2023-Mar-06 | Nahum Sonenberg lab | Speaker: Reese Ladak, M.Sc. student Title: The role of 4EHP in regulating cGAS-STING-induced IFNβ expression |
2022-2023 | Session 6: 2023-Apr-04 | Michelle Scott lab Université de Sherbrooke | Speaker: Kristina Song, M.Sc. student Title: Unravelling new functions of box C/D snoRNAs through snoRNA-RBP interaction networks and RNA-seq analyses |
2022-2023 | Session 6: 2023-Apr-04 | Mark Bayfield lab York University | Speaker: Farnaz Mansouri-Noori, Ph.D. student Title: The LARP1 homolog Slr1p controls the stability and expression of proto-5’TOP mRNAs in fission yeast |
2022-2023 | Session 6: 2023-Apr-04 | Mikhail Kashlev lab Bethesda NIH, USA | Speaker: Smriti Singh, Post-doctoral fellow Title: Regulation of promoter proximal pausing of human RNA polymerase II by Transcription factor IIS |
2022-2023 | Session 6: 2023-Apr-04 | Pascal Chartrand lab Université de Montréal | Speaker: Yani Bouaziz, Ph.D. student Title: The Role of Arx1/Alb1 in TLC1 RNA Nuclear Export and Telomerase Biogenesis in Budding Yeast |
2022-2023 | Session 7: 2023-May-08 | François Major lab | Speaker: Simon Chasles, MSc. student Title: Automatic recognition of complementary strands: Lessons regarding machine learning abilities in RNA folding |
2022-2023 | Session 7: 2023-May-08 | Jérôme Waldispuhl lab | Speaker: Javona White Bear, PhD student Title: Structural characterization of natural antisense transcripts with nanopore sequencing |
2022-2023 | Session 7: 2023-May-08 | William Zerges lab | Speaker: Melanie Alfonso, PhD student Title: Chloroplast-localized translation for protein targeting to this photosynthetic organelle |
2022-2023 | Session 7: 2023-May-08 | Éric Lécuyer lab | Speaker: Grégoire de Bisschop, Postdoctoral fellow Title: Image-based survey of RBP localization upon SARS-CoV-2 infection |
2022-2023 | Session 8: 2023-Jun-05 | Sabine Cordes lab | Speaker: Sabine Cordes, PI Title: RNA and the Molecular genetics of Happiness |
2022-2023 | Session 8: 2023-Jun-05 | Benjamin Blencowe lab | Speaker: Jonathan Roth, Graduate student Title: Systematic analysis of alternative exon-dependent interactome remodelling reveals multitasking functions of gene regulatory factors |
2022-2023 | Session 8: 2023-Jun-05 | Homa Ghalei lab | Speaker: Jenny Warnock, Post-doctoral fellow Title: Differential roles of the homologous AAA+ ATPases Rvb1 and Rvb2 in snoRNP assembly |
2022-2023 | Session 8: 2023-Jun-05 | Hans-Joachim Wieden lab | Speaker: Amanda Vazquez Gonzalez, PhD Student Title: The Hidden Complexities of Bacterial Translation – Ribosome Rescue Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance |
2021-2022 | Session 1: 2021-Nov-08 | Jocelyn Côté lab | Speaker: Olivier Binda, visiting scientist Title: A TUDOR Family Reunion |
2021-2022 | Session 1: 2021-Nov-08 | Eric Jan lab | Speaker: Jibin Sadasivan, PhD student Title: An insect viral protein disrupts stress granule formation by modulating Nup358/Ranbp2 |
2021-2022 | Session 1: 2021-Nov-08 | Thomas Duchaine lab | Speaker: Thomas Duchaine Title: Distinct and opposing functions for CFIm59 and CFIm68 in mRNA alternative polyadenylation of Pten and in the PI3K/Akt signalling cascade |
2021-2022 | Session 1: 2021-Nov-08 | Christine Vande Velde lab | Speaker: Myriam Gagne, PhD student Title: hnRNP A1B, a splice variant of HNRNPA1, has a potential function in RNA transport |
2021-2022 | Session 2: 2021-Dec-06 | Anna Blakney lab | Speaker: Anna Blakney, Assistant Professor Title: Optimization of Self-Amplifying RNA Expression and Immunogenicity |
2021-2022 | Session 2: 2021-Dec-06 | Trushar Patel lab | Speaker: Tyler Mrozowich, PhD student Title: Investigating Non-coding RNA interactions in flaviviruses |
2021-2022 | Session 2: 2021-Dec-06 | Samer Hussein lab | Speaker: Valérie Watters, PhD student Title: Isoform and localization choice of the long non-coding RNA Tuna during neuronal differentiation |
2021-2022 | Session 2: 2021-Dec-06 | Jonathan Perreault lab | Speaker: Sabrine Najeh, PhD student Title: Dual selection for aptazymes for biosensor development purpose |
2021-2022 | Session 3: 2022-Jan-10 | Claire Moore lab | Speaker: Hui-Yun Liu, Postdoctoral Scholar Title: Targeting the mRNA poly(A) site endonuclease CPSF73 inhibits breast cancer cell migration and invasion |
2021-2022 | Session 3: 2022-Jan-10 | Pascale Legault lab | Speaker: Pierre Dagenais, research assistant Title: An integrative NMR-SAXS approach for structure determination of large RNAs in solution |
2021-2022 | Session 3: 2022-Jan-10 | Marc Fabian lab | Speaker: William Brothers, PhD candidate Title: RNP granule integrity regulates MARF1-mediated gene silencing |
2021-2022 | Session 3: 2022-Jan-10 | Martin Bisaillon lab | Speaker: Simon Boudreault, PhD candidate Title: Oncolytic reovirus’ μ2 protein modulates cellular alternative splicing by reducing U5 snRNP protein levels |
2021-2022 | Session 4: 2022-Feb-14 | Martin Sauvageau lab | Speaker: David Ferland-McCollough, Research Associate Title: Characterization of the lncRNA CRNDE in colorectal cancer |
2021-2022 | Session 4: 2022-Feb-14 | Andrew Mouland lab | Speaker: Gabriel Guajardo Contreras, Ph.D. student Title: HIV-1 en route!. Hitching a ride on late endosomes/lysosomes |
2021-2022 | Session 4: 2022-Feb-14 | Stéphane Richard lab | Speaker: Claudia Dominici, Ph.D. student Title: Muscle Stem Cell Polarity Requires QKI-mediated Alternative Splicing of Integrin Alpha-7 (Itga7) |
2021-2022 | Session 4: 2022-Feb-14 | François Bachand lab | Speaker: Maxime Duval, M.Sc. student Title: A new role for the conserved RNA-binding protein Seb1 in co-transcriptional ribosomal RNA processing via the control of RNA polymerase I elongation rates |
2021-2022 | Session 5: 2022-Mar-07 | Neil Renwick lab | Speaker: Jina Nanayakkara, Ph.D. candidate Title: microRNA-based classification of neuroendocrine neoplasms |
2021-2022 | Session 5: 2022-Mar-07 | Anne Gatignol lab | Speaker: Ryan Goguen, Ph.D. student Title: Optimization of functional anti-HIV-1 RNAs: a necessary step towards achieving a functional cure by gene therapy |
2021-2022 | Session 5: 2022-Mar-07 | Marc-Etienne Huot lab | Speaker: Alexia Caillier, Ph.D. Title: eIf2α-regulated translation modulates the early adhesion of mesenchymal-like cells |
2021-2022 | Session 5: 2022-Mar-07 | Daniel Lafontaine lab | Speaker: Tithi Ghosh, Ph.D. student Title: The lysC riboswitch acts as a regulatory nexus |
2021-2022 | Session 6: 2022-Apr-11 | Andrew MacMillan lab | Speaker: Jeff McDonald, M.Sc. Student Title: Investigating 3´ Splice Site Recognition by the Pre-Spliceosome |
2021-2022 | Session 6: 2022-Apr-11 | Michelle Scott lab | Speaker: Danny Bergeron, Ph.D. Student Title: RNA-RNA interaction network unravels gene regulation by embedded snoRNAs |
2021-2022 | Session 6: 2022-Apr-11 | Sherif Abou Elela lab | Speaker: Cyrielle Petibon, Ph.D. Student Title: Meiosis-specific transcription factor Rim101 causes differential splicing of duplicated ribosomal protein genes |
2021-2022 | Session 6: 2022-Apr-11 | Patrick Provost lab | Speaker: Idrissa Diallo, Ph.D. student Title: A tRNA-derived fragment present in E. coli OMVs regulates host cell gene expression and proliferation |
2021-2022 | Session 7: 2022-May-09 | Peter Unrau lab | Speaker: Iqra Yaseen, Ph.D. student Title: Studying Cas9:gRNA Interactions using a FRET-based Fluorogenic RNA Aptamer-Protein System |
2021-2022 | Session 7: 2022-May-09 | Pascal Chartrand lab | Speaker: Kamélia Maguemoun, MSc student Title: Single-molecule imaging of telomerase RNA to study telomerase recruitment at telomeres |
2021-2022 | Session 7: 2022-May-09 | Chantal Autexier lab | Speaker: Alexandre Garus, Ph.D. student Title: Unravelling the role of a poorly characterized region of dyskerin in H/ACA RNP biogenesis and telomerase function |
2021-2022 | Session 7: 2022-May-09 | Martin Simard lab | Speaker: Anisha Pal, Ph.D. student Title: Deciphering the role of slicer argonautes (ALG-1/2) in miRNA biogenesis in animals |
2021-2022 | Session 8: 2022-Jun-06 | Athar Ansari lab | Speaker: Athar Ansari, PI Title: Gene looping is the determinant of uaRNA and mRNA transcription in budding yeast |
2021-2022 | Session 8: 2022-Jun-06 | Nehal Thakor lab | Speaker: Veda Hegde MSc student Title: Regulation of mRNA translation by tumor suppressor proteins PDCD4 and eIF3F |
2021-2022 | Session 8: 2022-Jun-06 | Stephen Rader lab | Speaker: Viktor Slat, PhD Student Title: A comparative exploration of the splicing landscape in two unicellular red algae |
2021-2022 | Session 8: 2022-Jun-06 | Chantelle Sephton lab | Speaker: Chantelle Sephton, PI Title: mTOR regulation of FUS activity at polyribosomes: Implications for synaptic dysfunction in ALS/FTD |
2020-2021 | Session 1: 2020-Nov-09 | Martin Simard lab | Speaker: Miguel Quévillon Huberdeau, PhD student Title: A specific Argonaute phosphorylation is temporarily regulated and affect binding to microRNAs |
2020-2021 | Session 1: 2020-Nov-09 | Marc Fabian lab | Speaker: Sam Kajjo, PhD candidate Title: A new system to investigate how PABP regulates the mammalian transcriptome |
2020-2021 | Session 1: 2020-Nov-09 | Francois Bachand lab | Speaker: Carlo Yague-Sanz, Postdoctoral fellow Title: Cotranscriptional RNA cleavage by Drosha homolog Pac1 triggers transcription termination in S. pombe |
2020-2021 | Session 1: 2020-Nov-09 | Chantal Autexier lab | Speaker: Jian Qin, PhD student Title: Negative regulation of telomerase RNA levels and dyskerin SUMOylation by the nucleolar SUMO-specific protease SENP3 |
2020-2021 | Session 2: 2020-Dec-07 | Éric Massé lab | Speaker: Evelyne Ng Kwan Lim, M.Sc. student Title: Coordination of cell division by small regulatory RNAs in Escherichia coli |
2020-2021 | Session 2: 2020-Dec-07 | Thomas Duchaine lab | Speaker: Alexandra Lewis, PhD student Title: Uncovering the mechanisms of nuclear RNAi-mediated transcriptional silencing through proteomic analysis of the effector machinery |
2020-2021 | Session 2: 2020-Dec-07 | Nehal Thakor lab | Speaker: Keiran Vanden Dungen, M.Sc. student Title: Depletion of eukaryotic initiation factor 5B (eIF5B) reprograms metabolomic profile of the glioblastoma cells |
2020-2021 | Session 2: 2020-Dec-07 | Francois Major lab | Speaker: Francois Major Title: Reflexions about RNA structure, dynamics, and function |
2020-2021 | Session 3: 2021-Jan-11 | Trushar Patel lab | Speaker: Maulik Badmalia, postdoctoral fellow Title: Identification and Characterisation of G-quadruplex in HBV |
2020-2021 | Session 3: 2021-Jan-11 | Benoit Cousineau lab | Speaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston Title: Group II intron circularization: when splicing goes backwards |
2020-2021 | Session 3: 2021-Jan-11 | Ute Kothe lab | Speaker: Sarah Schultz, Ph.D. candidate Title: Who starts the game of tRNA modification? Defining the preferred order without a coin toss |
2020-2021 | Session 3: 2021-Jan-11 | Jean-Pierre Perreault lab | Speaker: Anaïs Vannutelli, PhD candidate Title: The prediction of G4 in diverse species shows that their presence is not only a question of GC content |
2020-2021 | Session 4: 2021-Feb-08 | Hans-Joachim Wieden lab | Speaker: Dustin Smith, PhD student Title: Use of Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Engineer Protein and RNA-based Biosensors |
2020-2021 | Session 4: 2021-Feb-08 | Michael Strong lab | Speaker: Zach Hawley, Postdoctoral Scientist at Biogen Title: Evidence of a negative feedback network between TDP-43 and miR-181c-5p dependent on TDP-43 nuclear localization |
2020-2021 | Session 4: 2021-Feb-08 | Eric Lecuyer lab | Speaker: Juan-Carlos Padilla, PhD student Title: Investigating the mechanisms of RNA targeting to extracellular vesicles |
2020-2021 | Session 4: 2021-Feb-08 | Michelle Scott lab | Speaker: Étienne Fafard-Couture, MSc student Title: Deciphering the human snoRNome |
2020-2021 | Session 5: 2021-Mar-08 | Maureen McKeague lab | Speaker: Maureen McKeague Title: Ribozyme switches for controlling biosynthesis and signalling pathways |
2020-2021 | Session 5: 2021-Mar-08 | Brendan Bell lab | Speaker: Morgane Da Rocha, PhD student Title: Deciphering the role of Nat10 in HIV latency |
2020-2021 | Session 5: 2021-Mar-08 | Imed Gallouzi lab | Speaker: Amr Omer, PhD student Title: Autophagy and heat-shock response impair stress granule assembly during cellular senescence |
2020-2021 | Session 5: 2021-Mar-08 | Ben Blencowe lab | Speaker: Andy Best, post-doc student Title: A high-throughput small molecule screen for modulators of an Srrm4-dependent microexon splicing network commonly disrupted in autism spectrum disorder |
2020-2021 | Session 6: 2021-Apr-12 | Stephane Richard lab | Speaker: Claudia Dominici, Ph.D. student Title: Quaking (QKI) regulates a network of alternative splicing in muscle stem cells that is required for muscle regeneration |
2020-2021 | Session 6: 2021-Apr-12 | Samer Hussein lab | Speaker: Emeline Lelong, Ph.D. student Title: Unveiling the translatome of resistant prostate cancer |
2020-2021 | Session 6: 2021-Apr-12 | Nahum Sonenberg lab | Speaker: Mehdi Amiri, Ph.D. student Title: Phosphorylation of eIF2α safeguards the naïve state of pluripotency |
2020-2021 | Session 6: 2021-Apr-12 | Mark Bayfield lab | Speaker: Kyra Kerkofs, Ph.D. student Title: Characterization of a novel, atypical La protein in Tetrahymena thermophila (MLP1): Can a La protein missing a highly conserved domain still bind its target RNA? |
2020-2021 | Session 7: 2021-May-10 | Daniel Lafontaine lab | Speaker: Simon Jeanneau, MSc. Student Title: Identification and characterization of hairpin-stabilized transcriptional pauses in Escherichia coli |
2020-2021 | Session 7: 2021-May-10 | Marlene Oeffinger lab | Speaker: Vivian Huynh, MSc student Title: One for All, All for One: Determining RBP heterogeneity on nuclear mRNAs via isolation of native mRNP complexes |
2020-2021 | Session 7: 2021-May-10 | Paul Joyce lab | Speaker: Nathalie Reid, PhD student Title: Characterizing the S. pombe tRNA nucleotidyltransferases: Are two better than one? |
2020-2021 | Session 7: 2021-May-10 | Maritza Jaramillo lab | Speaker: Maritza Jaramillo, PI Title: Shaping the translational landscape of the host cell during Toxoplasma gondii infection |
2020-2021 | Session 8: 2021-Jun-07 | Pascal Chartrand lab | Speaker: Nastaran Farajzadeh, PhD student Title: Phosphorylation of RNA-binding protein She2 and its impact on mRNA localisation in yeast |
2020-2021 | Session 8: 2021-Jun-07 | Athanasios Zovoilis lab | Speaker: Luke Saville, PhD student Title: Regulation of RNA self-cleavage by Hsf1 during response to neuro-toxicity |
2020-2021 | Session 8: 2021-Jun-07 | Mikhail Kashlev lab | Speaker: Mikhail Kashlev, PI Title: NET-seq analysis of the mechanisms for regulation of transcription pausing by trans-acting factors and cis-acting signals in bacteria |
2020-2021 | Session 8: 2021-Jun-07 | Michael Charette lab | Speaker: Michael Charette, PI Title: Discovering the essential function of the Bowen-Conradi syndrome protein EMG1 in ribosome assembly |
| 2019-2020 | Session 1: 2019-Nov-04 | Martin Simard lab | Speaker:Pierre-Marc Frédérick Title:Characterization of a new ALG-1 interactor involved in the specific miRNA loading |
| 2019-2020 | Session 1: 2019-Nov-04 | Marc Fabian lab | Speaker: William Brothers Title: Transcriptome-wide analysis of MARF1 target mRNAs uncovers a novel role for mRNA decapping factors in regulating mRNA turnover |
| 2019-2020 | Session 1: 2019-Nov-04 | Francois Bachand lab | Speaker: Carlo Yague-Sanz Title:RNA Polymerase II Elongation Rate Affects the Co-transcriptional Selection of Alternative Polyadenylation Sites |
| 2019-2020 | Session 1: 2019-Nov-04 | Jérôme Waldispühl lab | Speaker:Yash Patel Title:Characterization of 3D RNA Structural Elements Involved in RBP-RNA Interaction |
| 2019-2020 | Session 2: 2019-Dec-02 | Nehal Thakor lab | Speaker: Nehal Thakor Title: Non-canonical translation initiation: from mechanism to the survival of glioblastoma cells. |
| 2019-2020 | Session 2: 2019-Dec-02 | Francois Major lab | Speaker: Mathieu Dupont, PhD candidate Title: Overrepresented and conserved RNA blocks are functional motifs and can be identified without sequence alignment |
| 2019-2020 | Session 2: 2019-Dec-02 | Thomas Duchaine lab | Speaker: Hsin Wei Tseng, PhD candidate Title: 3’-Un-Translated Regions (3’UTRs) and microRNA dysfunctions in ovarian cancer. |
| 2019-2020 | Session 3: 2020-Jan-13 | Trushar Patel lab | Speaker: Darren Gemmill, Msc. Student Title: Identification and characterization of Zika Viral non-coding region interactions with human proteins. |
| 2019-2020 | Session 3: 2020-Jan-13 | Benoit Cousineau lab | Speaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, PHD. Student Title: New group II intron splicing pathway increases bacterial genetic diversity and intron dissemination |
| 2019-2020 | Session 3: 2020-Jan-13 | Ute Kothe lab | Speaker: Ute Kothe Title: Target transcriptome of two pseudouridine synthases |
| 2019-2020 | Session 3: 2020-Jan-13 | Jean-Pierre Perreault lab | Speaker: Anaïs Vannutelli, PHD. student Title: Prediction of G-quadruplexes in each realm of life |
| 2019-2020 | Session 4: 2020-Feb-03 | Aïda Ouangraoua lab | Speaker: Esaie Kuitche, PHD. student Title: Alternative splicing-aware simulation of biological sequence evolution |
| 2019-2020 | Session 4: 2020-Feb-03 | Michelle Scott lab | Speaker: Gaspard Reulet, Msc. Student Title: Reducing the structure bias of RNA-Seq reveals a large number of non-annotated non-coding RNA |
| 2019-2020 | Session 4: 2020-Feb-03 | Hans-Joachim Wieden lab | Speaker: Davinder Kaur Dhalla, Ph.D. student Title: Investigating Amino Acid Alphabets to Extract Protein Design Principles. |
| 2019-2020 | Session 4: 2020-Feb-03 | Sherif Abou Elela lab | Speaker: Laurence Faucher-Giguère, Msc. Student Title: H/ACA snoRNA, Potential Diagnostic Biomarker for High Grade Serous Carcinoma |
| 2019-2020 | Session 5: 2020-Mar-09 | Imed Gallouzi lab | Speaker: Souad Mubaid, PhD student Title: Impact of posttranslational modification on the promyogenic function of HuR |
| 2019-2020 | Session 5: 2020-Mar-09 | Vincent Burrus lab | Speaker: Romain Durand, PhD student Title: Salmonella Genomic Island 1 Hijacks the Genetic Regulatory Network of IncC Conjugative Plasmids |
| 2019-2020 | Session 5: 2020-Mar-09 | Bill Zerges lab | Speaker: Shiva Bakhtiari, PhD student Title: Localized Translation for Photosystem Biogenesis |
| 2019-2020 | Session 5: 2020-Mar-09 | Michael Charette lab | Speaker: Dr Michael Charette, PhD,Assistant Professor Title: The Bowen-Conradi Syndrome Ribosomopathy is Due in Part to a Loss of Protein-Protein Interactions. |
| 2019-2020 | Session 6: SUSPENDED | Stephane Richard lab | Speaker: Jeesan Lee, PhD student Title: The function of the RNA binding protein Quaking (QKI) in microglia, the resident macrophage of the brain. |
| 2019-2020 | Session 6: SUSPENDED | Chantal Autexier lab | Speaker: Jian Qin, PhD student Title: Regulation of dyskerin SUMOylation and telomerase RNA levels by nucleolar SUMO proteases |
| 2019-2020 | Session 6: SUSPENDED | Nahum Sonenberg lab | Speaker: Title: |
| 2019-2020 | Session 6: SUSPENDED | Benoit Chabot lab | Speaker: Mathieu Deschênes, PhD student Title: Spliceosome defects associated with senescence: More than meets the eye. |
| 2019-2020 | Session 7: 2020-May-04 | Marlene Oeffinger lab | Speaker: Pierre Bensidoun, PhD student Title: Nuclear mRNA metabolism directs specialization of the nuclear pore complex in yeast |
| 2019-2020 | Session 7: 2020-May-04 | Maritza Jaramillo lab | Speaker: Maritza Jaramillo Title: Reprogramming of host mRNA translation during Leishmania donovani infection |
| 2019-2020 | Session 7: 2020-May-04 | Samer Hussein lab | Speaker: Gabriel Khelifi, PhD student Title: The role of a long non-coding RNA in defining naïve pluripotency. |
| 2019-2020 | Session 7: 2020-May-04 | Paul Joyce lab | Speaker: Zara Aryanpour, MSc student Title: Characterization of position 64 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. |
| 2019-2020 | Session 8: 2020-Jun-01 | Stephane Richard lab | Speaker: Jeesan Lee, PhD student Title: Microexon Alternative Splicing by Quaking Modulates the Network of Rho GTPase Pathway in Microglia During CNS Demyelination |
| 2019-2020 | Session 8: 2020-Jun-01 | Jean-Philippe Brosseau lab | Speaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau, PI Title: Neurofibromatosis Type I: Challenges and Opportunities |
| 2019-2020 | Session 8: 2020-Jun-01 | Yingfu Li lab | Speaker: Erin M. McConnell, Postdoctoral Fellow Title: Towards the development of a rapid at-home test for SARS-CoV-2 |
| 2019-2020 | Session 8: 2020-Jun-01 | Athanasios Zovoilis lab | Speaker: Luke Saville, Lab manager Title: Increased processing of SINE non coding RNAs unveils a novel type of transcriptome de-regulation underlying amyloid beta neuro-pathology |
| 2018-2019 | Session 1: 2018-Nov-05 | Francois Bachand lab | Speaker: Yann Vanrobaeys, M.Sc. student Title: Gene expression analysis of slow transcription elongation complex reveals stress responses in fission yeast |
| 2018-2019 | Session 1: 2018-Nov-05 | Martin Simard lab | Speaker: Alexandra Dallaire, Ph.D. student Title: Somatic and Germline microRNAs form distinct silencing complexes to regulate their target mRNAs differently |
| 2018-2019 | Session 1: 2018-Nov-05 | Jérôme Waldispühl lab | Speaker: Roman Sarrazin-Gendron, M.Sc. student Title: Automated and customized prediction of RNA 3D base pair modules from sequence |
| 2018-2019 | Session 1: 2018-Nov-05 | Marc Fabian lab | Speaker: Hana Fakim, Ph.D. student Title: Structural and functional insights into MARF1-mediated mRNA decay |
| 2018-2019 | Session 2: 2018-Dec-03 | Éric Massé lab | Speaker: Marc Gruell, Post-doctoral fellow Title: A new role for an old actor: RyhB and cell division |
| 2018-2019 | Session 2: 2018-Dec-03 | Thomas Duchaine lab | Speaker: Vinay Mayya, PhD candidate Title: RNA-binding protein and miRISC cooperativity in mRNA translation repression, deadenylation and decay |
| 2018-2019 | Session 2: 2018-Dec-03 | Nehal Thakor lab | Speaker: Kamiko Bressler, M.Sc. candidate Title: Eukaryotic initiation factor 5B (eIF5B) cooperates with eIF1A and eIF5 to regulate uORF-mediated translation of ATF4 |
| 2018-2019 | Session 2: 2018-Dec-03 | Francois Major lab | Speaker: Guillaume Poirier-Morency, M.Sc. student Title: miRBooking 2.0: An Enzymatic Model for the Microtargetome |
| 2018-2019 | Session 3: 2019-Jan-14 | Trushar Patel lab | Speaker: Tyler Mrozowich, M.Sc. candidate Title: Biophysical Characterization of Flaviviral Non-Coding Terminal Regions |
| 2018-2019 | Session 3: 2019-Jan-14 | Benoit Cousineau lab | Speaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, Ph.D. student Title: Group II intron intergenic trans-splicing produces chimeric proteins with novel functions |
| 2018-2019 | Session 3: 2019-Jan-14 | Ute Kothe lab | Speaker: Dominic Czekay, M.Sc. student Title: Specificity and structural requirements of H/ACA guide RNA – substrate RNA interactions |
| 2018-2019 | Session 3: 2019-Jan-14 | Jean-Pierre Perreault lab | Speaker: Marc-Antoine Turcotte, M.Sc. student Title: G-quadruplexes of the transcriptome associated to Parkinson disease |
| 2018-2019 | Session 4: 2019-Feb-04 | Hans-Joachim Wieden lab | Speaker: Harland Brandon, PhD Student Title: Molecular Mimicry and the Ribosome: The conserved ATPase YchF interacts with tRNA and the ribosome |
| 2018-2019 | Session 4: 2019-Feb-04 | Jérôme Waldispühl lab | Speaker: Carlos Gonzalez Oliver, PhD student Title: Flexible graph alignment and vector embedding for RNA-small molecule binding prediction |
| 2018-2019 | Session 4: 2019-Feb-04 | Aïda Ouangraoua lab | Speaker: Safa Jammali, Ph.D. student Title: SplicedFamAlign: CDS-to-gene spliced alignment and identification of transcript orthology groups |
| 2018-2019 | Session 4: 2019-Feb-04 | Michelle Scott lab | Speaker: Joël Simoneau, M.Sc. student Title: Investigating the RNA-seq in silico pipeline signatures |
| 2018-2019 | Session 5: 2019-Mar-04 | Bill Zerges lab | Speaker: James Dhaliwal, PhD student Title: Proteomic analyses of Oxidized RNA Bodies in yeast |
| 2018-2019 | Session 5: 2019-Mar-04 | Imed Gallouzi lab | Speaker: Amr Omer, PhD student Title: A novel role of G3BP1as a modulator of cellular senescence |
| 2018-2019 | Session 5: 2019-Mar-04 | Brendan Bell lab | Speaker: Mikaël Poirier, MSc student Title: Understanding HIV latency - Dynamic interplay between host cell transcription factors at the core promoter |
| 2018-2019 | Session 6: 2019-Apr-08 | Stephane Richard lab | Speaker: Ting Cai, PhD student Title: Defining how PRMT5 regulates alternative splicing |
| 2018-2019 | Session 6: 2019-Apr-08 | Samer Hussein lab | Speaker: Victoire Fort, PhD student Title: Unravelling the function of G22 lncRNA in regulating pluripotent cell states |
| 2018-2019 | Session 6: 2019-Apr-08 | Nahum Sonnenberg lab | Speaker: Peng Wang, Postdoctoral fellow Title: PPM1G and PP2A-B55α regulate cell proliferation and survival by targeting eIF4E/4E-BP1 dependent mRNA translation |
| 2018-2019 | Session 6: 2019-Apr-08 | Benoit Chabot lab | Speaker: Title: |
| 2018-2019 | Session 7: 2019-May-06 | Marlene Oeffinger lab | Speaker: Lisbeth-Carolina Aguilar, Research Assistant Title: Disruption of nuclear RNA homeostasis by stabilization of polyadenylated ncRNAs |
| 2018-2019 | Session 7: 2019-May-06 | Paul Joyce lab | Speaker: Shayesteh Kiani, M.Sc. student Title: Exploring factors affecting the distribution of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase in yeast |
| 2018-2019 | Session 7: 2019-May-06 | Daniel Lafontaine lab | Speaker: Jonathan Grondin, Ph.D. student Title: Real-time Imaging of Cotranscriptional Folding and Translational Regulation |
| 2018-2019 | Session 8: 2019-Jun-03 | Athanasios Zovoilis lab | Speaker: Chris Isaac, M.Sc. student Title: Dissecting the role of SINE non-coding RNAs in amyloid pathology: An integrative RNA genomics approach |
| 2018-2019 | Session 8: 2019-Jun-03 | Martin Bisaillon lab | Speaker: Simon Boudreault, Ph.D. student Title: Characterizing the viral modulation of cellular alternative splicing during reovirus infection |
| 2018-2019 | Session 8: 2019-Jun-03 | Chantal Autexier lab | Speaker: Deanna MacNeil, Ph.D. student Title: Regulation of Dyskerin Localization by SUMOylation of the C-terminal Nuclear Localization Signal |
| 2017-2018 | Session 1: 2017-Nov-06 | Hans-Joachim Wieden lab | Speaker: Luc Roberts, PhD Student Title: IGR IRESs and the bacterial ribosome |
| 2017-2018 | Session 1: 2017-Nov-06 | Jérôme Waldispuhl lab | Speaker: Jérôme Waldispuhl Title: Analysis and Synthesis of RNA Structures: Genesis of a computational platform to manipulate the RNA code |
| 2017-2018 | Session 1: 2017-Nov-06 | François Bachand lab | Speaker: Kiersten Dionne Title: Human ZNF277, a chaperone protein for RPS2? |
| 2017-2018 | Session 1: 2017-Nov-06 | Thomas Duchaine lab | Speaker: Ariel Donayo Title: Oncogenic biogenesis of the miR-17-92 polycistron |
| 2017-2018 | Session 2: 2017-Dec-04 | Michael Charette lab | Speaker: Michael Charette, PI Title: Mis-Assembly of the Machine: Ribosome Assembly Defects and Dysregulation in Bowen-Conradi Syndrome and in Cancer |
| 2017-2018 | Session 2: 2017-Dec-04 | William Zerges lab | Speaker: James Dhaliwal, PhD Student Title: Oxidized RNA localizes to cytoplasmic foci in diverse organisms |
| 2017-2018 | Session 2: 2017-Dec-04 | Benoit Cousineau lab | Speaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, PhD studet Title: Evolutionary patterns of group II introns |
| 2017-2018 | Session 2: 2017-Dec-04 | Ute Kothe lab | Speaker: Emily Soon, Res. Assistant Title: Transfer RNA methyltransferase TrmA is a dual-function enzyme that folds and modifies tRNA |
| 2017-2018 | Session 3: 2018-Jan-08 | Brendan Bell lab | Speaker: Aurélie Delannoy Title: PICH115 : a host cell factor that links TAT transactivation to transcription initiation of HIV |
| 2017-2018 | Session 3: 2018-Jan-08 | Nehal Thakor lab | Speaker: Dr. Joe Ross, post doctoral fellow Title: Eukaryotic initiation factor 5B (eIF5B) regulates apoptosis in glioblastoma cells via modulating expression of anti-apoptotic proteins |
| 2017-2018 | Session 3: 2018-Jan-08 | Paul Joyce lab | Speaker: Michael Chung Title: Biochemical and biophysical characterization of human tRNA nucleotidyltransferase variants |
| 2017-2018 | Session 4: 2018-Feb-05 | Pierre-Étienne Jacques & François Bachand labs | Speaker: Marc-Antoine Robert Title: Transcription termination at coding and noncoding genes in fission yeast |
| 2017-2018 | Session 4: 2018-Feb-05 | Pascal Chartrand lab | Speaker: Vasile Burgoci Title: Mis-splicing of myogenic lncRNA in myotonic dystrophy |
| 2017-2018 | Session 4: 2018-Feb-05 | Imed Gallouzi lab | Speaker: Amr Omer, PhD student Title: Stress granules modulate senescence by disrupting PAI-1-mediated induction of Cyclin D1/Rb pathway |
| 2017-2018 | Session 4: 2018-Feb-05 | Aïda Ouangraoua lab | Speaker: Aïda Ouangraoua Title: Evolution of RNA splicing isoforms |
| 2017-2018 | Session 5: 2018-Mar-05 | Jean-Pierre Perreault lab | Speaker: Rachel Jodoin, Ph.D. Student Title: RNA G-quadruplex formation in the 5’UTR of mRNAs associated with colorectal cancer |
| 2017-2018 | Session 5: 2018-Mar-05 | Stéphane Richard lab | Speaker: Sofiane Y. Mersaoui, Ph.D. Title: Helicase to resolve R-loops: DDX5 the new genome housekeeper |
| 2017-2018 | Session 5: 2018-Mar-05 | Éric Lécuyer lab | Speaker: Philip Bouvrette Title: CeFra-seq reveals broad asymmetric mRNA and noncoding RNA distribution profiles in Drosophila and human cells |
| 2017-2018 | Session 6: 2018-Apr-09 | Hanadi Sleiman lab | Speaker: Danny Bousmail, Ph.D. student Title: Precision spherical nucleic acids: synthesis and biological applications |
| 2017-2018 | Session 6: 2018-Apr-09 | François Bachand lab | Speaker: Caroline Telekawa, M.Sc. student Title: Global profiling and functional characterization of post-translational modifications of the fission yeast RNA exosome |
| 2017-2018 | Session 6: 2018-Apr-09 | Marlene Oeffinger lab | Speaker: Pierre Bensidoun, Ph.D. student Title: Investigating the fine tuning of nuclear pore composition for regulating rRNA and mRNA export in yeast |
| 2017-2018 | Session 6: 2018-Apr-09 | Mark Bayfield lab | Speaker: Jennifer Porat, B.Sc. student Title: Characterization of the S. pombe tRNA methyltransferase Trm1p |
| 2017-2018 | Session 7: 2018-May-07 | Pascale Legault lab | Speaker: Jonathan Bouvette, Ph.D. student Title: High-yield production of recombinant human Dicer from suspension-grown HEK293-EBNA1 cells |
| 2017-2018 | Session 7: 2018-May-07 | Michelle Scott lab & Jean-Pierre Perreault lab | Speaker: Jean-Michel Garant, Ph.D. student Title: RNA G-quadruplexes prediction with the objective to investigate RNA translation regulation. |
| 2017-2018 | Session 7: 2018-May-07 | Éric Massé lab | Speaker: Marie-Claude Carrier Title: Post-transcriptional regulation of oppA mRNA by MicF sRNA : unveiling a non-canonical mechanism of action. |
| 2017-2018 | Session 8: 2018-Jun-04 | Daniel Lafontaine lab | Speaker: Auréliane Michaud Title: |
| 2017-2018 | Session 8: 2018-Jun-04 | Martin Bisaillon lab | Speaker: Simon Boudreault Title: Reovirus Infection Alters Host Cell Alternative Splicing Landscape |
| 2017-2018 | Session 8: 2018-Jun-04 | Chantale Autexier lab | Speaker: Jian Qin Title: Mechanisms regulating dyskerin SUMOylation |
| 2017-2018 | Session 8: 2018-Jun-04 | Daniel Zenklusen lab | Speaker: Srivathsan Adivarahan Title: Investigating features of mRNP organization using super-resolution microscopy |
| 2016-2017 | Session 1: 2016-Nov-07 | François Bachand lab | Speaker: Caroline Telekawa, MSc student Title: Mapping a network of post-translational modifications on the RNA exosome; a functional study |
| 2016-2017 | Session 1: 2016-Nov-07 | Stephane Richard lab | Speaker: Isabel Friedmann, MSc student Title: Defining RNA targets for QUAKING |
| 2016-2017 | Session 1: 2016-Nov-07 | Pascale Legault lab | Speaker: Nicolas Girard, PhD student Title: The VS ribozyme as a tool to explore the engineering potential of RNA |
| 2016-2017 | Session 1: 2016-Nov-07 | Martin Simard lab | Speaker: Pascale Michaud, PhD student Title: Contribution of distinct microRNA-induced silencing complex during animal development |
| 2016-2017 | Session 2: 2016-Dec-05 | Luc Desgroseillers lab | Speaker: Yulemi Gonzalez Quesada Title: Role of Staufen1 dsRBD2 in the control of cell proliferation |
| 2016-2017 | Session 2: 2016-Dec-05 | François Major lab | Speaker: Julie Robitaille, M.Sc. student Title: Characterizing Structural Determinants of microRNA Primary Transcripts |
| 2016-2017 | Session 2: 2016-Dec-05 | Benoit Chabot lab | Speaker: Muhammad Sohail, Post-Doc Title: Alternative Splicing Modulation and Growth Inhibition of Colorectal Cancer Cells by a Novel Class of Compounds |
| 2016-2017 | Session 2: 2016-Dec-05 | Jean-Pierre Perreault lab | Speaker: Samuel Rouleau, Ph.D. student Title: G-Quadruplexes regulate the biogenesis and function of cancer related microRNAs |
| 2016-2017 | Session 3: 2017-Jan-09 | Benoit Cousineau lab | Speaker: Felix Laroche-Johnston Title: Bacterial group II introns: novel circularization pathway may lead to genic trans-splicing of cellular mRNAs |
| 2016-2017 | Session 3: 2017-Jan-09 | Martin Bisaillon lab | Speaker: Carolin Brand Title: West Nile virus RNA replication complex – identification of a new antiviral target? |
| 2016-2017 | Session 3: 2017-Jan-09 | Hans-Joachim Wieden lab | Speaker: Senthil Kumar Duraikannu Kailasam, Postdoctoral Fellow Title: Molecular dynamics simulation guided rational design of a L-Ribonucleic acid aptamer |
| 2016-2017 | Session 3: 2017-Jan-09 | Pascal Chartrand lab | Speaker: Maxime Lalonde, Ph.D. student Title: ell cycle-dependent spatial segregation of telomerase from sites of DNA damage Pascal Chartrand |
| 2016-2017 | Session 4: 2017-Feb-06 | Eric Massé lab | Speaker: Mélanie Geffroy Title: Leader peptide translation is directly involved in riboswitch regulation |
| 2016-2017 | Session 4: 2017-Feb-06 | Michelle Scott lab | Speaker: Vincent Boivin, M.Sc. student Title: Seeking the true abundance of different RNA species in the cell |
| 2016-2017 | Session 4: 2017-Feb-06 | Marlene Oeffinger lab | Speaker: Dr. Daniel Scott Title: Nol12: a multifunctional RNA/DNA endonuclease linking ribosome biogenesis, apoptosis and DNA damage |
| 2016-2017 | Session 4: 2017-Feb-06 | Ute Kothe lab | Speaker: Erin Kelly, M.Sc. student Title: RNA modification by H/ACA small Ribonucleoproteins |
| 2016-2017 | Session 5: 2017-Mar-06 | Eric Lécuyer lab | Speaker: Ashley Chin Title: Identifying RNA binding proteins involved in regulating epithelial cell polarity |
| 2016-2017 | Session 5: 2017-Mar-06 | Mark Bayfield lab | Speaker: Ana Vakiloroayaei Title: The RNA chaperone La promotes pre-tRNA maturation via indiscriminate binding of hypomodified targets |
| 2016-2017 | Session 5: 2017-Mar-06 | Sherif Abou Elela lab | Speaker: Delong Zhou Title: Finding the codes for cancer specific regulation of alternative splicing |
| 2016-2017 | Session 6: 2017-Apr-03 | Nahum Sonenberg lab McGill University | Speaker: Clément Chapat, PhD Title: The cap-binding protein 4EHP effects translation silencing by microRNAs |
| 2016-2017 | Session 6: 2017-Apr-03 | François Bachand lab Université de Sherbrooke | Speaker: Judit Hunyadkürti, PhD Title: Functional characterization of human Senetaxin (SETX) homologs in the fission yeast S. pombe |
| 2016-2017 | Session 6: 2017-Apr-03 | Thomas Duchaine lab McGill University | Speaker: Alexandra Lewis, PhD candidate Title: A family of nuclear-Argonaute interacting proteins suppresses nuclear RNAi in C. elegans |
| 2016-2017 | Session 6: 2017-Apr-03 | Daniel Lafontaine lab Université de Sherbrooke | Speaker: Jean-François Nadon, PhD candidate Title: Transcriptional traffic lights: using photochemistry to control RNA elongation |
| 2016-2017 | Session 7: 2017-May-08 | Bill Zerges lab | Speaker: James Dhaliwal Title: Oxidized RNA localizes to cytoplasmic foci in diverse organisms |
| 2016-2017 | Session 7: 2017-May-08 | Raymund Wellinger lab | Speaker: Yulia Vasianovich (Post-Doc) Title: Fluorescent imaging of yeast telomerase protein components using a signal amplification approach |
| 2016-2017 | Session 7: 2017-May-08 | Jonathan Perreault lab | Speaker: Katia Smail Title: Function-based motif screening to discover non-coding RNAs regulating RNA-methyltransferases |
| 2016-2017 | Session 7: 2017-May-08 | Eric Massé lab | Speaker: Marie-Claude Carrier Title: Competition between a chaperone protein and a small RNA dictates the regulation of oppA in Escherichia coli |
| 2016-2017 | Session 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time | Michelle Scott lab Université de Sherbrooke | Speaker: Gabrielle Deschamps-Francoeur Title: CoCo: RNA-seq Read Assignment Correction for Embedded Genes and Multimapped Reads |
| 2016-2017 | Session 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time | Chantale Autexier lab McGill University | Speaker: Hélène Bensoussan Title: When dyskerin met SUMO |
| 2016-2017 | Session 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time | Anne Gatignol lab McGill University | Speaker: Olivier Del Corpo, MSc. student Title: Identification and optimization of U1 interference RNAs targeting HIV RNA for development as HIV gene therapies |
| 2016-2017 | Session 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time | Hanadi Sleiman lab McGill University | Speaker: Michael Dore Title: Biomimetic methods for making functional RNA amphiphiles |
| 2015-2016 | Session 1:2015-10-05 | Andrew Mouland | Speaker: Shringar Rao, PhD student Title: RNA surveillance and HIV-1 |
| 2015-2016 | Session 1: 2015-10-05 | University of Laval | Speaker: Mamadou Diallo, Msc PhD Title: Do mutations in the HIV-1 LTR region impact the disease progression? |
| 2015-2016 | Session 1:2015-10-05 | Brendan Bell | Speaker: Emmanuelle Wilhelm, PhD student Title: A new histone deacetylase complex binds to the HIV core promoter to regulate viral transcription |
| 2015-2016 | Session 2: 2015-11-02 | Peter Unrau | Speaker: Shanker Shyam Sundhar Panchapakesan, Ph.D. student Title: Development of a native purification methodology for RNP complexes using RNA Mango |
| 2015-2016 | Session 2: 2015-11-02 | Eric Jan | Speaker: Craig Kerr, Ph.D. student Title: Insights into the in vivo role of the Dicistrovirus intergenic region IRES |
| 2015-2016 | Session 2: 2015-11-02 | Jonathan Perreault | Speaker: Mohammad Reza Naghdi, Ph.D. student Title: RiboGap: A database to easily find intergenic sequences and regulatory elements |
| 2015-2016 | Session 3: 2015-12-07 | Stephen Rader | Speaker: Kirsten Reimer Title: What do donuts have to do with RNA splicing? |
| 2015-2016 | Session 3: 2015-12-07 | Jocelyn Côté | Speaker: Emma Bondy-Chorney, PhD candidate Title: RNA-binding protein Staufen1 Regulates Multiple Alternative Splicing Events in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 |
| 2015-2016 | Session 3: 2015-12-07 | Martin Simard and Jacques Huot | Speaker: Liang Zhong, PhD candidate Title: miR-31 mediates E-selectin-dependent metastasis of colon cancer cells |
| 2015-2016 | Session 3: 2015-12-07 | Nehal Thakor | Speaker: Nehad Thakor, Professor Title: Internal Initiation of Translation: A Phenomenon That Provides Critical Cell Survival Switch During Cancer Progression |
| 2015-2016 | Session 4: 2016-01-11 | Stephane Richard | Speaker: Naomi Li, PhD Candidate Title: Sam68 functions as a transcriptional coactivator of the p53 tumor suppressor |
| 2015-2016 | Session 4: 2016-01-11 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Rachel Jodoin Title: The G-Quadruplex Translation Regulation of BAG-1; an mRNA Involved in Colorectal Cancer |
| 2015-2016 | Session 4: 2016-01-11 | Dipankar Sen | Speaker: Nisreen Shumayrikh, Ph.D. student Title: Heme-utilizing ribozymes and DNAzymes |
| 2015-2016 | Session 4: 2016-01-11 | Peter Unrau | Speaker: Sunny Jeng, undergraduate student Title: Concerted fluorophore binding to RNA Mango provides superior binding and ligand discrimination |
| 2015-2016 | Session 5: 2016-02-01 | Ute Kothe | Speaker: Laura Keffer-Wilkes, PhD student Title: TruB, U and Psi: A fitness story |
| 2015-2016 | Session 5: 2016-02-01 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Pierre Turcotte, MSc student Title: Regulation mechanism of the Escherichia coli lysine riboswitch |
| 2015-2016 | Session 5: 2016-02-01 | Sébastien Faucher | Speaker: Nilmini Mendis, PhD student Title: The role of a small regulatory sRNA in the heat shock response of Legionella pneumophila in water |
| 2015-2016 | Session 5: 2016-02-01 | Eric Massé | Speaker: Alex Eyraud, Post-doc fellow Title: Uncovering the targetome of the small RNA SgrS |
| 2015-2016 | Session 6: 2016-03-07 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Malik Ghulam Mustafa Title: Differential expression and translation of duplicated ribosomal protein genes define the composition of yeast ribosom and its response to stress |
| 2015-2016 | Session 6: 2016-03-07 | Marlene Oeffinger | Speaker: Marc Delubac, PhD student Title: The role of Nol12 in mammalian ribosome biogenesis and its implication in Alzheimer's disease |
| 2015-2016 | Session 6: 2016-03-07 | François Bachand | Speaker: Anne-Marie Landry-Voyer, PhD student Title: Human PDCD2L is a nuclear export signal-containing protein that promotes late stages of small ribosomal subunit production |
| 2015-2016 | Session 7: 2016-04-04 | Pascal Chartrand | Speaker: David Guérit, Post-Doc Title: Development of live cell imaging assay for human telomerase RNA |
| 2015-2016 | Session 7: 2016-04-04 | Raymund Wellinger | Speaker: Nancy Laterreur, M.Sc./Res. Professional Title: Yeast telomerase and RNase P/MRP: when two worlds come together |
| 2015-2016 | Session 7: 2016-04-04 | Chantale Autexier | Speaker: Josephine (Tsz Wai) Chu, Ph.D student Title: Telomere recruitment-defective human telomerase ‘insertion in fingers domain’ variants may contribute to premature aging disease phenotypes |
| 2015-2016 | Session 7: 2016-04-04 | Lea Harrington | Speaker: Mélanie Criqui, Ph.D. student Title: Involvement of the DNA damage response in the unstable differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells with short telomeres |
| 2015-2016 | Session 8: 2016-05-09 | Jérôme Waldispühl | Speaker: Vladimir Reinharz, Ph.D. student Title: Combining structure probing data on RNA mutants with evolutionary information reveals RNA-binding interfaces |
| 2015-2016 | Session 8: 2016-05-09 | François Major | Speaker: Yifei Yan, Ph.D. student Title: Base pairings beyond the seed contribute to slicer activity of the human Ago2 in a domain-interdependent manner |
| 2015-2016 | Session 8: 2016-05-09 | Michelle Scott | Speaker: Fabien Dupuis-Sandoval, M.Sc. student Title: Study of alternative snoRNAs characterization methods by deep sequencing |
| 2015-2016 | Session 8: 2016-05-09 | Claudia Kleinman | Speaker: Claudia Kleinman Title: New tools to probe the dynamic transcriptional landscape of cells |
| 2015-2016 | Session 9: 2016-06-06 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Simon Boudreault, M.Sc. student Title: Reovirus Infection Alters Host Cell Alternative Splicing Landscape |
| 2015-2016 | Session 9: 2016-06-06 | Éric Lécuyer | Speaker: Sahar Soltanieh, Post-doctoral fellow Title: Defining the RNA Binding Protein repertoire of human stress granules |
| 2015-2016 | Session 9: 2016-06-06 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Speaker: Dr. Adam Arkin Title: Discovery and design of mRNA determinants of expression control |
| 2015-2016 | Session 9: 2016-06-06 | Hans-Joachim Wieden | Speaker: Andrew Hudson, Post-doctoral fellow Title: Portable intrinsic terminator libraries for genetic engineering in diverse bacteria |
| 2015-2016 | Session 9: 2016-06-06 | Patrick Provost | Speaker: Abderrahim Benmoussa, PhD student Title: Insights into a natural source of dietary microRNAs |
| 2014-2015 | Session 1: 2014-10-06 | Luc Gaudreau | Speaker: Benoît Guillemette Title: A random sequence screen to decipher key functional residues in the H3 N-terminal tail |
| 2014-2015 | Session 1: 2014-10-06 | Brendan Bell | Speaker: Taharima Habib Title: PICH115: a novel host cell factor that regulates HIV transcription |
| 2014-2015 | Session 1: 2014-10-06 | Christine Vande Velde | Speaker: Guillaume Caron, MSc student Title: Impact of ALS-causing mutations in TDP-43 on RNA granule dynamics |
| 2014-2015 | Session 2: 2014-11-03 | William Zerges | Speaker: Yu Zhan Title: Oxidized RNA in the chloroplast; its control and compartmentalization |
| 2014-2015 | Session 2: 2014-11-03 | Carl Ernst | Speaker: Carl Ernst Title: Regulation of mRNA expression in gene dosage disorders |
| 2014-2015 | Session 2: 2014-11-03 | Sébastien Lemieux | Speaker: Tariq Daouda Title: Untranslated, really? The secret role of non-coding RNAs in the adaptive immune system |
| 2014-2015 | Session 2: 2014-11-03 | Sébastien Rodrigue | Speaker: Dominick Matteau Title: Combining RNAseq, 5’-RACE and ChIP-exo to characterize promoter architecture in bacteria |
| 2014-2015 | Session 3: 2014-12-01 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Delong Zhou, M.Sc. student Title: Identification of the pre-mRNA targets of the cancer associated RNA binding proteins RBFOX2 and QKI |
| 2014-2015 | Session 3: 2014-12-01 | Mark Bayfield | Speaker: Jyotsna Vinayak, M.Sc. student Title: Investigating new RNA binding modes for the human La protein |
| 2014-2015 | Session 3: 2014-12-01 | Sylvain Meloche | Speaker: Éric Vaillancourt-Jean, Ph.D. student Title: Novel substrates of ERK1/2 involved in alternative splicing regulation |
| 2014-2015 | Session 3: 2014-12-01 | Andrew J. Mouland | Speaker: Valerie Le Sage, Ph.D. student Title: Subversion of the nuclear pore complex by HIV-1 |
| 2014-2015 | Session 4: 2015-01-12 | Pascale Legault | Speaker: Eric Bonneau Title: NMR strategies for structural characterization of large RNA molecules; insights into the Neurospora VS ribozyme |
| 2014-2015 | Session 4: 2015-01-12 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Charith Raj Adkar Purushothama Title: Viroids invade plants by silencing the defence genes |
| 2014-2015 | Session 4: 2015-01-12 | Jerry Pelletier | Speaker: Jennifer Chu Title: Probing the mechanism of action of silvestrol through genetic engineering of a eIF4A allele |
| 2014-2015 | Session 4: 2015-01-12 | Jonathan Perreault | Speaker: Balasubramanian Sellamuthu Title: New SAM riboswitch variants extend the structural complexity as well as regulatory and phylogenetic scope of the SAM-II/V classes |
| 2014-2015 | Session 5: 2015-02-02 | Gerardo Ferbeyre | Speaker: Fred Lessard, Post-Doc Title: Senescence as a result of impaired ribosome biogenesis |
| 2014-2015 | Session 5: 2015-02-02 | Hans-Joachim Wieden | Speaker: Justin Vigar, MSc student Title: Functional screening of a non-canonical translation initiation element using phenotypic sorting and high-throughput sequencing |
| 2014-2015 | Session 5: 2015-02-02 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Adrien Chauvier, Ph.D. student Title: Deciphering the molecular mechanism of the thiC riboswitch |
| 2014-2015 | Session 5: 2015-02-02 | Sylvain Moineau | Speaker: Alexander Hynes, Post-Doc Title: Prokaryotic adaptive immunity: the 'adaptation' stage in CRISPR-Cas systems |
| 2014-2015 | Session 6: 2015-03-02 | Léa Brakier-Gingras | Speaker: Neylen Del Toro, PhD Student Title: Changes in the fidelity of translation of ribosomes in senescent cells |
| 2014-2015 | Session 6: 2015-03-02 | Eric Lécuyer | Speaker: Fabio Alexis Lefebvre, PhD student Title: The Migrant Transcripts : Emerging Roles of Extracellular Vesicles in RNA-mediated Intercellular Signaling |
| 2014-2015 | Session 6: 2015-03-02 | Peter Moffett | Speaker: Chantal Brosseau, PhD Student Title: The roles of Argonaute proteins in RNAi-mediated defense against plant RNA viruses |
| 2014-2015 | Session 6: 2015-03-02 | Stephane Richard | Speaker: Jingwen Song, PhD Student Title: Sam68 regulates S6K1 alternative splicing during adipogenesis |
| 2014-2015 | Session 7: 2015-04-13 | Francois Bachand | Speaker: Duy Nguyen, Post-Doc Title: A polyadenylation-dependent 3' end maturation pathway is required for the synthesis of the human telomerase RNA |
| 2014-2015 | Session 7: 2015-04-13 | Pascal Chartrand | Speaker: Maxime Lalonde, Ph.D. Student Title: Linking sister chromatid cohesion and telomeric transcription |
| 2014-2015 | Session 7: 2015-04-13 | Chantal Autexier | Speaker: Deanna MacNeill, M.Sc. Student Title: Telomerase Regulation through Post-translational Modifications of Dyskerin |
| 2014-2015 | Session 7: 2015-04-13 | Raymund Wellinger | Speaker: Emmanuel Bajon, Ph.D. Student Title: Yeast telomerase is single again; again |
| 2014-2015 | Session 8:2015-05-04 | François Major | Speaker: Mathieu Dupont Title: Computationally grasping RNA dynamics |
| 2014-2015 | Session 8:2015-05-04 | Jean-Pierre Perreault and Michelle Scott | Speaker: Jean-Michel Garant Title: G4RNA, an RNA G-Quadruplex Database |
| 2014-2015 | Session 8:2015-05-04 | Pierre-Étienne Jacques | Speaker: Pierre-Étienne Jacques Title: Taking advantage of public genomic data through GenAP |
| 2014-2015 | Session 9: 2015-06-01 | Ute Kothe | Speaker: Evan Caton, Ph.D. student Title: Biochemical Characterization of S. cerevisiae H/ACA small nucleolar Ribonucleoproteins |
| 2014-2015 | Session 9: 2015-06-01 | Angela Pearson | Speaker: Angela Pearson, Ph.D. Title: Alternative polyadenylation in herpes simplex virus replication |
| 2014-2015 | Session 9: 2015-06-01 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Marie-Pier Tremblay, M.Sc. student Title: Modification of alternative splicing events induced by HBx protein of Hepatitis B virus |
| 2013-2014 | Session 1: 2013-10-07 | Philip Johnson | Speaker: Oren Reinstein, PhD student Title: Thermodynamic and Strucural Analysis of High Affinity Off-target Ligand Binding by the Cocaine Binding Aptamer |
| 2013-2014 | Session 1: 2013-10-07 | Imed Gallouzi | Speaker: Imed Gallouzi, Ph.D. Title: HuR and miR-1192 regulate myogenesis by modulating the translation of HMGB1 mRNA. |
| 2013-2014 | Session 1: 2013-10-07 | Nahum Sonenberg | Speaker: Tommy Alain, Ph.D. Title: Translation control of innate immunity and viral oncolysis. |
| 2013-2014 | Session 2: 2013-11-04 | Luc Desgroseillers | Speaker: Xin Zhang Title: Stau2 expression in response to DNA damages |
| 2013-2014 | Session 2: 2013-11-04 | François Bachand | Speaker: Gheorghe Pal, MSc student Title: Auto-regulation of PABPN1, the gene mutated in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy |
| 2013-2014 | Session 2: 2013-11-04 | Bill Zerges | Speaker: Yu Zhan Title: Control of oxidative damage to RNA in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas |
| 2013-2014 | Session 2: 2013-11-04 | Pascale Legault | Speaker: Alexandre Desjardins, PhD student Title: Multimeric assembly of Lin28 proteins on let-7 miRNAs precursors |
| 2013-2014 | Session 3: 2013-12-02 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Rachel Jodoin, Ph D student Title: A new scoring system for the RNA G-quadruplexes |
| 2013-2014 | Session 3: 2013-12-02 | Chantal Autexier | Speaker: Philippe Rousseau Title: Inactive C-terminal Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Insertion Splicing Variants are Dominant-negative Inhibitors of Telomerase |
| 2013-2014 | Session 3: 2013-12-02 | Mark Bayfield | Speaker: Ana Vakiloroayaei, Ph D student Title: Investigating how the RNA chaperone La engages folded versus unfolded RNA substrates |
| 2013-2014 | Session 4: 2014-01-13 | Éric Massé | Speaker: David Lalaouna Title: How to catch a predator. A sponge's story. |
| 2013-2014 | Session 4: 2014-01-13 | Daniel Zenklusen | Speaker: To be determined Title: To be determined |
| 2013-2014 | Session 4: 2014-01-13 | Martin Simard | Speaker: Gabriel Bossé, Ph.D Student Title: Identification of a new modulator of microRNA turnover. |
| 2013-2014 | Session 5: 2014-02-03 | Michelle Scott | Speaker: Michelle Scott Title: Differential processing for human box C/D snoRNAs |
| 2013-2014 | Session 5: 2014-02-03 | Paul Joyce | Speaker: Matthew Leibovitch Title: Relating changes in the localization of Arabidopsis tRNA nucleotidyltransferase to changes in its structure, stability and activity. |
| 2013-2014 | Session 5: 2014-02-03 | Hans-Joachim Wieden | Speaker: Dylan Girodat, Msc Student Title: Charting the Thermodynamic Landscape of Nucleotide Binding in EF-Tu. |
| 2013-2014 | Session 6: 2014-03-03 | Daniel Lafontaine & Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Marc-Andre Comeau, PhD. Student Title: Characterisation of an RNA motif that modulates yeast RNase III activity |
| 2013-2014 | Session 6: 2014-03-03 | Thomas Duchaine | Speaker: Vinay Mayya Title: Quantitative approaches in miRNA-mediated silencing |
| 2013-2014 | Session 6: 2014-03-03 | Jonathan Perreault | Speaker: Jonathan Perreault Title: RNAstem and RiboGap: Bioinformatic Tools to Help Discover Noncoding RNAs |
| 2013-2014 | Session 7: 2014-04-07 | Steven Zimmerly | Speaker: Salim Ahmed, MSc Student Title: In vivo coupling between group IIC intron insertion and transcriptional termination. |
| 2013-2014 | Session 7: 2014-04-07 | Brendan Bell | Speaker: Emmanuelle Wilhelm Title: PICH115: a novel co-factor for Tat trans-activation of HIV transcription? |
| 2013-2014 | Session 7: 2014-04-07 | Marlene Oeffinger | Speaker: Carolina Aguilar, MSc Student Title: Uncovering parallel ribosome biogenesis pathways during pre-60S subunit maturation. |
| 2013-2014 | Session 8:2014-05-05 | Ute Kothe | Speaker: Laura Keffer-Wilkes Title: Cellular function of TruB: pseudouridylation and... |
| 2013-2014 | Session 8:2014-05-05 | Éric Lecuyer | Speaker: Julie Bergalet Title: Defining the role and the mechanism of RNA localization to the mitotic apparatus |
| 2013-2014 | Session 8:2014-05-05 | François Major | Speaker: Nathanael Weill Title: Modeling miRNA-induced gene expression regulation |
| 2013-2014 | Session 8:2014-05-05 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Alexandre Cloutier Title: Permanent alterations of alternative splicing by transiently depleting RNPS1 |
| 2013-2014 | Session 9: 2014-06-02 | Anne Gatignol | Speaker: Samantha Burugu, MSc. Student Title: When HIV comes along, PACT-PKR relationship gets complicated |
| 2013-2014 | Session 9: 2014-06-02 | Raymund Wellinger | Speaker: Emmanuel Bajon, Ph.D. Student Title: Telomerase is single again: is this bad in the end? |
| 2013-2014 | Session 9: 2014-06-02 | Eric Jan | Speaker: Anthony Khong Title: Modulation of stress granules and P bodies during dicistrovirus infection |
| 2013-2014 | Session 9: 2014-06-02 | Stephen Rader | Speaker: Kirsten Reimer Title: Recombinant expression of the Sm complex from C. merolae |
| 2012-2013 | Session 1:2012-10-15 | Steven Zimmerly | Speaker: Dewan Billal Title: A reverse transcriptase-related protein mediates phage resistance through an abortive infection mechanism that appears to target the ribosome |
| 2012-2013 | Session 1:2012-10-15 | Kalle Gehring | Speaker: Jingwei Xie Title: Functional insight into MLLE domain containing proteins |
| 2012-2013 | Session 1:2012-10-15 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Laurène Bastet Title: Two ncRNA in crime: The CoB12 riboswitch and the small RNA OmrB shut down the expression of btuB |
| 2012-2013 | Session 1:2012-10-15 | Nahum Sonenberg | Speaker: Nathaniel Robichaud Title: Translational Control of Cancer: eIF4E Phosphorylation and Metastasis |
| 2012-2013 | Session 2: 2012-11-05 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Sébastien H. Eschbach Title: The SAM-I riboswitch: A tale with a twist |
| 2012-2013 | Session 2: 2012-11-05 | Raymund Wellinger | Speaker: Nancy Laterreur Title: The telomerase RNA has many structural secrets up its sleeve |
| 2012-2013 | Session 2: 2012-11-05 | Bill Zerges | Speaker: James Dhaliwal Title: A chloroplast stress granule protein mitigates RNA oxidative damage in Chlamydomonas |
| 2012-2013 | Session 3: 2012-12-03 | Michelle Scott | Speaker: Michelle Scott Title: Non-canonical roles for snoRNAs |
| 2012-2013 | Session 3: 2012-12-03 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Samuel Rouleau Title: Targeting specific G-Quadruplexes with oligonucleotides |
| 2012-2013 | Session 3: 2012-12-03 | Mark Bayfield | Speaker: Lidia Sinavaskaia Title: Fitting in a missing piece of the LARP puzzle: Characterization of the S. pombe La-Related Protein SLR1 |
| 2012-2013 | Session 4: 2013-01-14 | Hans-Joachim Wieden | Speaker: Coatham Mackenzie Title: Flipping the switch: the ribosome modulates the gtpase activity of HflX |
| 2012-2013 | Session 4: 2013-01-14 | Eric Masse & Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Maxime Simoneau-Roy Title: A trans-acting riboswitch, the thiB riboswitch of Escherichia coli might be |
| 2012-2013 | Session 4: 2013-01-14 | Francois Bachand | Speaker: Anne-Marie Landry-Voyer Title: Characterization of an extra-ribosomal complex between the ribosomal protein S2 and the protein arginine methyltransferase, PRMT3 |
| 2012-2013 | Session 4: 2013-01-14 | Pascal Chartrand | Speaker: Karen Shahbabian Title: Coordinated assembly of localization and translational control factors on mRNA during transcription |
| 2012-2013 | Session 5: 2013-02-04 | Jonathan Perreault | Speaker: Jonathan Perreault, professor Title: Finding noncoding RNAs in bacteria |
| 2012-2013 | Session 5: 2013-02-04 | Francois Bachand | Speaker: Jean-Francois Lemay, PhD Student Title: Let the termination ... meet the degradation |
| 2012-2013 | Session 5: 2013-02-04 | Paul Joyce | Speaker: Prit-Kamal Sandhu, graduate student Title: Restoring catalytic activity but not thermostability suppresses a temperature-sensitive mutation in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene encoding tRNA nucleotidyltransferase |
| 2012-2013 | Session 5: 2013-02-04 | Tony Russell | Speaker: Ashley Moore, PhD Student Title: snoPatrol: Characterization of snoRNAs in the protist Euglena gracilis |
| 2012-2013 | Session 6: 2013-03-04 | Luc DesGroseillers | Speaker: Mehdi Ghram, PhD student Title: Staufen1 and its beloved mRNAs : for a walk along the cycle. |
| 2012-2013 | Session 6: 2013-03-04 | Thomas Duchaine | Speaker: Mathieu Flamand, PhD Student Title: A non-canonical site unveils multiple cooperative mechanisms in microRNA-mediated silencing. |
| 2012-2013 | Session 6: 2013-03-04 | Xavier Roucou | Speaker: Benoit Vanderperre, PhD Student Title: Direct identification of alternative open reading frames translation products in human expands the proteome. |
| 2012-2013 | Session 7: 2013-04-08 | Bhushan Nagar | Speaker: Irene Xie, Undergraduate Student Title: Structural characterization of IFIT1 and IFIT3 |
| 2012-2013 | Session 7: 2013-04-08 | Marlene Oeffinger | Speaker: Pierre Zindy, Post-Doc Student Title: The human protein Nol12-ribosome biogenesis meets DNA damage and senescence |
| 2012-2013 | Session 7: 2013-04-08 | Pascale Legault | Speaker: Patricia Bouchard, PhD Student Title: Structure determination of a highly-stable kissing-loop interaction from the Neurospora VS ribozyme |
| 2012-2013 | Session 7: 2013-04-08 | Andrew Mouland | Speaker: Christina Crossie, Graduate Student Title: HIV-1 RNA Trafficking |
| 2012-2013 | Session 8:2013-05-06 | Tony Russell | Speaker: Ashley Moore, PhD Student Title: snoPatrol: Characterization of snoRNAs in the protist Euglena gracilis |
| 2012-2013 | Session 8:2013-05-06 | Francois Major | Speaker: Stephen Leong Title: Predict RNA 2D and 3D Structure over the Internet Using MC-Tools |
| 2012-2013 | Session 8:2013-05-06 | Eric Lecuyer | Speaker: Dr. Carole Iampietro Title: Chk2-dependent regulation of mRNA nuclear retention as a novel facet of the DNA damage response |
| 2012-2013 | Session 8:2013-05-06 | Ute Wieden-Kothe | Speaker: Jenna Friedt Title: What R can do for U: The Role of Arg181 in Pseudouridine Formation by TruB |
| 2012-2013 | Session 9: 2013-06-03 | Stephen Rader | Speaker: Liz Dunn, PhD Student Title: U6 snRNA Structure in the Free U6 snRNP Reveals Mechanistic Insights into Spliceosome Activation |
| 2012-2013 | Session 9: 2013-06-03 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Cyrielle Petibon, MSc student Title: Finding the secret code for the production of the S9 twin genes |
| 2012-2013 | Session 9: 2013-06-03 | Eric Jan | Speaker: Qian Ren, PhD Student Title: Insights into alternative reading frame selection by a tRNA-like domain of a viral internal ribosome entry site |
| 2012-2013 | Session 9: 2013-06-03 | Chantal Autexier | Speaker: Ricky Kwan, MSc student Title: The Investigation of EWS as a Telomerase Associated Protein |
| 2011-2012 | Session 1:2011-10-17 | Nahum Sonenberg | Speaker: Maritza Jaramillo Patinod Title: Translational control through the phosphorylation of eIF4E: Friend or Foe of the innate immune response? |
| 2011-2012 | Session 1:2011-10-17 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau Title: EarthQuaking the ovarian tumor microenvironment |
| 2011-2012 | Session 1:2011-10-17 | Paul Lasko | Speaker: Chiara Gamberi Title: A tale of two tails. How polarity is established in Drosophila |
| 2011-2012 | Session 1:2011-10-17 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Laurène Bastet Title: The dark side of the CoB12 riboswitch: from the switch to the regulation mechanism |
| 2011-2012 | Session 2: 2011-11-07 | François Dragon | Speaker: Vincent Lemay Title: Split personalities: The case of ribosomal protein S18 |
| 2011-2012 | Session 2: 2011-11-07 | Martin Simard | Speaker: Alejandro Vasquez Title: MicroRNA on the vesicular road |
| 2011-2012 | Session 2: 2011-11-07 | Mark Bayfield | Speaker: Rawaa Hussain Title: RNA binding and chaperone activity of human La-related proteins. Same function, different targets? |
| 2011-2012 | Session 2: 2011-11-07 | Christopher Francklyn | Speaker: Susan Robey-Bond Title: The Role of a Mutation in Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase in Usher-like Syndrome Deafness |
| 2011-2012 | Session 3: 2011-12-05 | Marlene Oeffinger | Speaker: Christian Trahan Title: Checking out the 'hood': targeted crosslinking to study protein structures and interactions |
| 2011-2012 | Session 3: 2011-12-05 | Christopher Francklyn | Speaker: Susan Robey-Bond Title: The Role of a Mutation in Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase in Usher-like Syndrome Deafness |
| 2011-2012 | Session 3: 2011-12-05 | Eric Jan | Speaker: Hilda Au Title: Characterization of the tRNA mimic within a viral internal ribosome entry site |
| 2011-2012 | Session 3: 2011-12-05 | Pascale Legault | Speaker: Alexandre Desjardins Title: Deciphering the molecular determinants of the complex formed by the microRNA let-7g and the pluripotency factor Lin28 |
| 2011-2012 | Session 4: 2012-01-16 | Ute Kothe | Speaker: Laura Keffer-Wilkes Title: Come together over U – Pseudouridine Synthases meet RNA |
| 2011-2012 | Session 4: 2012-01-16 | Hans-Joachim Wieden | Speaker: Kirsten Rosler Title: Molecular dynamics simulations in conjunction with biochemical studies identify a conserved Histidine as essential for ATP-hydrolysis in the universally conserved NTPase YchF |
| 2011-2012 | Session 4: 2012-01-16 | Barbara Papadopoulou | Speaker: Serge Cloutier Title: Co- and post-translational regulation of the Leishmania eukaryotic initiation factor eIF2alpha subunit in response to stress and during the parasite’s intracellular development |
| 2011-2012 | Session 4: 2012-01-16 | Brendan Bell | Speaker: Catherine Kamtchueng Title: Alternative splicing of the apoptotic isoform TAF6delta, a co-factor of transcription |
| 2011-2012 | Session 5: 2012-02-06 | Pascal Chartrand | Speaker: Emilio Cusanelli Title: A tail of TERRA |
| 2011-2012 | Session 5: 2012-02-06 | François Major | Speaker: Maria Abella Title: Analysis of the alternative riboswitch RNA 2D structures: The case of attenuators |
| 2011-2012 | Session 5: 2012-02-06 | Katalin A. Hudak | Speaker: Meherzad Kutky Title: Pokeweed antiviral protein inhibits HIV-I transcription |
| 2011-2012 | Session 5: 2012-02-06 | Steven Zimmerly | Speaker: Bonnie McNeil Title: Alternative splicing of a group II intron in Clostridium tetani |
| 2011-2012 | Session 6: 2012-03-12 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Jérôme Barbier Title: Genomic instability and the evolution of alternative splicing profiles |
| 2011-2012 | Session 6: 2012-03-12 | Paul Joyce | Speaker: Matthew Leibovitch Title: Altered cellular distribution of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase in plants |
| 2011-2012 | Session 6: 2012-03-12 | Kalle Gehring | Speaker: Nozhat Safaee Title: Crystal structure of the parallel double-stranded helix of poly(A) RNA |
| 2011-2012 | Session 6: 2012-03-12 | Chantal Autexier | Speaker: Josephine Chu Title: Role of the human telomerase ‘insertion in fingers domain’ in cancer and premature aging disease |
| 2011-2012 | Session 7: 2012-04-02 | Stephen Rader | Speaker: Cassie Fayowski, Matt Halstead and Anthony Daniele Title: U1, C. merolae lost: the mysterious tale of the disappearing snRNP |
| 2011-2012 | Session 7: 2012-04-02 | Andrew Mouland | Speaker: Fernando Valiente-Echeverria Title: HIV-1-mediated blockade to stress granule assembly |
| 2011-2012 | Session 7: 2012-04-02 | Thomas Duchaine | Speaker: Ariel Donayo Title: Deconstructing the miR-17~92 miRNA cluster |
| 2011-2012 | Session 7: 2012-04-02 | Éric Lécuyer | Speaker: Dr. Neal Cody Title: Transcriptome profiling reveals a broad role for the Drosophila Muscleblind protein in mRNA localization |
| 2011-2012 | Session 8:2012-05-07 | Bill Zerges | Speaker: Matthew Peters Title: Translation is compartmentalized for photosystem II biogenesis |
| 2011-2012 | Session 8:2012-05-07 | Rachid Mazroui | Speaker: Cristina Gareau Title: Characterization of Fragile X Mental Retardation protein-granules formation and dynamics in drosophila |
| 2011-2012 | Session 8:2012-05-07 | Bhushan Nagar | Speaker: Yazan Abbas Title: Structural Analysis of an Interferon-Inducible Protein |
| 2011-2012 | Session 8:2012-05-07 | Sébastien Rodrigue | Speaker: Sébastien Rodrigue Title: Transcriptome and proteome dynamics of a light-dark synchronized bacterial cell cycle |
| 2011-2012 | Session 9: 2012-06-04 | Martin Pelchat | Speaker: Yasnee Beeharry Title: Conserved features of an RNA promoter recognized by the human RNA Polymerase II. |
| 2011-2012 | Session 9: 2012-06-04 | Imed Gallouzi | Speaker: Jennifer Ma Title: The role and regulation of STAT3 in cachexia-induced muscle wasting. |
| 2011-2012 | Session 9: 2012-06-04 | Anne Gatignol | Speaker: Eileen Shaw Title: The PKR activator, PACT, becomes a PKR inhibitor during HIV replication. |
| 2011-2012 | Session 9: 2012-06-04 | François Bachand | Speaker: Valerie Grenier-St-Sauveur Title: Nabbing the role of fission yeast Nab2 in gene regulation. |
| 2010-2011 | Session 1:2010-10-13 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Lulzim Shkreta Title: The DNA damage response pathway regulates the alternative splicing of the apoptotic mediator Bcl-x |
| 2010-2011 | Session 1:2010-10-13 | Caroline Diorio | Speaker: Caroline Diorio Title: Alternative splicing events and breast cancer survival: preliminary results |
| 2010-2011 | Session 1:2010-10-13 | Jocelyn Coté | Speaker: Gabriel Sanchez Title: Functional Relationship between SMN and CARM1: implications for SMA |
| 2010-2011 | Session 1:2010-10-13 | Marc Therrien | Speaker: Dariel Ashton-Beaucage Title: The EJC and Splicing Factors Act on RAS1/MAPK Signaling by Altering the Splicing of mapk/rl |
| 2010-2011 | Session 2: 2010-11-01 | Stéphane Richard | Speaker: Stéphane Richard Title: The role of sam68 in regulating metabolism |
| 2010-2011 | Session 2: 2010-11-01 | Marlene Oeffinger | Speaker: Marlene Oeffinger Title: Understanding dynamic maturation of ribosomes and its link to cell division |
| 2010-2011 | Session 2: 2010-11-01 | Imed Gallouzi | Speaker: Anne Cammas Title: Posttranscriptional regulation of nucleophosmin is required for muscle fiber formation |
| 2010-2011 | Session 2: 2010-11-01 | François Bachand | Speaker: Caroline Lemieux Title: Gene regulation by polyadenylation-dependent pre-mRNA decay |
| 2010-2011 | Session 3: 2010-12-06 | Hans-Joachim Wieden | Speaker: Evan Mercier Title: Modulating P-loop entropy in EF-Tu affects GTP binding |
| 2010-2011 | Session 3: 2010-12-06 | Martin Pelchat | Speaker: Martin Pelchat Title: Functional relationship between hepatitis delta virus and viroids |
| 2010-2011 | Session 3: 2010-12-06 | Benoit Cousineau | Speaker: Cecilia Quiroga Title: Factors involved in cis and trans-splicing of Ll.LtrB group II intron |
| 2010-2011 | Session 3: 2010-12-06 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Michel Lévesque Title: Optimization of the design for efficient production of SOFA-HDV ribozymes |
| 2010-2011 | Session 4: 2011-01-10 | Eric Massé | Speaker: Julie-Anna Benjamin Title: Antagonist regulation of an mRNA by a small RNA and a regulatory binding protein |
| 2010-2011 | Session 4: 2011-01-10 | Barbara Papadopoulou | Speaker: Prasad Padmanabhan Title: Antisense RNA-mediated ribosomal RNA degradation in the parasitic protozoan Leishmania and its link to apoptosis |
| 2010-2011 | Session 4: 2011-01-10 | Rachid Mazroui | Speaker: Cristina Gareau Title: p21WAF1/CIP1 upregulation through the Stress Granules-associated CUGBP1 confers chemoresistance |
| 2010-2011 | Session 4: 2011-01-10 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Audrey Dubé Title: New insights into riboswitch regulatory mechanisms |
| 2010-2011 | Session 4: 2011-01-10 | Paul Joyce | Speaker: Mark Goring Title: Temperature-sensitivity suppressor mutations in tRNA nucleotidyltransferase: replacing dogma with data |
| 2010-2011 | Session 5: 2011-02-07 | Raymund Wellinger | Speaker: Jean-François Noël Title: Telomerase RNA 3' end formation in S. cerevisiae |
| 2010-2011 | Session 5: 2011-02-07 | Gerardo Ferbeyre | Speaker: Mathieu Vernier Title: Regulation of E2Fs and senescence by PML nuclear bodies |
| 2010-2011 | Session 5: 2011-02-07 | Chantal Autexier | Speaker: Sanjida Khondaker Title: The role of Alternatively-Spliced Variants of the Mouse Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase in Telomerase Regulation |
| 2010-2011 | Session 5: 2011-02-07 | Pascal Chartrand | Speaker: Faissal Ouenzar Title: Telomerase RNA trafficking and DNA damage response |
| 2010-2011 | Session 6: 2011-03-07 | Bill Zerges | Speaker: James Dhaliwal Title: RNA quality control requires an RNA-binding protein of (chloroplast) stress granules |
| 2010-2011 | Session 6: 2011-03-07 | Steven Zimmerly | Speaker: Steven Zimmerly Title: Novel mechanisms of group II intron splice-site recognition in Clostridium tetani |
| 2010-2011 | Session 6: 2011-03-07 | Mark Bayfield | Speaker: Amir Naeeni Title: Functional analysis of the conserved RNA chaperone activity of La proteins |
| 2010-2011 | Session 6: 2011-03-07 | Francois Major | Speaker: Véronique Lisi Title: Identification of microRNA/Transcription Factor Auto-Regulatory Loops and their Role in Proliferation and Hematopoiesis |
| 2010-2011 | Session 7: 2011-04-04 | Luc Desgroseillers | Speaker: Véronique Trépanier Title: Staufen-associated mRNAs during mitosis |
| 2010-2011 | Session 7: 2011-04-04 | Martin Simard | Speaker: Gabriel Bossé Title: C. elegans genetics uncovers a key regulator of the microRNA levels |
| 2010-2011 | Session 7: 2011-04-04 | Thomas Duchaine | Speaker: Ahilya Sawh Title: A Truncated Dicer Tilts the Balance of RNAi Pathways in C. elegans |
| 2010-2011 | Session 7: 2011-04-04 | Anne Gatignol | Speaker: Robert Scarborough Title: Design and Evaluation of SOFA HDV-Rzs Targeting HIV |
| 2010-2011 | Session 7: 2011-04-04 | Bill Zerges | Speaker: James Dhaliwal Title: RNA quality control requires an RNA-binding protein of (chloroplast) stress granules |
| 2010-2011 | Session 8:2011-05-02 | Mark Bayfield | Speaker: Amir Naeeni Title: Functional analysis of the conserved RNA chaperone activity of La proteins |
| 2010-2011 | Session 8:2011-05-02 | Ute Kothe | Speaker: Rajashekhar Kamalampeta Title: The role of proteins Nop10 and Gar1 for Cbf5-catalyzed pseudouridine formation |
| 2010-2011 | Session 8:2011-05-02 | Steven Zimmerly | Speaker: Bonnie McNeil Title: Alternative splicing of a group II intron in Clostridium tetani |
| 2010-2011 | Session 8:2011-05-02 | Sherif Abou Elela && Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Marc-André Comeau Title: Regulation of RNase III mediated RNA metabolism |
| 2010-2011 | Session 8:2011-05-02 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Maude Tremblay-Létourneau Title: Virtual high-throughput screening identifies mycophenolic acid as a novel RNA capping inhibitor |
| 2010-2011 | Session 9: 2011-06-06 | Eric Jan | Speaker: Qian Ren Title: Alternative reading frame selection mediated by a viral tRNA-mimic internal ribosome entry site |
| 2010-2011 | Session 9: 2011-06-06 | Brendan Bell | Speaker: Aurélie Delannoy Title: Study of the Modus Operandi of the cellular killer Taf6delta |
| 2010-2011 | Session 9: 2011-06-06 | Andrew Mouland | Speaker: Lara Ajamian Title: UPF1: La CRM de la CRM of HIV-1 RNA export |
| 2010-2011 | Session 9: 2011-06-06 | Ute Kothe | Speaker: Rajashekhar Kamalampeta Title: The role of proteins Nop10 and Gar1 for Cbf5-catalyzed pseudouridine formation |
| 2010-2011 | Session 9: 2011-06-06 | Bhushan Nagar | Speaker: Filipp Frank Title: Structural Analysis of 5'-mRNA-Cap Interactions with the Human AGO2 MID Domain |
| 2009-2010 | Session 1:2009-11-02 | Andrew Mouland | Speaker: Anne Monette Title: HIV-1 induces cytoplasmic retention of hnRNP A1 by disrupting nuclear import |
| 2009-2010 | Session 1:2009-11-02 | Anne Gatignol | Speaker: Jean-François Gélinas Title: Ribonucleoproteic complex formed around PKR during HIV replication |
| 2009-2010 | Session 1:2009-11-02 | Eric Massé | Speaker: Hubert Salvail Title: The small regulatory RNA RyhB is essential for enterobactin production in E. coli. |
| 2009-2010 | Session 1:2009-11-02 | Hans-Joachim Wieden | Speaker: Evelina DeLaurentiis Title: Identification of structural determinants critical for the function of LepA |
| 2009-2010 | Session 2: 2009-12-07 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Benoit Heppell Title: A helical domain of the SAM riboswitch pre-folds the ligand binding site |
| 2009-2010 | Session 2: 2009-12-07 | Thomas Duchaine | Speaker: Edlyn Wu Title: MicroRNA mediated silencing in the early embryo of C elegans |
| 2009-2010 | Session 2: 2009-12-07 | Steven Zimmerly | Speaker: Chen Wang Title: A reverse transcriptase-related protein mediates phage abortive |
| 2009-2010 | Session 2: 2009-12-07 | François Dragon | Speaker: Vincent Lemay Title: Identification of novel snR30 partners |
| 2009-2010 | Session 3: 2010-01-11 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Issur Moheshwarnath Title: In vitro reconstitution of the Flaviviral RNA capping machinery |
| 2009-2010 | Session 3: 2010-01-11 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Jean-Denis Beaudoin Title: G-quadruplex structure: a translation repressor broadly found in the transcriptome |
| 2009-2010 | Session 3: 2010-01-11 | Imed Gallouzi | Speaker: Imed Gallouzi Title: The early steps of muscle fiber formation require HuR-mediated expression of the Alarmin HMGB1 |
| 2009-2010 | Session 4: 2010-02-01 | François Bachand | Speaker: Olivier St-André Title: Pab2: the moodkiller of fission yeast meiosis |
| 2009-2010 | Session 4: 2010-02-01 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Patrick St-Pierre Title: The regulatory nature of riboswitches determines the ligand binding mechanism |
| 2009-2010 | Session 4: 2010-02-01 | Bill Zerges | Speaker: Yu Zhan Title: Functional analyses of chloroplast stress granules |
| 2009-2010 | Session 4: 2010-02-01 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Frédéric Picard-Jean Title: Can the immunosuppressive agent Mizoribine interfere with the RNA capping apparatus? |
| 2009-2010 | Session 5: 2010-03-08 | Raymund Wellinger | Speaker: Isabelle Dionne Title: Telomerase RNA: what kind of RNA is that ? |
| 2009-2010 | Session 5: 2010-03-08 | Pascale Legault | Speaker: Vanessa Delfosse Title: Purine riboswitch structure: a unique evolutionary-excluded structural mimicry |
| 2009-2010 | Session 5: 2010-03-08 | Hans-Joachim Wieden | Speaker: Jeffrey Fischer Title: Is the universally conserved GTPase HflX a ribosome associated factor? |
| 2009-2010 | Session 5: 2010-03-08 | François Bachand | Speaker: Caroline Lemieux Title: A novel function for Pab2 in the quality control of pre-mRNA splicing |
| 2009-2010 | Session 6: 2010-04-12 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Alexandre Cloutier Title: Finding the regulatory factor for Bcl-x: a question of life and death |
| 2009-2010 | Session 6: 2010-04-12 | Kalle Gehring | Speaker: Guennadi Kozlov Title: Structural studies of the role of the MLLE domain of Poly(A) binding protein in miRNA-mediated mRNA deadenylation |
| 2009-2010 | Session 6: 2010-04-12 | Pascal Chartrand | Speaker: Amélie Forget Title: Co-transcriptional recruitment of the translational repressor Puf6p on nascent ASH1 mRNA |
| 2009-2010 | Session 6: 2010-04-12 | Ute Kothe | Speaker: Ute Kothe Title: Insight into the mechanism of TruB-catalyzed pseudouridine synthesis |
| 2009-2010 | Session 7: 2010-05-03 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Mathieu Lavoie Title: Probing the target bias of the RNA degradation machinery |
| 2009-2010 | Session 7: 2010-05-03 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Laetitia Michelle Title: Exon-Junction Complex proteins regulate Bcl-x alternative splicing |
| 2009-2010 | Session 7: 2010-05-03 | François Major | Speaker: Paul Dallaire Title: A microRNA hidden amongst the YRNAs |
| 2009-2010 | Session 7: 2010-05-03 | Rachid Mazroui | Speaker: Cristina Gareau Title: Stress Granules formation: a possible mechanism for chemoresistance |
| 2009-2010 | Session 8:2010-06-07 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Leyla Aksouh Title: Nuclear degradation regulates the cell cycle dependent expression and localization of the septin checkpoint kinase HSL1 |
| 2009-2010 | Session 8:2010-06-07 | Hans-Joachim Wieden | Speaker: Alvin Altamirano Title: The functional characterization of the universally conserved P-loop NTPase YchF |
| 2009-2010 | Session 8:2010-06-07 | Luc Desgroseillers | Speaker: Maria Sanchez-Carbente Title: DEAD-box 3 RNA helicase associates with specific mRNA population in brain: insight on mRNA transport |
| 2009-2010 | Session 8:2010-06-07 | Brendan Bell | Speaker: Emmanuelle Wilhelm Title: Getting to the core of HIV latency: CTGC promoter motifs are essential for Tat-activated transcription |
| 2008-2009 | Session 1:2008-11-03 | Brendan Bell | Speaker: Marie-Eve Stébenne Title: Regulation of expression of death-inducing TAF6delta via alternative splicing |
| 2008-2009 | Session 1:2008-11-03 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Benoit Heppell Title: Peripheral elements of the SAM riboswitch influence ligand binding affinity |
| 2008-2009 | Session 1:2008-11-03 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Marie soulière Title: Study of a Decapping Enzyme Provides Evidence for a Two-metal Ion Mechanism |
| 2008-2009 | Session 1:2008-11-03 | Kalle Gehring | Speaker: Marie Ménade Title: Binding studies of the translational stimulator paip1 protein in complex with the recently identified eIF3 subunit p44 involved in eIF3-paip1 interaction |
| 2008-2009 | Session 2: 2008-12-01 | Eric Massé | Speaker: Eric Massé Title: Small RNA-induced mRNA degradation in bacteria |
| 2008-2009 | Session 2: 2008-12-01 | Reymund Wellinger | Speaker: Nancy Laterreur Title: Discovery of a conserved RNA element important for telomerase function |
| 2008-2009 | Session 2: 2008-12-01 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Patrick St-Pierre Title: Characterization of the siRNAs associated with peach latent mosaic viroid infection |
| 2008-2009 | Session 2: 2008-12-01 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Mathieu Catala Title: Yeast RNase III is required for the degradation of cell cycle dependent messenger RNAs |
| 2008-2009 | Session 3: 2009-01-12 | François Dragon | Speaker: Christian Trahan Title: Effects of dyskeratosis congenita mutations on telomerase assembly |
| 2008-2009 | Session 3: 2009-01-12 | Francois Bachand | Speaker: Jean-François Lemay Title: A Novel Function for the Nuclear Poly(A)-Binding Protein |
| 2008-2009 | Session 3: 2009-01-12 | Pascal Chartrand | Speaker: Franck Gallardo Title: Following the intracellular dynamic of the yeast telomerase RNA in living cells |
| 2008-2009 | Session 3: 2009-01-12 | Subburaj Ilangumaran | Speaker: Subburaj Ilangumaran Title: Cytolytic T Lymphocyte Activation without Antigen: Instances, Implications & Mechanisms |
| 2008-2009 | Session 4: 2009-02-02 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Laetitia Michelle Title: RNA-Binding Proteins of the Exon-Junction Complex regulate Bcl-x alternative splicing: connecting NMD defects to apoptosis? |
| 2008-2009 | Session 4: 2009-02-02 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Raja Chinnappan Title: Real-time monitoring riboswitch-controlled gene expression using molecular beacons |
| 2008-2009 | Session 4: 2009-02-02 | Hans-Joachim Wieden | Speaker: Evan Mercier Title: Structural dynamics and nucleotide exchange in Elongation Factor Tu |
| 2008-2009 | Session 4: 2009-02-02 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Moheshwarnath Issur Title: Determining cap donor/acceptor specificities of the mRNA capping machinery |
| 2008-2009 | Session 5: 2009-03-09 | Pascale Legault | Speaker: Ao Yang Title: NMR and biophysical studies of the interactions between human FCP1 and general transcription factor TFII |
| 2008-2009 | Session 5: 2009-03-09 | Bill Zerges | Speaker: Oussama Rifai Title: Is there an ER in the chloroplast? Isolation and characterization of novel membranes on which chloroplast mRNAs are translated |
| 2008-2009 | Session 5: 2009-03-09 | Imed Gallouzi | Speaker: Christopher Von Roretz Title: Role-reversal of HuR in apoptosis: Implication of caspases and the stress kinase PKR |
| 2008-2009 | Session 5: 2009-03-09 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Simon Blouin Title: Dissecting the folding pathway of a lysine-binding riboswitch |
| 2008-2009 | Session 6: 2009-04-06 | Luc Desgroseillers | Speaker: Karine Boulay Title: The control of Staufen 1 expression by APC/C-Cdh1 complex is required for mitosis progression |
| 2008-2009 | Session 6: 2009-04-06 | Léa Brakier-Gingras | Speaker: Johanie Charbonneau Title: The Efficiency of a Programmed -1 Ribosomal Frameshift of HIV-1 Is Not Affected by Changes Altering the Rate of Cap-dependent Translation Initiation |
| 2008-2009 | Session 6: 2009-04-06 | Barbara Papadopoulou | Speaker: Prasad Padmanabhan Title: Life without RNAi: How Leishmania does silence gene expression? |
| 2008-2009 | Session 6: 2009-04-06 | Martin Simard | Speaker: Alejandro Vasquez Rifo Title: Function and Genetic interaction of the C. elegans alg-1 and alg-2 genes |
| 2008-2009 | Session 7: 2009-05-04 | Eric Massé | Speaker: Hubert Salvail Title: Translational activation of shikimate import by the small RNA RyhB: molecular and physiological insights |
| 2008-2009 | Session 7: 2009-05-04 | Masad Damha | Speaker: Glen Deleavey Title: Fluorinated Nucleosides: Modifying siRNA to Improve Stability and Activity |
| 2008-2009 | Session 7: 2009-05-04 | Kenneth Hastings | Speaker: Brendan Yeats Title: Unexpected Features of Spliced Leader related RNAs of Ciona intestinalis |
| 2008-2009 | Session 7: 2009-05-04 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Mathieu Lavoie Title: A Genome-Wide Approach for Defining Substrate Specificity of a Ribonuclease III |
| 2008-2009 | Session 8:2009-06-01 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Jérôme Mulhbacher Title: Use Of Guanine Riboswitches As New Antibiotic Target For Treatment Of S. aureus And C. difficile Infections |
| 2008-2009 | Session 8:2009-06-01 | LGFUS | Speaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau Title: High-Throughput Quantification of Splicing Isoforms in Clinical Samples |
| 2008-2009 | Session 8:2009-06-01 | Anne Gatignol | Speaker: Sylvanne Daniels Title: HIV-encoded elements disrupt RNA interference activity |
| 2008-2009 | Session 8:2009-06-01 | Rachid Mazroui | Speaker: Sophie Mokas Title: Uncoupling Stress Granule Assembly and Inhibition of Translation Initiation |
| 2007-2008 | Session 1:2007-11-05 | Andrew Mouland | Speaker: Anne Monette Title: The effects of hnRNP proteins on the regulation of HIV-1 expression |
| 2007-2008 | Session 1:2007-11-05 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Lulzim Shkreta Title: Impact of anticancer drugs on the alternative splicing of Bcl-x and other apoptotic genes |
| 2007-2008 | Session 1:2007-11-05 | Bill Zerges | Speaker: Jim Uniake Title: Localization of protein synthesis for photosystem II assembly and repair |
| 2007-2008 | Session 2: 2007-12-03 | François Major | Speaker: Marc Parisien Title: The HIV-1 –1 Frameshifting Element Structure |
| 2007-2008 | Session 2: 2007-12-03 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Benoit Heppell Title: The importance of a long-range Watson-Crick base pair in naturally occuring SAM riboswitches |
| 2007-2008 | Session 2: 2007-12-03 | Stephane Richard | Speaker: Marc-Etienne Huot Title: Defining the Sam68 ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP) and its regulation by Epidermal Growth Factor |
| 2007-2008 | Session 2: 2007-12-03 | Jacek Majewski | Speaker: David Benovoy Title: Identifying alternative splicing events using the Affymetrix Human Exon Array |
| 2007-2008 | Session 3: 2008-01-07 | Lea Brakier-Gingras | Speaker: Karine Gendron Title: Cap-independent translation in HIV-1 |
| 2007-2008 | Session 3: 2008-01-07 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Alain Dandijou Title: To be determined |
| 2007-2008 | Session 3: 2008-01-07 | Martin bisaillon | Speaker: Marie Soulière Title: Kinetic and thermodynamic characterization of the capping enzyme from PBCV-1 |
| 2007-2008 | Session 3: 2008-01-07 | LGFUS | Speaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau Title: Methods for reprogramming cancer specific alternative splicing |
| 2007-2008 | Session 4: 2008-02-04 | Francois Corbin | Speaker: Véronique Lauzière Title: Blood platelets: a new model to study the fragile X mental retardation protein ? |
| 2007-2008 | Session 4: 2008-02-04 | Jacek Majewski | Speaker: David Benovoy Title: Identifying alternative splicing events using the Affymetrix Human Exon Array |
| 2007-2008 | Session 4: 2008-02-04 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Jérôme Mulhbacher Title: Guanine riboswitch inhibitors as promising new antibiotics familly against S. aureus and C. difficile |
| 2007-2008 | Session 5: 2008-03-03 | Thomas Duchaine | Speaker: Neetha Makil Title: The ERI complex: a formidable silencing machine |
| 2007-2008 | Session 5: 2008-03-03 | Francois Bachand | Speaker: Caroline Lemieux Title: Cotranscriptional recruitment of the yeast Nuclear poly(A)-binding protein Pab2 to active genes and association with translating mRNPs |
| 2007-2008 | Session 5: 2008-03-03 | Eric Massé | Speaker: Guilaume Desnoyers Title: Small RNA-mediated discoordination of an operon |
| 2007-2008 | Session 6: 2008-04-07 | Pascal Chartrand | Speaker: Zhifa Shen Title: Co-transcriptional recruitment of She2p to the ASH1 mRNA promotes the localization of this transcript to the bud of yeast cells |
| 2007-2008 | Session 6: 2008-04-07 | Patrick Provost | Speaker: Marjorie Perron Title: Biological interaction between Dicer and p63 |
| 2007-2008 | Session 6: 2008-04-07 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Issur Moheshwarnath Title: Probing into the structural determinants of the capping machinery |
| 2007-2008 | Session 6: 2008-04-07 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Jean-Denis Beaudoin Title: Potassium ions modulate a G-quadruplex-ribozyme's activity |
| 2007-2008 | Session 7: 2008-05-05 | Kalle Gehring | Speaker: Nozhat Safaee Title: Structural studies of the complex of eIF4G and PABP: an interaction responsible for circularization of mRNA and translation stimulation |
| 2007-2008 | Session 7: 2008-05-05 | Ken Hastings | Speaker: Ken Hastings Title: SL trans-splicing in the chordates: high-throughput sequence analysis of SL trans-spliced mRNAs of the ascidian tunicate Ciona intertinalis |
| 2007-2008 | Session 7: 2008-05-05 | Rachid Mazroui | Speaker: Sophie Mokas Title: Mechanisms of stress granules formation |
| 2007-2008 | Session 7: 2008-05-05 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Simon Blouin Title: RNA peripheral elements are intimately linked to the lysine riboswitch gene regulation process |
| 2007-2008 | Session 8:2008-06-02 | Martin Simard | Speaker: Samir Bouasker Title: Biochemical studies of the Argonautes proteins in C. elegans |
| 2007-2008 | Session 8:2008-06-02 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Ghada Ghazal Title: Co-transcriptional Cleavage by yeast RNase III provides a regulatory mechanism for 3’end mRNA processing |
| 2007-2008 | Session 8:2008-06-02 | Chantal Autexier | Speaker: Johans Fakhoury Title: Heterologous Mouse and Human Telomerase Complexes are Defective in Telomere Maintenance |
| 2007-2008 | Session 8:2008-06-02 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Jean-Francois Lemay Title: Single-molecule FRET reveals implication of core mutation in the folding dynamics of the adenine riboswitch |
| 2006-2007 | Session 1:2006-11-06 | Edward Khandjian | Speaker: Maud Gravel & Barthélemy Tournier Title: The Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein: RNA long distance call in neuron |
| 2006-2007 | Session 1:2006-11-06 | Imed Gallouzi | Speaker: Rachid Mazroui Title: Molecular mechanisms of assembly and desassembly of stress granules |
| 2006-2007 | Session 1:2006-11-06 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Benoît Heppell Title: Folding of the SAM riboswitch |
| 2006-2007 | Session 1:2006-11-06 | Jacek Majewski | Speaker: Jacek Majewski Title: Differences and heritability of splicing among individuals |
| 2006-2007 | Session 2: 2006-12-04 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Mathieu Catala Title: Involvement of RNase III in yeast cell cycle regulation |
| 2006-2007 | Session 2: 2006-12-04 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Atef Nehdi Title: HDV: from the Ribozyme to the virus |
| 2006-2007 | Session 2: 2006-12-04 | Barbara Papadopoulou | Speaker: Michaela Müller Title: Extinct Short Retroposons are involved in Regulation of Gene Expression in Leishmania |
| 2006-2007 | Session 2: 2006-12-04 | Paul Roy | Speaker: Grégory Léon Title: Insertion of group II intron retroelements into antibiotic resistance cassettes of integron |
| 2006-2007 | Session 3: 2007-01-08 | Martin Simard | Speaker: Martin Simard Title: Juggling with the C. elegans RNA silencing pathways |
| 2006-2007 | Session 3: 2007-01-08 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Jean-François Fisette Title: Inbreeding between hnRNP family members |
| 2006-2007 | Session 3: 2007-01-08 | Gerardo Ferbeyre | Speaker: Vincent De Guire Title: An E2F/miR-20a auto-regulatory feed-back loop |
| 2006-2007 | Session 3: 2007-01-08 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Cédric Reymond Title: Folding of the HDV ribozyme |
| 2006-2007 | Session 4: 2007-02-05 | Brendan Bell | Speaker: Marie-Eve Stébenne Title: Towards the mechanism of pro-apoptotic TAF6 splicing |
| 2006-2007 | Session 4: 2007-02-05 | Pascal Chartrand | Speaker: Frank Gallardo Title: Following the maturation and trafficking of the yeast telomerase RNA |
| 2006-2007 | Session 4: 2007-02-05 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Asef Mufti Title: Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication by SOFA-HDV ribozyme |
| 2006-2007 | Session 4: 2007-02-05 | Daniel Lafontaine | Speaker: Jean-François Lemay Title: When riboswitches decide to play alone: a ligand-independent riboswitch activation produced by a single-point mutation |
| 2006-2007 | Session 5: 2007-03-12 | LGFUS | Speaker: Takis Prinos Title: Annotation of alternatively spliced isoforms in ovarian cancer |
| 2006-2007 | Session 5: 2007-03-12 | Léa Brakier-Gingras | Speaker: Johanie Charbonneau Title: Changes in the translation initiation rate affect the frameshift efficiency of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). |
| 2006-2007 | Session 5: 2007-03-12 | Thomas Duchaine | Speaker: Thomas Duchaine Title: RNAi-mediated loops maintain the genome's integrity |
| 2006-2007 | Session 5: 2007-03-12 | Andrew Mouland | Speaker: Lara Ajamian Title: Control of HIV-1 RNA Expression |
| 2006-2007 | Session 6: 2007-04-02 | Luc Desgroseillers | Speaker: Maria Del Rayo Sanchez Carbente Title: The RNA helicase DEAD-box3 : an organizer of RNA granules in neurons |
| 2006-2007 | Session 6: 2007-04-02 | Patrick Provost | Speaker: Dominique Ouellet Title: Does HIV-1 harbor functional microRNAs? |
| 2006-2007 | Session 6: 2007-04-02 | Eric Masse | Speaker: Eric Masse Title: Adaptation to iron starvation through a small regulatory RNA |
| 2006-2007 | Session 7: 2007-05-07 | Kalle Gehring | Speaker: Nadeem Siddiqui Title: Poly(A)-nuclease interacts with the PABC domain from poly(A)-binding protein |
| 2006-2007 | Session 7: 2007-05-07 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Mathieu Lavoie Title: Yeast RNase III uses a flexible network of hydrogen bonds for substrate recognition |
| 2006-2007 | Session 7: 2007-05-07 | François Bachand | Speaker: François Bachand Title: Using Fission Yeast to Unravel Polyadenylation Control |
| 2006-2007 | Session 7: 2007-05-07 | Anne Gatignol | Speaker: Kaitlin Soye Title: Decreasing HIV-1 replication by delta Ribozymes by targeting viral and cellular RNA |
| 2006-2007 | Session 8:2007-06-04 | Pascale Legault | Speaker: Patricia Bouchard Title: Structure-Function Studies of Substrate Recognition by the Neurospora VS Ribozyme |
| 2006-2007 | Session 8:2007-06-04 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Jules Gagnon Title: Looking for Rnt1p needles in the genome haystack |
| 2006-2007 | Session 8:2007-06-04 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Ghada Ghazal Title: RNase III regulates the expression of polycistronic RNA in yeast |
| 2006-2007 | Session 8:2007-06-04 | Chantal Autexier | Speaker: Yasmin D’Souza Title: The role of telomerase processivity in telomere length regulation |
| 2005-2006 | Session 1:2005-11-07 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Rebeca Martinez Title: hnRNPA/B and F/H: the fruit of the loop |
| 2005-2006 | Session 1:2005-11-07 | Daniel LaFontaine | Speaker: Benoit Heppell Title: The SAM riboswitch: Fluorescence studies using 2-aminopurine |
| 2005-2006 | Session 1:2005-11-07 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Francis Brière Title: Improving sequence specific nucleic acid enzymes by the SOFA module |
| 2005-2006 | Session 1:2005-11-07 | Luc Desgroseillers | Speaker: Laurent Chatel-Chaix Title: Staufen participates to Gag multimerization during HIV-1 assembly in live cells |
| 2005-2006 | Session 2: 2005-12-05 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Timothée Revil Title: The democracy of a splicing decision |
| 2005-2006 | Session 2: 2005-12-05 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Dongling Ge Title: Rnt1p, a Modulator of Glucose Sensing System in Yeast |
| 2005-2006 | Session 2: 2005-12-05 | Stephane Richard | Speaker: Erique Lukong Title: Cellular implications of Sam68 phosphorylation |
| 2005-2006 | Session 2: 2005-12-05 | Chabot/Wellinger/Abou Elela | Speaker: Julie Parenteau Title: Construction of an intronless Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strain |
| 2005-2006 | Session 3: 2006-01-09 | Benoit Chabot | Speaker: Jean-François Fisette Title: Bringing splice sites together using G force |
| 2005-2006 | Session 3: 2006-01-09 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Natacha Dreumont Title: Post-transcriptional regulation of drug resistance genes in yeast |
| 2005-2006 | Session 3: 2006-01-09 | Bill Zerges | Speaker: Jim Uniacke Title: Chloroplast mRNA localization during oxidative stress |
| 2005-2006 | Session 3: 2006-01-09 | Genome | Speaker: Degen Zhuo Title: A Signature for the Mammalian Young Spliceosomal Introns |
| 2005-2006 | Session 4: 2006-02-06 | Paul H. Roy | Speaker: Gregory Leon Title: Potential role of bacterial group II class C introns in integron multiresistance cassette formation and evolution. |
| 2005-2006 | Session 4: 2006-02-06 | Martin Simard | Speaker: Martin Simard Title: microRNA and siRNA complexes in C. elegans |
| 2005-2006 | Session 4: 2006-02-06 | Marco Di Fruscio | Speaker: Marco Di Fruscio Title: Developmental consequences in Drosophila following the loss of the RNA binding protein Kep1 |
| 2005-2006 | Session 4: 2006-02-06 | Craig C. Mello | Speaker: Thomas Duchaine Title: Functional proteomics reveals the biochemical niche of C. elegans DCR-1 in multiple small-RNA mediated pathways. |
| 2005-2006 | Session 5: 2006-03-06 | François Dragon | Speaker: Sahar Soltanieh Title: DEAD-box protein Dbp4 is an auxiliary factor required for SSU processome function. |
| 2005-2006 | Session 5: 2006-03-06 | Sherif Abou Elela | Speaker: Ghada Ghazal Title: A new angle of Rnt1p's mode of action. |
| 2005-2006 | Session 5: 2006-03-06 | Éric Massé | Speaker: Éric Massé Title: Specific targeting and mechanism of a small regulatory RNA. |
| 2005-2006 | Session 5: 2006-03-06 | Imed Gallouzi | Speaker: Imed Gallouzi Title: The disruption of Transportin-2-mediated HuR import is a key step in skeletal muscle differentiation. |
| 2005-2006 | Session 6: 2006-04-03 | Patrick Provost | Speaker: Vincent Boissonneault Title: Regulation of BACE expression by microRNAs |
| 2005-2006 | Session 6: 2006-04-03 | Pascal Chartrand | Speaker: Vincent De Guire Title: A self-regulatory pathway between miR-20 and E2F transcription factors |
| 2005-2006 | Session 6: 2006-04-03 | Léa Brakier-Gingras | Speaker: Mélissa Léger Title: Characterisation of the interaction between the frameshift stimulatory signal of HIV-1 and the ribosome |
| 2005-2006 | Session 6: 2006-04-03 | François Bachand | Speaker: François Bachand Title: Regulation of the translational machinery by protein methylation |
| 2005-2006 | Session 7: 2006-05-01 | Chantal Autexier | Speaker: Johans Fakhoury Title: The role of the telomerase reverse transcriptase in the divergent regulation of mouse and human telomere function |
| 2005-2006 | Session 7: 2006-05-01 | Jean-Pierre Perreault | Speaker: Atef Nehdi Title: Study of the molecular mechanism of delta ribozyme using SELEX |
| 2005-2006 | Session 7: 2006-05-01 | Genome | Speaker: Roscoe Klinck Title: Events in alternative Splicing |
| 2005-2006 | Session 7: 2006-05-01 | Anne Gatignol | Speaker: Guerline Clerzius Title: Regulation of HIV-1 expression and replication by TRBP and PKR, two dsRNA binding proteins |
| 2005-2006 | Session 8:2006-06-05 | Martin Bisaillon | Speaker: Marie Soulière Title: Kinetics and mechanism of action of a capping enzyme |
| 2005-2006 | Session 8:2006-06-05 | Brendan Bell | Speaker: Isaac Nzaramba Title: Mechanisms of HIV latency: role of the HIV core promoter |
| 2005-2006 | Session 8:2006-06-05 | Pascale Legault | Speaker: Geneviève Desjardins Title: Structural Studies of the Neurospora VS ribozyme |
| 2005-2006 | Session 8:2006-06-05 | Benoit Cousineau | Speaker: Kamila Belhocine Title: Trans-splicing of a bacterial group II intron and the origin of spliceosomal RNAs |
| 2004-2005 | Session 1:2004-11-01 | Major | Speaker: Paul Dallaire Title: Hscan and hsxb1: computer tools for finding new microRNAs. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 1:2004-11-01 | Richard | Speaker: André Galarneau Title: Identification of a bipatite quaking response element. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 1:2004-11-01 | Boire and Perreault | Speaker: Jonathan Perreault Title: hYRNA: a novel class of retrotransposons. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 1:2004-11-01 | Gallouzi | Speaker: Rachid Mazroui Title: Posttranscription regulation and cell stress responses. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 2: 2004-12-06 | Perreault | Speaker: Lucien Junior Bergeron Title: Target-dependent On/Off switch increases ribozyme fidelity. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 2: 2004-12-06 | Chabot | Speaker: Jean-François Fissete Title: Can hnRNP F/H proteins control 5' splice site selection? |
| 2004-2005 | Session 2: 2004-12-06 | Desgroseillers | Speaker: Luc Furic Title: Bearing a Staufen1 binding site in your 3'UTR diminishes Life Expectation. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 2: 2004-12-06 | Abou Elela | Speaker: Mathieu Catala Title: A new link between rRNA transcription and processing in yeast. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 3: 2005-01-10 | Mouland | Speaker: Kathy Lévesque Title: HIV-1 RNA Trafficking Mediated by hnRNP A2 |
| 2004-2005 | Session 3: 2005-01-10 | Chartrand | Speaker: Guillaume Poirier Title: Khd1p controls the translation of the yeast ASH1 mRNA by interacting with eIF4G |
| 2004-2005 | Session 3: 2005-01-10 | Burke | Speaker: Dominic Lambert Title: The catalytic core of the hammerhead ribozyme |
| 2004-2005 | Session 3: 2005-01-10 | Bisaillon | Speaker: Martin Bisaillon Title: Thermodynamics of ligand binding by the yeast mRNA-capping enzyme. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 4: 2005-02-07 | Provost | Speaker: Pierre Plante Title: Identification of a metabolic pathway regulated by RNA interference in fission yeast. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 4: 2005-02-07 | Roy | Speaker: Dominic Bernard Title: Inhibition of a nondiscriminating aspartyl-tRNA synthetase by aspartol-AMP : What's happening ? |
| 2004-2005 | Session 4: 2005-02-07 | Cousineau | Speaker: Karine Fiola Title: Effects of delta ribozyme expression in Lactococcus lactis. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 5: 2005-03-07 | Gatignol | Speaker: Guerline Clerzius Title: Virus-Host Interactions - regulation of HIV-1 Expression and Replication by Cellular RNA binding proteins |
| 2004-2005 | Session 5: 2005-03-07 | Chabot | Speaker: Daniel Garneau Title: Life and death decisions implicating hnRNP F/H |
| 2004-2005 | Session 5: 2005-03-07 | Damha | Speaker: David Sabatino Title: TNovel approaches to the synthesis of branched and dendritic nucleic acids |
| 2004-2005 | Session 5: 2005-03-07 | Wellinger | Speaker: Stéphanie Larose Title: RNase III Mediated Downregulation of the Telomerase Ribonucleoprotein Complex |
| 2004-2005 | Session 6: 2005-04-04 | Massé | Speaker: Eric Massé Title: Role of the RNA chaperone Hfq in RNA-RNA interactions. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 6: 2005-04-04 | Lafontaine | Speaker: Daniel Lafontaine Title: To switch or not to switch: characterisation of an adenine riboswitch. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 6: 2005-04-04 | Zerges | Speaker: James Uniacke Title: Localization of mRNAs in the chloroplast for thylakoid membrane biogenesis and repair. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 6: 2005-04-04 | Sonenberg | Speaker: to be announced Title: to be announced |
| 2004-2005 | Session 7: 2005-05-02 | Joyce | Speaker: Azat Zakarian Title: Yeast tRNA nucleotidyltransferase gene expression. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 7: 2005-05-02 | Francklyn | Speaker: Ethan Guth Title: Mechanism of aminoacyl transfer in class II Escherichia coli histidyl-tRNA synthetase (HisRS) |
| 2004-2005 | Session 7: 2005-05-02 | Bell | Speaker: Brendan Bell Title: Gene expression in programmed cell death: the TAF6delta pathway. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 8:2005-06-06 | Desgroseillers | Speaker: Marjolaine Maher-Laporte Title: Identification and characterisation of molecular components of Staufen2 containing RNA granules in neurons. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 8:2005-06-06 | Autexier | Speaker: Delphine Marie-Egyptienne Title: A human-tetrahymena pseudoknot chimeric telomerase RNA reconstitutes a nonprocessive enzyme in vitro that is defective in telomere elongation. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 8:2005-06-06 | Legault | Speaker: Pascale Legault Title: Effect of Mg2+-ion binding on the structure of the VS Ribozyme Stem-Loop V. |
| 2004-2005 | Session 8:2005-06-06 | Abou Elela | Speaker: Jules Gagnon Title: Decoding the non coding RNA with Rnt1p. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 1:10/11/03 | Wellinger | Speaker: Alain Dandjinou Title: A secondary structure of the yeast telomerase RNA. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 1:10/11/03 | Gehring | Speaker: Kalle Gehring Title: PABC, a link between mRNA metabolosm and the ubiquitin system. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 1:10/11/03 | Chteinberg | Speaker: Félix Doyon Title: Structural diversity of the DT region in supressor and mitochondrial tRNAs. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 1:10/11/03 | Major | Speaker: Philippe Thibault Title: A new RNA CSP modeling approach using the Mc-Sym binary relation database engine: implementation overview and practical results. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 2: 1/12/03 | Bisaillon | Speaker: Bisaillon Martin Title: Binding of a broad-spectrum antiviral to the hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 2: 1/12/03 | Desgroseillers | Speaker: George Elvire Title: Proteomics of RNA granules in developing brain identify megagranin, a master regulator of RNA granules. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 2: 1/12/03 | Mouland | Speaker: Jean-François Clément Title: RNAi against the double-stranded RNA Binding Protein Staufen: Effects on HIV-1 Replication |
| 2003-2004 | Session 2: 1/12/03 | Gallouzi | Speaker: Sergio Di-Marco Title: Role of HuR in the posttranscriptional regulation of key mediators of cytokine induced cancer cachexia. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 3: 12/1/04 | Di Fruscio | Speaker: Marco Di Fruscio Title: Kep2 knock-out, a STAR protein in action. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 3: 12/1/04 | Dragon | Speaker: Vincent Lemay Title: Using an RNA aptamer to purify the small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein snR30. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 3: 12/1/04 | Gallouzi | Speaker: Robert Tanguay Title: A minor alternative transcript of the fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase gene produices a protein despite being subjected to nonsense-medioated mRNA decay. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 3: 12/1/04 | Sonenberg | Speaker: Marcelo López-Lastra Title: Hepatitus C virus replication in peripheral blood lymphocytes. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 4: 2/2/04 | Paul Roy | Speaker: Grégory Léon Title: Study of a group II class C intron within the chromosomal integron of Nitrosomonas europea: potential role in cassette formation and integron evolution. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 4: 2/2/04 | Zerges | Speaker: Anguel Stefanov Title: Translational control for photosystem II biogenesis: why are there so many regulators ? |
| 2003-2004 | Session 4: 2/2/04 | Abou Elela | Speaker: Dongling Ge Title: Fishing mRNA substrates of Rnt1p |
| 2003-2004 | Session 4: 2/2/04 | Damha | Speaker: Robert Donga Title: Investigating the structure and properties of "RNA-X": a ribonucleic acid implicated in spliceosome catalysis |
| 2003-2004 | Session 5: 1/3/04 | Cousineau | Speaker: Kamila Belhocine Title: Dissemination of a group II intron in the bacterial kingdom. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 5: 1/3/04 | Chabot | Speaker: Timothée Revil Title: Splicing of Bcl-x: a life and death decision. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 5: 1/3/04 | Brakier-Gingras | Speaker: François Bélanger Title: Functional interaction between the 900 tetraloop and helix 24 of 16S rRNA within the bacterial ribosome. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 6: 5/4/04 | Desgroseillers | Speaker: Samuel Dugré-Brisson Title: Protein synthesis modulation by human Staufen. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 6: 5/4/04 | Provost | Speaker: Isabelle Plante Title: Identification of a novel Dicer substrate. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 6: 5/4/04 | Bisaillon | Speaker: Martin Bisaillon Title: An unexpected substrate for a viral RNA capping enzyme. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 6: 5/4/04 | Perreault | Speaker: Jonathan Ouellet Title: Revealing the folding pathway of delta ribozyme via crosslinking and in silico experiments. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 7: 3/5/04 | Massé Lab | Speaker: Éric Massé Title: Effect of a small antisense RNA on the iron metabolism. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 7: 3/5/04 | Francklyn Lab | Speaker: Karen Champagne (10 minutes talk) Title: A Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase-like Domain Involved in the Regulation of ATP-Phosphoribosyl Transferase from Lactococcus lactis. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 7: 3/5/04 | Francklyn Lab | Speaker: Ethan Guth (10 minutes talk) Title: The aminoacylation mechanism of the Escherichia coli histidyl-tRNA synthetase as determined by rapid chemical quench flow, substrate thio substitution, and mutagenesis. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 7: 3/5/04 | Paul Joyce | Speaker: Xunying Shan Title: Characterization of yeast tRNA nucleotidyltransferase |
| 2003-2004 | Session 7: 3/5/04 | John M. Burke | Speaker: Christina Pecore Title: Cobalt hexaammine mediates a novel type of photocrosslink in the hairpin ribozyme |
| 2003-2004 | Session 8:7/6/04 | Genome Quebec/Canada Project | Speaker: Klinck Title: Antisense modulation of alternative splicing |
| 2003-2004 | Session 8:7/6/04 | Autexier Lab | Speaker:Michael Taboski Title: Expression profiles of human telomerase reverse transcriptase mRNA spliced variants. |
| 2003-2004 | Session 8:7/6/04 | Chartrand Lab | Speaker: Nicolas Paquin Title: How does Khd1p regulate the translation of the yeast bud-localized ASH1 mRNA? |
| 2002-2003 | Session 1:6/11/02 | Chteinberg | Speaker: Ekaterina Zagriadskaia Title : Importance of the reverse-Hoogsteen base pair T54-A58 for the general tRNA architecture. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 1:6/11/02 | Lafontaine | Speaker: Daniel Lafontaine Title: Study of RNA junction by comparative gel electrophoresis. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 1:6/11/02 | Perreault | Speaker: Lucien Jr. Bergeron: Title: Targeting a natural RNA using deltaribozyme. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 2: 2/12/02 | Desgroseillers | Speaker: George Elvira Title: The zinc-finger protein Zfr associates with Staufen2 in neurons. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 2: 2/12/02 | Mouland | Speaker: Laurent Chatel-Chaix Title: Staufen associates with HIV-1 Gag and specifically interacts with genomic, but not spliced, 9kb RNA. Correlation with a putative role in viral assembly and RNA encapsidation. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 2: 2/12/02 | Abou Elela | Speaker: Mathieu Catala Title: Looking for the way Rnt1p shuttles back and forth to the moon. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 3: 13/01/03 | Gehring | Title:Nadeem Siddiqui Title: Something about the PABC domain from a Trypanosomal poly(A) binding protein. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 3: 13/01/03 | Damha | Speaker: Sandra Carriero Title: Template-mediated chemical synthesis of nucleic acid lariats. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 3: 13/01/03 | Zerges | Speaker: Bill Zerges Title: How and why do three nuclear gene products regulate translation of mRNAs of a single chloroplast gene? |
| 2002-2003 | Session 4: 10/2/03 | Joyce | Speaker: Paul Joyce Title: Candida glabrata tRNA nucleotidyltransferase: Where? When? and How? |
| 2002-2003 | Session 4: 10/2/03 | Cousineau | Speaker: Karine Fiola Title: The effect of ribozymes on L. lactis targets. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 4: 10/2/03 | Boire | Speaker: Francis Briere Title: Characterization of cellular proteins interacting with hY3 RNA? |
| 2002-2003 | Session 4: 10/2/03 | Di Fruscio | Speaker: Di Fruscio Title: RNA binding proteins in Drosophila development. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 5: 3/3/03 | Burke | Speaker: Ken Hampel Title : Structure-function studies of the hammerhead and hairpin ribozymes. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 5: 3/3/03 | Major | Speaker: François Major Title: Structural analysis of the (kissing loop region of tRNA-ASP) using minimum cycle basis decomposition. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 5: 3/3/03 | Day | Speaker: François D'Anjou Title: Silencing of pro-protein convertase 2 (SPC2) expression using designed delta ribozyme in stable mouse endocrine cell lines. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 5: 3/3/03 | Bisaillon | Speaker: Martin Bisaillon Title: Metal ion binding properties of the Hepatitis C Virus RNA polymerase. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 6: 7/4/03 | Richard | Speaker: Daniel Larocque Title: Quaking RNA binding proteins and MBP mRNA trafficking in oligodendrocytes. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 6: 7/4/03 | Chabot | Speaker: Benoit Chabot Title: HnRNP A1/A2 as targets against cancer. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 6: 7/4/03 | Tanguay | Speaker: Natacha Dreumont Title: Transcription, processing and surveillance of FAH transcripts. Update 2003. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 6: 7/4/03 | DesGroseillers | Speaker: Karine Boulay TitTitlele : Interaction between Staufen and ribosomes. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 7: 5/5/03 | Provost | Speaker: Patrick Provost Title: "Dicer". |
| 2002-2003 | Session 7: 5/5/03 | Francklyn | Speaker: Chris Francklyn Title: Biochemical and structural analysis of tRNA recognition by tRNA synthetases. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 7: 5/5/03 | Abou Elela | Speaker: Ghada Ghazal Title: Determinants or Antideterminants? That's Rnt1p's Question. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 7: 5/5/03 | Brakier-Gingras | Speaker : Mélissa Léger Title: The bacterial ribosome responds like the eukaryote ribosome to the framshift stimulatory signal of HIV. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 8:2/6/03 | Dragon | Speaker: François Dragon Title: Defining the role of DEAD-box protein Dbp4, a putative RNA helicase |
| 2002-2003 | Session 8:2/6/03 | Autexier | Speaker: Delphine Marie-Egyptienne Title: Functional Conservation of Telomerase Components. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 8:2/6/03 | Chartrand | Speaker: Catherine Olivier Title: Molecular Basis of the Interaction of She2p with RNA, a Protein Essential for the Proper Lacalization of the ASH1 mRNA in Yeast. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 8:2/6/03 | Gatignol | Speaker: Ghislaine Laraki Title : Interactions Between Two Double-stranded RNA-binding Proteins TRBP and PACT. |
| 2002-2003 | Session 8:2/6/03 | Wellinger | Speaker: Alain Danjinou Title: Telomerase RNA Structure/Function Relationship: Can a Mini-RNA Do the job? |
| 2001-2002 | Session 1:5/11/01 | Acheson | Effect of intron size and secondary structure on alternative splicing in polyomavirus by Nicholas H. Acheson |
| 2001-2002 | Session 1:5/11/01 | Boire | Proteins interacting with Ro: from yeast to HeLa and back by Gilles Boire |
| 2001-2002 | Session 1:5/11/01 | Damha | 2',5'-linked Ribonucleic Acids - A brother or a cousin of RNA? by Rami Hannoush |
| 2001-2002 | Session 2: 3/12/01 | Desgroseillers | Is Staufen also a nuclear protein? by Catherine Martel |
| 2001-2002 | Session 2: 3/12/01 | Abou Elela | Finding Rnt1p Substrates: Let the Computers do the Work! by Julien Gervis-Bird |
| 2001-2002 | Session 2: 3/12/01 | Mouland | Characterization of the interaction between the double-stranded-RNA binding protein Staufen and the HIV-1 ribonucleoparticle. by Laurent Chatel-Chaix |
| 2001-2002 | Session 3: 15/1/02 | Chabot | When splicing does not work, blame SRp30c by Martin Simard |
| 2001-2002 | Session 3: 15/1/02 | Sonenberg | Characterization of an IRES element in HIV-1 by Ann Brasey |
| 2001-2002 | Session 3: 15/1/02 | Dragon | The U3 processome is a large nucleolar RNP that functions in pre-ribosomal RNA processing by Francois Dragon |
| 2001-2002 | Session 4: 4/2/02 | Cousineau | Are group II introns infectious ? by Dr. Benoit Cousineau |
| 2001-2002 | Session 4: 4/2/02 | Damha | Flexibility in oligonucleotides? Anticipating new antisense antidotes with Ribonuclease H by Maria Mangos |
| 2001-2002 | Session 4: 4/2/02 | Ghering | Zinc is required for structural stability of the C-terminus of initiation factor aIF2beta by Pablo Gutierrez |
| 2001-2002 | Session 5: 4/3/02 | Major | Searching RNA 3-D Motifs: A new method based on graph theory helped us to find a new motif in the large ribosomal subunit by François Major |
| 2001-2002 | Session 5: 4/3/02 | Perreault | UV Crosslinking using 4-Thiouridine in the antigenomic trans delta ribozyme by Jonathan Ouellet |
| 2001-2002 | Session 5: 4/3/02 | Chteinberg | GU-receptors of double helices mediate tRNA movement in ribosome by Serguei Chteinberg |
| 2001-2002 | Session 6: 8/4/02 | Brakier-Gingras | Characterization of a programmed -1 ribosomal frameshift in HIV-1 group O by Martin Baril |
| 2001-2002 | Session 6: 8/4/02 | DesGroseillers | Identification of Staufen-bound RNAs by Luc Furic |
| 2001-2002 | Session 6: 8/4/02 | Chabot | Tug-of-war with the spliceosome by Jonathan Villemaire |
| 2001-2002 | Session 7: 6/5/02 | Abou Elela | Mapping the architecture of Rnt1p's associated proteins to rRNA cleavage and modification by Yeung Yam |
| 2001-2002 | Session 7: 6/5/02 | Francklyn | Amino acid and tRNA selection by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases by Dr Francklyn |
| 2001-2002 | Session 7: 6/5/02 | Tanguay | Cytoplasmic NMD for a naturally occuring nonsense mutation of the FAH gene by Natacha Dreumont |
| 2001-2002 | Session 8:3/6/02 | Autexier | Characterization of the hTERT C-terminus by Sylvain Huard |
| 2001-2002 | Session 8:3/6/02 | Perreault | Ribozyme delta : When the 2'-OH group makes the difference! by Karine Fiola |
| 2001-2002 | Session 8:3/6/02 | Wellinger, Abou Elela | Tracing the Origin of the Yeast Telomerase RNA by Stéphanie Larose |
| 2001-2002 | Session 8:3/6/02 | Chabot | Who mimics whom ? Drawing parallels between the roles of A1 and RNA-duplex formation in alternative splicing by Faiz Nasim |
| 2000-2001 | Session 1:2/10/00 | Perreault | Stability of delta ribozyme, the fruit of evolution by JP perreault |
| 2000-2001 | Session 1:2/10/00 | Cousineau | Retrohoming and retrotransposition of a bacterial group II intron by Benoit Cousineau |
| 2000-2001 | Session 1:2/10/00 | Chteinberg | Novel Structural Compensations in Transfer RNA by Sergey Steinberg |
| 2000-2001 | Session 2: 6/11/00 | Official Opening | 2000 Official Opening Session meeting |
| 2000-2001 | Session 3: 4/12/00 | Boire | Functional links between RoBPI and Ro RNPs by François Bolduc |
| 2000-2001 | Session 3: 4/12/00 | Desgroseillers | Multiple determinants in human RNA-binding protein Staufen are involved in ribosome and rough endoplasmic reticulum association by Ming Luo |
| 2000-2001 | Session 3: 4/12/00 | Mouland | HIV-1 RNA Processing by Andrew Mouland |
| 2000-2001 | Session 4: 8/1/01 | Sonenberg | Poly(A) Binding Protein (PABP) Interacting Proteins by Avak Kavahjian |
| 2000-2001 | Session 4: 8/1/01 | Chabot | A1: A small protein for large introns by Mélanie Cordeau |
| 2000-2001 | Session 4: 8/1/01 | Aubry | In search of the role for KRAB multifinger proteins: From the nuclear targeting to the identification of functional partners. by Muriel Aubry |
| 2000-2001 | Session 5: 5/2/01 | Laughrea | Differential impacts of stem-loop B mutations on HIV replication and genomic RNA dimerization, and evidence for new RNA sites implicated in genomic RNA dimerization. by Ni Shen |
| 2000-2001 | Session 5: 5/2/01 | Damha | Synthetic Branched Oligonucleotides Inhibit in vitro pre- mRNA Splicing in S. cerevisiae. by Sandra Carriero |
| 2000-2001 | Session 5: 5/2/01 | Mouland | Evaluation of Staufen's RNA-Binding Capacity to HIV-1 RNA: A Possible Role in the Viral Lifecycle by Laurent Chatel-Chaix |
| 2000-2001 | Session 6: 5/3/01 | Burke | Functional involvment of G8 in the hairpin ribozyme mechanism by Robert Pinard (Burke lab) |
| 2000-2001 | Session 6: 5/3/01 | Major | Using three-dimensional modeling to understand the mechanism of HDV ribozyme by Nancy Bourassa |
| 2000-2001 | Session 6: 5/3/01 | Perreault | Characterization of the initiation site for a viroid replicatoin by Martin Pelchat (Perreault Lab) |
| 2000-2001 | Session 7: 2/4/01 | Brakier-Gingras | Instant evolution of the 900 tetraloop of 16S ribosomal RNA by Francois Bélanger |
| 2000-2001 | Session 7: 2/4/01 | Desgroseillers | Isoform-specific association of Staufen2 with ribosomes in neurons. by Thomas Duchaine |
| 2000-2001 | Session 7: 2/4/01 | Chabot | Selection of alternative 5' splice sites in the presence of high-affinity binding sites for hnRNP A1: The rules of the game. by Faiz-ul H. Nasim |
| 2000-2001 | Session 8:7/5/01 | Abou Elela | The Pilgrimage of Rnt1p and its Followers to the Nucleolus by Mathieu Catala |
| 2000-2001 | Session 8:7/5/01 | Francklyn | Defining the Molecular Basis of tRNA Aminoacylation Specificity by Chris Francklyn |
| 2000-2001 | Session 8:7/5/01 | Tanguay | Non-sense mRNA decay in tyrosinemia by Natacha Dreumont |
| 2000-2001 | Session 9: 4/6/01 | Wellinger | The multifunctional eukaryotic RNase III affects yeast telomerase RNA by Stéphanie Larose (Wellinger and Abou Elela labs) |
| 2000-2001 | Session 9: 4/6/01 | Autexier | Mutagenesis and functional analysis of the N-terminus of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase by Tara Moriarty |
| 2000-2001 | Session 9: 4/6/01 | Chabot | Lining up A1 binding sites for a zippy ride by Stephen Hutchison |
| 1999-2000 | Session 1:20/09/1999 | Beckman | 1) Interaction analysis (sIA) using analytical ultracentrifugation. Mr. Chris Lee |
| 1999-2000 | Session 1:20/09/1999 | Steitz | 2) A tale of two spliceosomes Dr. Joan A. Steitz |
| 1999-2000 | Session 2: 04/10/1999 | Paquin/Cedergren group | 2) Hammerhead inhibition by terbieum: the role of nucleotide 15.3. By Cesar Gomez |
| 1999-2000 | Session 2: 04/10/1999 | Perreault | 1) Folding of delta ribozyme Dr. Sirinart Ananouranich |
| 1999-2000 | Session 2: 04/10/1999 | Lapointe | 4) Magnesium dependent alternate foldings of active and inactive Escherichia coli tRNAGlu revealed by chemical probing. Dr. Eric Madore |
| 1999-2000 | Session 2: 04/10/1999 | Burke | 3) New tertiary structure hypothesis: A specific interdomain G-C base pair is required for the catalytic function of the hairpin ribozyme and domain is probably bent. Dr. Robert Pinard |
| 1999-2000 | Session 3: 01/11/1999 | Chabot | 1) The adenovirus E1B protein: a novel regulator of RNA splicing? Stephen Hutchison |
| 1999-2000 | Session 3: 01/11/1999 | Francklyn | 3)tRNA Identity and the Motif 2 Loop of Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase Susan A. Hawko |
| 1999-2000 | Session 3: 01/11/1999 | Abou Elela | 2) Rnt1 meets Gar1: when blind dates work out Annie Tremblay |
| 1999-2000 | Session 4: 06/12/1999 | Boire | 3) The RNA-binding activity of human Staufen is the major determinant for rough endoplasmic reticulum association Jim Boulanger |
| 1999-2000 | Session 4: 06/12/1999 | Labbé | 2)Identification of a Sensing and Transport System in Fission Yeast Reveals Opposite Regulation of Copper and Iron Metabolic Genes. Simon Labbé |
| 1999-2000 | Session 4: 06/12/1999 | Desgroseillers | 1) Cloning by function of the yeast homologue of Ro RNP binding protein I (RoBPI) Ming Luo |
| 1999-2000 | Session 5: 17/01/2000 | Coulombe | 3) Transcription initiation by mammalian polymerase II Dr Benoit Coulombe |
| 1999-2000 | Session 5: 17/01/2000 | Aubry | 4) ZNF74 zinc finger gene as a candidate for DiGeorge/Velocardiofacial symdrome: its potential dual function in transcription and RNA processing Dr. Muriel Aubry |
| 1999-2000 | Session 5: 17/01/2000 | Wellinger | 2) A link between telomere replication and the conventional replication machinery Julie Parenteau |
| 1999-2000 | Session 5: 17/01/2000 | Sonenberg | 1) A cell cycle-dependent internal ribosome entry site Stéphane Pyronnet |
| 1999-2000 | Session 6: 07/02/2000 | Schmitt | 3) An endoribonuclease that helps to controls the yeast cell cycle Mark Schmitt |
| 1999-2000 | Session 6: 07/02/2000 | Abou Elela | 4) Random mutagenesis of Rnt1 N-terminal domain a functional approach for structure analysis Bruno Lamontagne |
| 1999-2000 | Session 6: 07/02/2000 | Laughrea | 1) Stem-loop B destruction affects HIV-1 genomic RNA dimerization as much as Kissing-loop Hairpin destructioin Ni Shen |
| 1999-2000 | Session 6: 07/02/2000 | Chabot | 2) Finally, a function for hnRNP A1B Marco Blanchette |
| 1999-2000 | Session 7: 06/03/2000 | Major | 4) Could Prion Protein Diseases be Vestiges of the RNA-World? Isabelle Barrette |
| 1999-2000 | Session 7: 06/03/2000 | Perreault | 3) Viroids: Small RNAs Doing Big Things...... Fabien Coté |
| 1999-2000 | Session 7: 06/03/2000 | Burke | 2) Directed Intracellular Localization of Ribozymes Increases Antiviral Activity Michele Shields |
| 1999-2000 | Session 7: 06/03/2000 | Gehring | 1) Molecular Mimicry of DNA by Fluorarabinose Nucleic Acids in FluoroANA-RNA Hybrid Duplexes: A Potential New Antisense Strategy Jean-Francois Trempe |
| 1999-2000 | Session 8:03/04/2000 | Lavigueur | 3) Characterization of a splicing silencer element modulating the utilization of exon eleven 3' splice site in the p53 tumor suppressor gene Melanie Laverdiere |
| 1999-2000 | Session 8:03/04/2000 | Desgroseillers | 1) Staufen stimulates translation of repressed transcripts George Elvira |
| 1999-2000 | Session 8:03/04/2000 | Brakier-Gingras | 2) Interaction between E. coli ribosomal protein S7 and 16S ribosomal RNA Francis Robert |
| 1999-2000 | Session 8:03/04/2000 | Chabot | 4) hnRNP A1 can bind telomeric DNA and telomerase RNA simultaneously Dr. Benoit Chabot |
| 1999-2000 | Session 9: 01/05/2000 | Francklyn | Developing a detailed kinetic mechanism for aminoacylation by histidyl-tRNA synthetase Dr. Michael L. Bovee |
| 1999-2000 | Session 9: 01/05/2000 | Mouland lab | Novel cis-sequences mediate cytoplasmic trafficking of HIV-1 RNAs Dr. Andrew Mouland |
| 1999-2000 | Session 9: 01/05/2000 | Perreault | 1) A new function for the self-catalytic hammerhead sequences. Dr. Martin Pelchat |
| 1999-2000 | Session 10:12/06/2000 | Autexier | 2) Functional analysis of endogenous and reconstituted human telomerase Francois Bachant |
| 1999-2000 | Session 10:12/06/2000 | Chabot | 4) Splice with spice: use DMSO! Lucie Bolduc |
| 1999-2000 | Session 10:12/06/2000 | Wellinger/Abou Elela | 3) Does Rnt1p process the RNA component of telomerase? Stephanie Larose |
| 1999-2000 | Session 10:12/06/2000 | Boire | 1) ARo proteins: Ro60, La, RoBPI... and counting Francis Briere |
| 1998-1999 | Session 1:5/10/98 | Perreault | 1) Substrate Specificity for Delta Ribozyme Cleavage by Dr. Sirinart Ananouranich |
| 1998-1999 | Session 1:5/10/98 | Cedergren | 2) Characterization of a Hammerhead Ribozyme from Schisostome by Dr. Alejandro Vazquez |
| 1998-1999 | Session 1:5/10/98 | Burke | 3) Investigation of the Interdomain Doching of the Hairpin Ribozyme by Photo-Affinity Crosslinking by Dr. Robert Pinard |
| 1998-1999 | Session 2: 7/12/98 | Chabot | 1) Intronic elements modulating the alternative splicing of A1 pre-mRNA By Marco Blanchette |
| 1998-1999 | Session 2: 7/12/98 | Laughrea | 2) Dimerization Signal of HIV RNA: Functional and Structural Studies By Dr. Michael Laughrea |
| 1998-1999 | Session 2: 7/12/98 | Lavigueur | 3) Alternative splicing of p53 By Dr. Alain Lavigueur |
| 1998-1999 | Session 2: 7/12/98 | Special Talks by Dr. M. Fournier from University of Massachusetts The Small Nucleolar RNAs: Major Excitement at a New Frontier of the RNA World |
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| 1998-1999 | Session 3: 11/1/99 | Special Talks by Dr. Lian Good from the center for genomic research Karolinska institute, Sweden Peptide nucleic acids (PNA) and RNA studies |
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| 1998-1999 | Session 4: 1/2/99 | Desgroseillers | 2) Staufen and mRNA Transport in Mammalian Cells By Thomas Duchaine |
| 1998-1999 | Session 4: 1/2/99 | Sonenberg | 3) Characterization of the poly(A) binding protein (pabp) interacting protein-1 (paip-1) By Guylaine Roy |
| 1998-1999 | Session 4: 1/2/99 | Aubry | 1) Nucleic Acid Interactions of ZNF74, a Prototype of the KRAB Multiginger Subfamily and Candidate for Digeorge Syndrome By Dr. Muriel Aubry |
| 1998-1999 | Session 5: 8/3/99 | Rokeach | 3) Characterization of the Ro Ribonucleoprotein Complex in the Nematode By Jean-Claude Labbé |
| 1998-1999 | Session 5: 8/3/99 | Boire | 2) Ro Binding Protein I: Characterization and Links to the Small Autoantigenic Ro RNPs By Dr. Gille Boire |
| 1998-1999 | Session 5: 8/3/99 | Chabot | 1) A New Intronic Sequence Implicated in 3' Splice Site Modulation By Martin Simard |
| 1998-1999 | Session 6: 12/4/99 | Perreault | 2) Localization, replication and structure of the peach latent mosaic viroid By Frederic Bussiere |
| 1998-1999 | Session 6: 12/4/99 | Abou Elela | 3) The N-terminal domain that distinguishes yeast from bacterial RNase III is not essential for dsRNA cleavage and exhibits novel dimerization pattern By Bruno Lamontagne |
| 1998-1999 | Session 6: 12/4/99 | Cedergren | 1) Ribonomics: The distribution of RNA motifs in sequence databases By Veronique Bourdeau |
| 1998-1999 | Session 7: 10/5/99 | Major | 2) Modeling 3-D structures of cyclic RNA using a constraint-based approach By S. Lemieux |
| 1998-1999 | Session 7: 10/5/99 | Brakier-Gingras | 4) Effects of error-inducing drugs and ribosomal mutations on a programmed-1 frameshift By Marie-Noëlle Brunelle |
| 1998-1999 | Session 7: 10/5/99 | Perreault | 1) Structural studies of a trans-acting delta ribozyme By Daniel Lafontaine |
| 1998-1999 | Session 7: 10/5/99 | Gehring | 3) Four-stranded polycytidylic acid structures: selection against a 2' hydroxyl By Kalle Gehring |
| 1998-1999 | Session 8:7/6/99 | Wellinger | 3) Becoming more human: the yeast model By Catherine LeBel |
| 1998-1999 | Session 8:7/6/99 | Belhumeur | 4) The nuclear GTPase Gsp1p and transcriptional silencing in yeast By Martin Clément |
| 1998-1999 | Session 8:7/6/99 | Chabot | 2) hnRNP A1, an RNA-binding protein involved in telomere biogenesis By Frédéric Dallaire and Stéphan Fiset |
| 1998-1999 | Session 8:7/6/99 | Autexier | 1) Functional RNA-protein interactions of telomerase By Chantal Autexier |
Invited Seminar Series
2016-2017
| DATE | SPEAKER |
|---|---|
| 2017/03/28 | Alain Jacquier Institut Pasteur / Laboratoire CNRS, Paris Host: Sherif Abou Elela |
| DATE | SPEAKER |
|---|---|
| 2012/11/30 | Manny Ares University of California - Santa Cruz Host: Benoit Chabot |
| 2013/03/28 | Marc Bühler Friedrich Miescher Institut - Switzerland Host: Francois Bachand |
| DATE | SPEAKER |
|---|---|
| 2011/09/23 | Bertrand Seraphin Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology Host: Sherif Abou Elela |
| 2012/02/24 | David Shore University of Geneva Host: Raymund Wellinger |
| 2012/04/20 | Gil Ast Tel Aviv University Host: Brendan Bell |
| 2012/05/04 | Anita Corbett Emory University Host: François Bachand |
| 2012/05/11 | Christine Jacobs-Wagner Yale University Host: Éric Massé |
| 2012/05/25 | Evgeny Nudler New York University School of Medecine Host: Daniel Lafontaine |
| DATE | SPEAKER |
|---|---|
| 2010/10/22 | Peter Baumann The Stowers Institute for Medical Research Host: Raymund Wellinger |
| 2011/01/14 | Jan Kitajewski Institute for Cancer Genetics Host: Brendan Bell |
| 2011/03/04 | Melissa Moore University of Massachusetts Medical School Host: François Bachand |
| 2011/04/15 | Joachim Lingner EPFL School of Life Sciences Host: Raymund Wellinger |
| 2011/05/06 | Richard Stabler London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Host: Louis-Charles Fortier |
| 2011/05/13 | Linc Sonenshein Tufts University Host: Louis-Charles Fortier |
| 2011/05/20 | Bill Hahn Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Host: Raymund Wellinger |
| DATE | SPEAKER |
|---|---|
| 2009/11/09 | Astrid Engel Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Host: Gilles Boire |
| 2009/11/19 | Charles Rice Rockfeller University Host: Martin Bisaillon |
| 2010/01/15 | Anne Simon The University of Maryland, College Park Host: Martin Bisaillon |
| 2010/02/26 | Xiang-Dong Fu University of California, San Diego Host: Benoit Chabot |
| 2010/03/15 | Russ Carstens University of Pennsylvania Host: Benoit Chabot |
| 2010/04/16 | Richard Novick NYU School of Medecine Host: Louis-Charles Fortier |
| 2010/05/28 | Frank Pugh Penn State University Host: Sherif Abou Elela |
| 2010/06/18 | Alain Jacquier Institut Pasteur Host: Sherif Abou Elela |
| 2010/06/21 | Torben Heick Jensen Aarhus University Host: Francois Bachand |
| DATE | SPEAKER |
|---|---|
| 2008/10/28 | Dorothy E. Shippen Texas A&M University |
| 2009/04/21 | Ann L. Beyer University of Virginia Health System |
| 2009/05/28 | Danesh Moazed Harvard Medical School |
| 2009/09/01 | Nick Proudfoot University of Oxford |
| DATE | SPEAKER |
|---|---|
| 2008/02/05 | Tom Hudson (G) Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) |
| 2008/02/08 | Morag Park (G) McGill University |
| 2008/02/14 | Eric Cohen IRCM |
| 2008/02/25 | Donald Rio (G) University of California, Berkeley |
| 2008/03/10 | David Brow University of Wisconsin - Madisson |
| 2008/03/17 | Gerald Batist (G) McGill University |
| 2008/04/07 | Jeremy Squire (G) University of Toronto |
| 2008/04/16 | David Huntsman (G) University of British Columbi |
| 2008/04/28 | Stephen Buratowski (G) Harvard Medical School |
| 2008/05/12 | Blake Gilks (G) University of British Columbia |
| 2008/06/05 | Anne-Marie Mes-Masson (G) Centre de recherche CHUM et Institut du cancer de Montréal |
| 2008/09/02 | Peter Sarnow Stanford University |