Seminar Annual Schedule
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SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 8: 2024-Jun-10
Chairperson: François Bachand
Food: Daniel LafontaineChantal Autexier lab Speaker:
Title:Session 8: 2024-Jun-10
Chairperson: François Bachand
Food: Daniel LafontaineMaritza Jaramillo lab Speaker: Camila Almeida Cardoso, MSc. student
Title:Session 8: 2024-Jun-10
Chairperson: François Bachand
Food: Daniel LafontaineEric Jan lab Speaker:
Title:Session 8: 2024-Jun-10
Chairperson: François Bachand
Food: Daniel LafontaineSherif Abou Elela lab Speaker:
Title:Session 7: 2024-May-13
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Food: Michelle ScottMelissa Leger-Abraham lab Speaker:
Title:Session 7: 2024-May-13
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Food: Michelle ScottMartin Sauvageau lab Speaker:
Title:Session 7: 2024-May-13
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Food: Michelle ScottMichelle Scott lab Speaker:
Title:Session 7: 2024-May-13
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Food: Michelle ScottNawwaf Kharma lab Speaker:
Title:Session 6: 2024-Apr-8
Chairperson: Benoît Chabot
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaJean-Pierre Perreault lab Speaker:
Title:Session 6: 2024-Apr-8
Chairperson: Benoît Chabot
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaPascale Legault lab Speaker:
Title:Session 6: 2024-Apr-8
Chairperson: Benoît Chabot
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaFrançois Dragon lab Speaker:
Title:Session 6: 2024-Apr-8
Chairperson: Benoît Chabot
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaUte Kothe lab Speaker:
Title:Session 5: 2024-Mar-11
Chairperson: Éric Massé
Food: Jean-Philippe BrosseauPavan Kakumani lab Speaker:
Title:Session 5: 2024-Mar-11
Chairperson: Éric Massé
Food: Jean-Philippe BrosseauAthar Ansari lab Speaker:
Title:Session 5: 2024-Mar-11
Chairperson: Éric Massé
Food: Jean-Philippe BrosseauTaha Azad lab Speaker:
Title:Session 5: 2024-Mar-11
Chairperson: Éric Massé
Food: Jean-Philippe BrosseauJacques-P. Tremblay lab Speaker:
Title:Session 4: 2024-Feb-5
Chairperson: Michelle Scott
Food: Benoit LaurentAthan Zovoilis lab Speaker:
Title:Session 4: 2024-Feb-5
Chairperson: Michelle Scott
Food: Benoit LaurentAïda Ouangraoua lab Speaker:
Title:Session 4: 2024-Feb-5
Chairperson: Michelle Scott
Food: Benoit LaurentLeslie Parent lab Speaker:
Title:Session 4: 2024-Feb-5
Chairperson: Michelle Scott
Food: Benoit LaurentKarine Choquette lab Speaker:
Title:Session 3: 2024-Jan-15
Chairperson: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Francois BachandMousumi Majumder lab Speaker:
Title:Session 3: 2024-Jan-15
Chairperson: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Francois BachandChristine Vande Velde lab Speaker:
Title:Session 3: 2024-Jan-15
Chairperson: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Francois BachandEvan Mercier lab Speaker:
Title:Session 3: 2024-Jan-15
Chairperson: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Francois BachandMaureen McKeague lab Speaker:
Title:Session 2: 2023-Dec-11
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent
Food: Eric MasséMarc Fabian lab Speaker: Sam Kajjo, PhD candidate
Title: Uncovering a link between PABPC and mTOR-mediated translational suppressionSession 2: 2023-Dec-11
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent
Food: Eric MasséTrushar 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 CycleSession 2: 2023-Dec-11
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent
Food: Eric MasséFrancois Major lab Speaker:
Title:Session 2: 2023-Dec-11
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent
Food: Eric MasséMathieu Flamand lab Speaker:
Title:Session 1: 2023-Nov-06
Chairperson: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan BellFrancois Bachand lab Speaker: Mélodie Latour, MSc student
Title: Welcome to the family: characterization of ZC3H14 as a new nuclear poly(A)-binding proteinSession 1: 2023-Nov-06
Chairperson: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan BellJulie Claycomb lab Speaker: Julie Claycomb, PI
Title: Mapping small RNA pathway neighbourhoods within C. elegans germ granulesSession 1: 2023-Nov-06
Chairperson: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan BellMartin Smith lab Speaker: Martin Smith, PI
Title: Fiction or function: detecting RNA secondary structures in the mammalian genomeSession 1: 2023-Nov-06
Chairperson: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan BellBenoit Laurent lab Speaker: Viktoriia Bavykina, MSc student
Title: Transcriptomics in Action: Mapping Cellular Behavior in Engineered Biomaterials -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 1: 2022-Nov-07
Chairperson: Brendan BellLeslie Parent lab Speaker: Leslie Parent, PI
Title: Exploring the role of biomolecular condensates in retrovirus assemblySession 1: 2022-Nov-07
Chairperson: Brendan BellBenoit Laurent lab Speaker: Benoit Laurent, PI
Title: Can we track brain aging with RNA?Session 1: 2022-Nov-07
Chairperson: Brendan BellYingfu 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.Session 1: 2022-Nov-07
Chairperson: Brendan BellHanadi Sleiman lab Speaker: Jathavan (Jath) Asohan, PhD student
Title: Can Greasy Nanoparticles Treat 'Undruggable' Diseases?Session 2: 2022-Dec-12
Chairperson: Benoit LaurentMousumi Majumder lab Speaker: Braydon Nault, MSc. student
Title: More than the mitochondria. Investigating ATP synthase as a breast cancer markerSession 2: 2022-Dec-12
Chairperson: Benoit LaurentMelissa Leger-Abraham lab Speaker: Lee Izhaki-Thavor, PostDoc student
Title: Biological and structural characterization of DOZI from Plasmodium falciparumSession 2: 2022-Dec-12
Chairperson: Benoit LaurentDaniel Lafontaine lab Speaker: Shirin Jahangirnejad, PhD. student
Title: Investigating metabolic crosstalk of biochemical pathways involving riboswitches in Escherichia coli.Session 2: 2022-Dec-12
Chairperson: Benoit LaurentFrançois Bachand lab Speaker: Zabih Mir Hassani, MSc. student
Title: Targeting a dedicated ribosomal protein chaperone to inhibit cancer cell proliferationSession 3: 2023-Jan-09
Chairperson: Daniel LafontaineJonathan Perreault lab Speaker: Aurélie Devinck, PhD. Student
Title: Functional characterization of novel non-coding RNA structures in Pseudomonas using luminescence assaySession 3: 2023-Jan-09
Chairperson: Daniel LafontaineAthanasios Zovoilis lab Speaker: Liam Mitchell, PhD. Student
Title: A to I analysis approaches for RNAs from repetitive elementsSession 3: 2023-Jan-09
Chairperson: Daniel LafontaineDaniel Zenklusen lab Speaker: Daniel Zenklusen, PI
Title: Single-molecule imaging suggests compact and spliceosome dependent organization of long intronsSession 3: 2023-Jan-09
Chairperson: Daniel LafontaineMarlene Oeffinger lab Speaker: Marlene Oeffinger, PI
Title: Nuclear mRNA metabolism drives selective basket assembly on a subset of nuclear pore complexes in S.cerevisiaeSession 4: 2023-Feb-13
Chairperson: Michelle ScottPavan Kumar Kakumani lab Speaker: Pavan Kakumani, PI
Title: CSDE1 promotes miR-451 biogenesisSession 4: 2023-Feb-13
Chairperson: Michelle ScottUte Kothe lab Speaker: Sarah Schultz, Ph.D. student
Title: Using a thiolase to study how the methyltransferase TrmB binds tRNASession 4: 2023-Feb-13
Chairperson: Michelle ScottMichael Charette lab Speaker: Courtney Geer, MSc. student
Title: SAM Supplementation Partially Rescues a Yeast Model of the Bowen-Conradi Syndrome RibosomopathySession 4: 2023-Feb-13
Chairperson: Michelle ScottMaureen McKeague lab Speaker: Maira Rivera Valdés, Postdoctoral Researcher
Title: RNA gymnastics: A method to detect RNA switching in vitroSession 5: 2023-Mar-06
Chairperson: Éric Massé2 Ly Vu lab Speaker: Ly Vu, PI
Title: The role of the CCR4-NOT (CNOT) RNA Deadenylation Complex in Acute Myeloid LeukemiaSession 5: 2023-Mar-06
Chairperson: Éric Massé1 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 DevelopmentSession 5: 2023-Mar-06
Chairperson: Éric Massé3 Maritza Jaramillo lab Speaker: Leonardo Cortazzo da Silva, M.Sc. student
Title: Reprogramming host and parasite eIF4A–dependent mRNA translation to control Leishmania infectionSession 5: 2023-Mar-06
Chairperson: Éric Massé4 Nahum Sonenberg lab Speaker: Reese Ladak, M.Sc. student
Title: The role of 4EHP in regulating cGAS-STING-induced IFNβ expressionSession 6: 2023-Apr-04
Tuesday
Chairperson: Benoit Chabot1 Michelle Scott lab
Université de SherbrookeSpeaker: Kristina Song, M.Sc. student
Title: Unravelling new functions of box C/D snoRNAs through snoRNA-RBP interaction networks and RNA-seq analysesSession 6: 2023-Apr-04
Tuesday
Chairperson: Benoit Chabot4 Mark Bayfield lab
York UniversitySpeaker: Farnaz Mansouri-Noori, Ph.D. student
Title: The LARP1 homolog Slr1p controls the stability and expression of proto-5’TOP mRNAs in fission yeastSession 6: 2023-Apr-04
Tuesday
Chairperson: Benoit Chabot2 Pascal Chartrand lab
Université de MontréalSpeaker: Yani Bouaziz, Ph.D. student
Title: The Role of Arx1/Alb1 in TLC1 RNA Nuclear Export and Telomerase Biogenesis in Budding YeastSession 6: 2023-Apr-04
Tuesday
Chairperson: Benoit Chabot3 Mikhail Kashlev lab
Bethesda NIH, USASpeaker: Smriti Singh, Post-doctoral fellow
Title: Regulation of promoter proximal pausing of human RNA polymerase II by Transcription factor IISSession 7: 2023-May-08
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe BrosseauWilliam Zerges lab Speaker: Melanie Alfonso, PhD student
Title: Chloroplast-localized translation for protein targeting to this photosynthetic organelleSession 7: 2023-May-08
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe BrosseauJérôme Waldispuhl lab Speaker: Javona White Bear, PhD student
Title: Structural characterization of natural antisense transcripts with nanopore sequencingSession 7: 2023-May-08
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe BrosseauÉric Lécuyer lab Speaker: Grégoire de Bisschop, Postdoctoral fellow
Title: Image-based survey of RBP localization upon SARS-CoV-2 infectionSession 7: 2023-May-08
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe BrosseauFrançois Major lab Speaker: Simon Chasles, MSc. student
Title: Automatic recognition of complementary strands: Lessons regarding machine learning abilities in RNA foldingSession 8: 2023-Jun-05
Chairperson: François BachandSabine Cordes lab Speaker: Sabine Cordes, PI
Title: RNA and the Molecular genetics of HappinessSession 8: 2023-Jun-05
Chairperson: François BachandHoma Ghalei lab Speaker: Jenny Warnock, Post-doctoral fellow
Title: Differential roles of the homologous AAA+ ATPases Rvb1 and Rvb2 in snoRNP assemblySession 8: 2023-Jun-05
Chairperson: François BachandHans-Joachim Wieden lab Speaker: Amanda Vazquez Gonzalez, PhD Student
Title: The Hidden Complexities of Bacterial Translation – Ribosome Rescue Factors and Antimicrobial ResistanceSession 8: 2023-Jun-05
Chairperson: François BachandBenjamin Blencowe lab Speaker: Jonathan Roth, Graduate student
Title: Systematic analysis of alternative exon-dependent interactome remodelling reveals multitasking functions of gene regulatory factors -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 1: 2021-Nov-08
Chairman: Brendan BellChristine Vande Velde lab Speaker: Myriam Gagne, PhD student
Title: hnRNP A1B, a splice variant of HNRNPA1, has a potential function in RNA transportSession 1: 2021-Nov-08
Chairman: Brendan BellThomas 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 cascadeSession 1: 2021-Nov-08
Chairman: Brendan BellEric Jan lab Speaker: Jibin Sadasivan, PhD student
Title: An insect viral protein disrupts stress granule formation by modulating Nup358/Ranbp2Session 1: 2021-Nov-08
Chairman: Brendan BellJocelyn Côté lab Speaker: Olivier Binda, visiting scientist
Title: A TUDOR Family ReunionSession 2: 2021-Dec-06
Chairman: Benoit LaurentAnna Blakney lab Speaker: Anna Blakney, Assistant Professor
Title: Optimization of Self-Amplifying RNA Expression and ImmunogenicitySession 2: 2021-Dec-06
Chairman: Benoit LaurentJonathan Perreault lab Speaker: Sabrine Najeh, PhD student
Title: Dual selection for aptazymes for biosensor development purposeSession 2: 2021-Dec-06
Chairman: Benoit LaurentSamer Hussein lab Speaker: Valérie Watters, PhD student
Title: Isoform and localization choice of the long non-coding RNA Tuna during neuronal differentiationSession 2: 2021-Dec-06
Chairman: Benoit LaurentTrushar Patel lab Speaker: Tyler Mrozowich, PhD student
Title: Investigating Non-coding RNA interactions in flavivirusesSession 3: 2022-Jan-10
Chairman: Michelle ScottClaire Moore lab Speaker: Hui-Yun Liu, Postdoctoral Scholar
Title: Targeting the mRNA poly(A) site endonuclease CPSF73 inhibits breast cancer cell migration and invasionSession 3: 2022-Jan-10
Chairman: Michelle ScottMarc Fabian lab Speaker: William Brothers, PhD candidate
Title: RNP granule integrity regulates MARF1-mediated gene silencingSession 3: 2022-Jan-10
Chairman: Michelle ScottPascale Legault lab Speaker: Pierre Dagenais, research assistant
Title: An integrative NMR-SAXS approach for structure determination of large RNAs in solutionSession 3: 2022-Jan-10
Chairman: Michelle ScottMartin Bisaillon lab Speaker: Simon Boudreault, PhD candidate
Title: Oncolytic reovirus’ μ2 protein modulates cellular alternative splicing by reducing U5 snRNP protein levelsSession 4: 2022-Feb-14
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine4 Martin Sauvageau lab Speaker: David Ferland-McCollough, Research Associate
Title: Characterization of the lncRNA CRNDE in colorectal cancerSession 4: 2022-Feb-14
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine2 Andrew Mouland lab Speaker: Gabriel Guajardo Contreras, Ph.D. student
Title: HIV-1 en route!. Hitching a ride on late endosomes/lysosomesSession 4: 2022-Feb-14
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine3 Stéphane Richard lab Speaker: Claudia Dominici, Ph.D. student
Title: Muscle Stem Cell Polarity Requires QKI-mediated Alternative Splicing of Integrin Alpha-7 (Itga7)Session 4: 2022-Feb-14
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine1 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 ratesSession 5: 2022-Mar-07
Chairman: Éric MasséNeil Renwick lab Speaker: Jina Nanayakkara, Ph.D. candidate
Title: microRNA-based classification of neuroendocrine neoplasmsSession 5: 2022-Mar-07
Chairman: Éric MasséAnne 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 therapySession 5: 2022-Mar-07
Chairman: Éric MasséMarc-Etienne Huot lab Speaker: Alexia Caillier, Ph.D.
Title: eIf2α-regulated translation modulates the early adhesion of mesenchymal-like cellsSession 5: 2022-Mar-07
Chairman: Éric MasséDaniel Lafontaine lab Speaker: Tithi Ghosh, Ph.D. student
Title: The lysC riboswitch acts as a regulatory nexusSession 6: 2022-Apr-11
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger1 Sherif Abou Elela lab Speaker: Cyrielle Petibon, Ph.D. Student
Title: Meiosis-specific transcription factor Rim101 causes differential splicing of duplicated ribosomal protein genesSession 6: 2022-Apr-11
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger2 Michelle Scott lab Speaker: Danny Bergeron, Ph.D. Student
Title: RNA-RNA interaction network unravels gene regulation by embedded snoRNAsSession 6: 2022-Apr-11
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger4 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 proliferationSession 6: 2022-Apr-11
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger3 Andrew MacMillan lab Speaker: Jeff McDonald, M.Sc. Student
Title: Investigating 3´ Splice Site Recognition by the Pre-SpliceosomeSession 7: 2022-May-09
Chairman: Jean-Philippe BrosseauChantal 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 functionSession 7: 2022-May-09
Chairman: Jean-Philippe BrosseauPeter Unrau lab Speaker: Iqra Yaseen, Ph.D. student
Title: Studying Cas9:gRNA Interactions using a FRET-based Fluorogenic RNA Aptamer-Protein SystemSession 7: 2022-May-09
Chairman: Jean-Philippe BrosseauMartin Simard lab Speaker: Anisha Pal, Ph.D. student
Title: Deciphering the role of slicer argonautes (ALG-1/2) in miRNA biogenesis in animalsSession 7: 2022-May-09
Chairman: Jean-Philippe BrosseauPascal Chartrand lab Speaker: Kamélia Maguemoun, MSc student
Title: Single-molecule imaging of telomerase RNA to study telomerase recruitment at telomeresSession 8: 2022-Jun-06
Chairman: François BachandAthar Ansari lab Speaker: Athar Ansari, PI
Title: Gene looping is the determinant of uaRNA and mRNA transcription in budding yeastSession 8: 2022-Jun-06
Chairman: François BachandChantelle Sephton lab Speaker: Chantelle Sephton, PI
Title: mTOR regulation of FUS activity at polyribosomes: Implications for synaptic dysfunction in ALS/FTDSession 8: 2022-Jun-06
Chairman: François BachandStephen Rader lab Speaker: Viktor Slat, PhD Student
Title: A comparative exploration of the splicing landscape in two unicellular red algaeSession 8: 2022-Jun-06
Chairman: François BachandNehal Thakor lab Speaker: Veda Hegde MSc student
Title: Regulation of mRNA translation by tumor suppressor proteins PDCD4 and eIF3F -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 8: 2021-Jun-07
Chairman: François BachandAthanasios Zovoilis lab Speaker: Luke Saville, PhD student
Title: Regulation of RNA self-cleavage by Hsf1 during response to neuro-toxicitySession 8: 2021-Jun-07
Chairman: François BachandPascal Chartrand lab Speaker: Nastaran Farajzadeh, PhD student
Title: Phosphorylation of RNA-binding protein She2 and its impact on mRNA localisation in yeastSession 8: 2021-Jun-07
Chairman: François BachandMikhail 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 bacteriaSession 8: 2021-Jun-07
Chairman: François BachandMichael Charette lab Speaker: Michael Charette, PI
Title: Discovering the essential function of the Bowen-Conradi syndrome protein EMG1 in ribosome assemblySession 7: 2021-May-10
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaDaniel Lafontaine lab Speaker: Simon Jeanneau, MSc. Student
Title: Identification and characterization of hairpin-stabilized transcriptional pauses in Escherichia coliSession 7: 2021-May-10
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaMaritza Jaramillo lab Speaker: Maritza Jaramillo, PI
Title: Shaping the translational landscape of the host cell during Toxoplasma gondii infectionSession 7: 2021-May-10
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaMarlene 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 complexesSession 7: 2021-May-10
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaPaul Joyce lab Speaker: Nathalie Reid, PhD student
Title: Characterizing the S. pombe tRNA nucleotidyltransferases: Are two better than one?Session 6: 2021-Apr-12
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger1 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?Session 6: 2021-Apr-12
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger3 Nahum Sonenberg lab Speaker: Mehdi Amiri, Ph.D. student
Title: Phosphorylation of eIF2α safeguards the naïve state of pluripotencySession 6: 2021-Apr-12
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger4 Samer Hussein lab Speaker: Emeline Lelong, Ph.D. student
Title: Unveiling the translatome of resistant prostate cancerSession 6: 2021-Apr-12
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger2 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 regenerationSession 5: 2021-Mar-08
Chairman: Eric MasséImed Gallouzi lab Speaker: Amr Omer, PhD student
Title: Autophagy and heat-shock response impair stress granule assembly during cellular senescenceSession 5: 2021-Mar-08
Chairman: Eric MasséBrendan Bell lab Speaker: Morgane Da Rocha, PhD student
Title: Deciphering the role of Nat10 in HIV latencySession 5: 2021-Mar-08
Chairman: Eric MasséBen 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 disorderSession 5: 2021-Mar-08
Chairman: Eric MasséMaureen McKeague lab Speaker: Maureen McKeague
Title: Ribozyme switches for controlling biosynthesis and signalling pathwaysSession 4: 2021-Feb-08
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineMichelle Scott lab Speaker: Étienne Fafard-Couture, MSc student
Title: Deciphering the human snoRNomeSession 4: 2021-Feb-08
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineEric Lecuyer lab Speaker: Juan-Carlos Padilla, PhD student
Title: Investigating the mechanisms of RNA targeting to extracellular vesiclesSession 4: 2021-Feb-08
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineMichael 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 localizationSession 4: 2021-Feb-08
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineHans-Joachim Wieden lab Speaker: Dustin Smith, PhD student
Title: Use of Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Engineer Protein and RNA-based BiosensorsSession 3: 2021-Jan-11
Chairman: Michelle ScottJean-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 contentSession 3: 2021-Jan-11
Chairman: Michelle ScottUte Kothe lab Speaker: Sarah Schultz, Ph.D. candidate
Title: Who starts the game of tRNA modification? Defining the preferred order without a coin tossSession 3: 2021-Jan-11
Chairman: Michelle ScottBenoit Cousineau lab Speaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston
Title: Group II intron circularization: when splicing goes backwardsSession 3: 2021-Jan-11
Chairman: Michelle ScottTrushar Patel lab Speaker: Maulik Badmalia, postdoctoral fellow
Title: Identification and Characterisation of G-quadruplex in HBVSession 2: 2020-Dec-07
Chairman: Benoit LaurentFrancois Major lab Speaker: Francois Major
Title: Reflexions about RNA structure, dynamics, and functionSession 2: 2020-Dec-07
Chairman: Benoit LaurentÉric Massé lab Speaker: Evelyne Ng Kwan Lim, M.Sc. student
Title: Coordination of cell division by small regulatory RNAs in Escherichia coliSession 2: 2020-Dec-07
Chairman: Benoit LaurentNehal Thakor lab Speaker: Keiran Vanden Dungen, M.Sc. student
Title: Depletion of eukaryotic initiation factor 5B (eIF5B) reprograms metabolomic profile of the glioblastoma cellsSession 2: 2020-Dec-07
Chairman: Benoit LaurentThomas Duchaine lab Speaker: Alexandra Lewis, PhD student
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms of nuclear RNAi-mediated transcriptional silencing through proteomic analysis of the effector machinerySession 1: 2020-Nov-09
Chairman: Brendan BellMartin Simard lab Speaker: Miguel Quévillon Huberdeau, PhD student
Title: A specific Argonaute phosphorylation is temporarily regulated and affect binding to microRNAsSession 1: 2020-Nov-09
Chairman: Brendan BellChantal Autexier lab Speaker: Jian Qin, PhD student
Title: Negative regulation of telomerase RNA levels and dyskerin SUMOylation by the nucleolar SUMO-specific protease SENP3Session 1: 2020-Nov-09
Chairman: Brendan BellFrancois Bachand lab Speaker: Carlo Yague-Sanz, Postdoctoral fellow
Title: Cotranscriptional RNA cleavage by Drosha homolog Pac1 triggers transcription termination in S. pombeSession 1: 2020-Nov-09
Chairman: Brendan BellMarc Fabian lab Speaker: Sam Kajjo, PhD candidate
Title: A new system to investigate how PABP regulates the mammalian transcriptome -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineAthanasios 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-pathologySession 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineYingfu Li lab Speaker: Erin M. McConnell, Postdoctoral Fellow
Title: Towards the development of a rapid at-home test for SARS-CoV-2Session 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineJean-Philippe Brosseau lab Speaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau, PI
Title: Neurofibromatosis Type I: Challenges and OpportunitiesSession 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineStephane Richard lab Speaker: Jeesan Lee, PhD student
Title: Microexon Alternative Splicing by Quaking Modulates the Network of Rho GTPase Pathway in Microglia During CNS DemyelinationSession 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit LaurentSamer Hussein lab Speaker: Gabriel Khelifi, PhD student
Title: The role of a long non-coding RNA in defining naïve pluripotency.Session 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit LaurentMaritza Jaramillo lab Speaker: Maritza Jaramillo
Title: Reprogramming of host mRNA translation during Leishmania donovani infectionSession 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit LaurentMarlene Oeffinger lab Speaker: Pierre Bensidoun, PhD student
Title: Nuclear mRNA metabolism directs specialization of the nuclear pore complex in yeastSession 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit LaurentPaul Joyce lab Speaker: Zara Aryanpour, MSc student
Title: Characterization of position 64 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae tRNA nucleotidyltransferase.Session 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan BellBenoit Chabot lab Speaker: Mathieu Deschênes, PhD student
Title: Spliceosome defects associated with senescence: More than meets the eye.Session 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan BellNahum Sonenberg lab Speaker:
Title:Session 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan BellChantal Autexier lab Speaker: Jian Qin, PhD student
Title: Regulation of dyskerin SUMOylation and telomerase RNA levels by nucleolar SUMO proteasesSession 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan BellStephane 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.Session 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaImed Gallouzi lab Speaker: Souad Mubaid, PhD student
Title: Impact of posttranslational modification on the promyogenic function of HuRSession 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaMichael 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.Session 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaBill Zerges lab Speaker: Shiva Bakhtiari, PhD student
Title: Localized Translation for Photosystem BiogenesisSession 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaVincent Burrus lab Speaker: Romain Durand, PhD student
Title: Salmonella Genomic Island 1 Hijacks the Genetic Regulatory Network of IncC Conjugative PlasmidsSession 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle ScottMichelle Scott lab Speaker: Gaspard Reulet, Msc. Student
Title: Reducing the structure bias of RNA-Seq reveals a large number of non-annotated non-coding RNASession 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle ScottAïda Ouangraoua lab Speaker: Esaie Kuitche, PHD. student
Title: Alternative splicing-aware simulation of biological sequence evolutionSession 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle ScottSherif Abou Elela lab Speaker: Laurence Faucher-Giguère, Msc. Student
Title: H/ACA snoRNA, Potential Diagnostic Biomarker for High Grade Serous CarcinomaSession 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle ScottHans-Joachim Wieden lab Speaker: Davinder Kaur Dhalla,
Ph.D. student
Title: Investigating Amino Acid Alphabets to Extract Protein Design Principles.Session 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin BisaillonJean-Pierre Perreault lab Speaker: Anaïs Vannutelli, PHD. student
Title: Prediction of G-quadruplexes in each realm of lifeSession 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon1 Ute Kothe lab Speaker: Ute Kothe
Title: Target transcriptome of two pseudouridine synthasesSession 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin BisaillonBenoit Cousineau lab Speaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, PHD. Student
Title: New group II intron splicing pathway increases bacterial genetic diversity and intron dissemination
Session 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin BisaillonTrushar Patel lab Speaker: Darren Gemmill, Msc. Student
Title: Identification and characterization of Zika Viral non-coding region interactions with human proteins.Session 2: 2019-Dec-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric MasséFrancois Major lab Speaker: Mathieu Dupont, PhD candidate
Title: Overrepresented and conserved RNA blocks are functional motifs and can be identified without sequence alignmentSession 2: 2019-Dec-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé1 Nehal Thakor lab Speaker: Nehal Thakor
Title: Non-canonical translation initiation: from mechanism to the survival of glioblastoma cells.Session 2: 2019-Dec-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric MasséThomas Duchaine lab Speaker: Hsin Wei Tseng, PhD candidate
Title: 3’-Un-Translated Regions (3’UTRs) and microRNA dysfunctions in ovarian cancer.Session 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault1 Martin Simard lab Speaker:Pierre-Marc Frédérick
Title:Characterization of a new ALG-1 interactor involved in the specific miRNA loadingSession 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre PerreaultJérôme Waldispühl lab Speaker:Yash Patel
Title:Characterization of 3D RNA Structural Elements Involved in RBP-RNA InteractionSession 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre PerreaultFrancois Bachand lab Speaker: Carlo Yague-Sanz
Title:RNA Polymerase II Elongation Rate Affects the Co-transcriptional Selection of Alternative Polyadenylation SitesSession 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre PerreaultMarc 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 -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 8: 2019-Jun-03
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: François Bachand1 Martin Bisaillon lab Speaker: Simon Boudreault, Ph.D. student
Title: Characterizing the viral modulation of cellular alternative splicing during reovirus infectionSession 8: 2019-Jun-03
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: François Bachand3 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 approachSession 8: 2019-Jun-03
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: François Bachand2 Chantal Autexier lab Speaker: Deanna MacNeil, Ph.D. student
Title: Regulation of Dyskerin Localization by SUMOylation of the C-terminal Nuclear Localization SignalSession 7: 2019-May-06
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Daniel Lafontaine1 Daniel Lafontaine lab Speaker: Jonathan Grondin, Ph.D. student
Title: Real-time Imaging of Cotranscriptional Folding and Translational RegulationSession 7: 2019-May-06
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Daniel Lafontaine3 Marlene Oeffinger lab Speaker: Lisbeth-Carolina Aguilar, Research Assistant
Title: Disruption of nuclear RNA homeostasis by stabilization of polyadenylated ncRNAsSession 7: 2019-May-06
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Daniel Lafontaine2 Paul Joyce lab Speaker: Shayesteh Kiani, M.Sc. student
Title: Exploring factors affecting the distribution of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase in yeastSession 6: 2019-Apr-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan BellBenoit Chabot lab Speaker:
Title:Session 6: 2019-Apr-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell1 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 translationSession 6: 2019-Apr-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell3 Samer Hussein lab Speaker: Victoire Fort, PhD student
Title: Unravelling the function of G22 lncRNA in regulating pluripotent cell statesSession 6: 2019-Apr-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell2 Stephane Richard lab Speaker: Ting Cai, PhD student
Title: Defining how PRMT5 regulates alternative splicingSession 5: 2019-Mar-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela
Food: Sherif Abou Elela1 Brendan Bell lab Speaker: Mikaël Poirier, MSc student
Title: Understanding HIV latency - Dynamic interplay between host cell transcription factors at the core promoterSession 5: 2019-Mar-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela
Food: Sherif Abou Elela2 Imed Gallouzi lab Speaker: Amr Omer, PhD student
Title: A novel role of G3BP1as a modulator of cellular senescenceSession 5: 2019-Mar-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela
Food: Sherif Abou Elela3 Bill Zerges lab Speaker: James Dhaliwal, PhD student
Title: Proteomic analyses of Oxidized RNA Bodies in yeastSession 4: 2019-Feb-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Michelle Scott1 Michelle Scott lab Speaker: Joël Simoneau, M.Sc. student
Title: Investigating the RNA-seq in silico pipeline signaturesSession 4: 2019-Feb-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Michelle Scott2 Aïda Ouangraoua lab Speaker: Safa Jammali, Ph.D. student
Title: SplicedFamAlign: CDS-to-gene spliced alignment and identification of transcript orthology groupsSession 4: 2019-Feb-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Michelle Scott3 Jérôme Waldispühl lab Speaker: Carlos Gonzalez Oliver, PhD student
Title: Flexible graph alignment and vector embedding for RNA-small molecule binding predictionSession 4: 2019-Feb-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Michelle Scott4 Hans-Joachim Wieden lab Speaker: Harland Brandon, PhD Student
Title: Molecular Mimicry and the Ribosome: The conserved ATPase YchF interacts with tRNA and the ribosomeSession 3: 2019-Jan-14
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon4 Jean-Pierre Perreault lab Speaker: Marc-Antoine Turcotte, M.Sc. student
Title: G-quadruplexes of the transcriptome associated to Parkinson diseaseSession 3: 2019-Jan-14
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon1 Ute Kothe lab Speaker: Dominic Czekay, M.Sc. student
Title: Specificity and structural requirements of H/ACA guide RNA – substrate RNA interactionsSession 3: 2019-Jan-14
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon3 Benoit Cousineau lab Speaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, Ph.D. student
Title: Group II intron intergenic trans-splicing produces chimeric proteins with novel functionsSession 3: 2019-Jan-14
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon2 Trushar Patel lab Speaker: Tyler Mrozowich, M.Sc. candidate
Title: Biophysical Characterization of Flaviviral Non-Coding Terminal RegionsSession 2: 2018-Dec-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé2 Francois Major lab Speaker: Guillaume Poirier-Morency, M.Sc. student
Title: miRBooking 2.0: An Enzymatic Model for the MicrotargetomeSession 2: 2018-Dec-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé4 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 ATF4Session 2: 2018-Dec-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé1 Éric Massé lab Speaker: Marc Gruell, Post-doctoral fellow
Title: A new role for an old actor: RyhB and cell divisionSession 2: 2018-Dec-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé3 Thomas Duchaine lab Speaker: Vinay Mayya, PhD candidate
Title: RNA-binding protein and miRISC cooperativity in mRNA translation repression, deadenylation and decaySession 1: 2018-Nov-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault1 Francois Bachand lab Speaker: Yann Vanrobaeys, M.Sc. student
Title: Gene expression analysis of slow transcription elongation complex reveals stress responses in fission yeastSession 1: 2018-Nov-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault3 Jérôme Waldispühl lab Speaker: Roman Sarrazin-Gendron, M.Sc. student
Title: Automated and customized prediction of RNA 3D base pair modules from sequenceSession 1: 2018-Nov-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault2 Martin Simard lab Speaker: Alexandra Dallaire, Ph.D. student
Title: Somatic and Germline microRNAs form distinct silencing complexes to regulate their target mRNAs differentlySession 1: 2018-Nov-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault4 Marc Fabian lab Speaker: Hana Fakim, Ph.D. student
Title: Structural and functional insights into MARF1-mediated mRNA decay -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 5: 2018-Mar-05
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaJean-Pierre Perreault lab Speaker: Rachel Jodoin, Ph.D. Student
Title: RNA G-quadruplex formation in the 5’UTR of mRNAs associated with colorectal cancerSession 1: 2017-Nov-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell2 Thomas Duchaine lab Speaker: Ariel Donayo
Title: Oncogenic biogenesis of the miR-17-92 polycistronSession 5: 2018-Mar-05
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaÉric Lécuyer lab Speaker: Philip Bouvrette
Title: CeFra-seq reveals broad asymmetric mRNA and noncoding RNA distribution profiles in Drosophila and human cellsSession 4: 2018-Feb-05
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Raymund Wellinger3 Pierre-Étienne Jacques & François Bachand labs Speaker: Marc-Antoine Robert
Title: Transcription termination at coding and noncoding genes in fission yeastSession 7: 2018-May-07
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: Daniel Lafontaine1 Éric Massé lab Speaker: Marie-Claude Carrier
Title: Post-transcriptional regulation of oppA mRNA by MicF sRNA : unveiling a non-canonical mechanism of action.Session 7: 2018-May-07
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: Daniel Lafontaine2 Michelle Scott lab &
Jean-Pierre Perreault labSpeaker: Jean-Michel Garant, Ph.D. student
Title: RNA G-quadruplexes prediction with the objective to investigate RNA translation regulation.Session 7: 2018-May-07
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: Daniel Lafontaine3 Pascale Legault lab Speaker: Jonathan Bouvette, Ph.D. student
Title: High-yield production of recombinant human Dicer from suspension-grown HEK293-EBNA1 cellsSession 8: 2018-Jun-04
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: François Bachand2 Daniel Zenklusen lab Speaker: Srivathsan Adivarahan
Title: Investigating features of mRNP organization using super-resolution microscopySession 6: 2018-Apr-09
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault1 François Bachand lab Speaker: Caroline Telekawa, M.Sc. student
Title: Global profiling and functional characterization of post-translational modifications of the fission yeast RNA exosomeSession 6: 2018-Apr-09
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault2 Hanadi Sleiman lab Speaker: Danny Bousmail, Ph.D. student
Title: Precision spherical nucleic acids: synthesis and biological applicationsSession 6: 2018-Apr-09
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault3 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 yeastSession 6: 2018-Apr-09
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault4 Mark Bayfield lab Speaker: Jennifer Porat, B.Sc. student
Title: Characterization of the S. pombe tRNA methyltransferase Trm1pSession 8: 2018-Jun-04
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: François Bachand3 Chantale Autexier lab Speaker: Jian Qin
Title: Mechanisms regulating dyskerin SUMOylationSession 4: 2018-Feb-05
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Raymund Wellinger2 Pascal Chartrand lab Speaker: Vasile Burgoci
Title: Mis-splicing of myogenic lncRNA in myotonic dystrophySession 4: 2018-Feb-05
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Raymund Wellinger4 Imed Gallouzi lab Speaker: Amr Omer, PhD student
Title: Stress granules modulate senescence by disrupting PAI-1-mediated induction of Cyclin D1/Rb pathwaySession 8: 2018-Jun-04
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: François Bachand1 Martin Bisaillon lab Speaker: Simon Boudreault
Title: Reovirus Infection Alters Host Cell Alternative Splicing LandscapeSession 1: 2017-Nov-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell1 François Bachand lab Speaker: Kiersten Dionne
Title: Human ZNF277, a chaperone protein for RPS2?Session 1: 2017-Nov-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell3 Jérôme Waldispuhl lab Speaker: Jérôme Waldispuhl
Title: Analysis and Synthesis of RNA Structures: Genesis of a computational platform to manipulate the RNA codeSession 3: 2018-Jan-08
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon3 Paul Joyce lab Speaker: Michael Chung
Title: Biochemical and biophysical characterization of human tRNA nucleotidyltransferase variantsSession 3: 2018-Jan-08
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon1 Brendan Bell lab Speaker: Aurélie Delannoy
Title: PICH115 : a host cell factor that links TAT transactivation to transcription initiation of HIVSession 3: 2018-Jan-08
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon4 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 proteinsSession 2: 2017-Dec-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger
Food: Éric Massé4 Ute Kothe lab Speaker: Emily Soon, Res. Assistant
Title: Transfer RNA methyltransferase TrmA is a dual-function enzyme that folds and modifies tRNASession 2: 2017-Dec-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger
Food: Éric Massé1 Benoit Cousineau lab Speaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, PhD studet
Title: Evolutionary patterns of group II intronsSession 2: 2017-Dec-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger
Food: Éric Massé2 William Zerges lab Speaker: James Dhaliwal, PhD Student
Title: Oxidized RNA localizes to cytoplasmic foci in diverse organismsSession 2: 2017-Dec-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger
Food: Éric Massé3 Michael Charette lab Speaker: Michael Charette, PI
Title: Mis-Assembly of the Machine: Ribosome Assembly Defects and Dysregulation in Bowen-Conradi Syndrome and in CancerSession 8: 2018-Jun-04
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: François Bachand4 Daniel Lafontaine lab Speaker: Auréliane Michaud
Title:Session 5: 2018-Mar-05
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaStéphane Richard lab Speaker: Sofiane Y. Mersaoui, Ph.D.
Title: Helicase to resolve R-loops: DDX5 the new genome housekeeperSession 1: 2017-Nov-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell4 Hans-Joachim Wieden lab Speaker: Luc Roberts, PhD Student
Title: IGR IRESs and the bacterial ribosomeSession 4: 2018-Feb-05
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Raymund Wellinger1 Aïda Ouangraoua lab Speaker: Aïda Ouangraoua
Title: Evolution of RNA splicing isoforms -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 7: 2017-May-08
Chairman: François BachandEric Massé lab Speaker: Marie-Claude Carrier
Title: Competition between a chaperone protein and a small RNA dictates the regulation of oppA in Escherichia coliSession 3: 2017-Jan-09
Chairman: Michelle ScottHans-Joachim Wieden lab Speaker: Senthil Kumar Duraikannu Kailasam, Postdoctoral Fellow
Title: Molecular dynamics simulation guided rational design of a L-Ribonucleic acid aptamerSession 4: 2017-Feb-06
Chairman: Martin BisaillonEric Massé lab Speaker: Mélanie Geffroy
Title: Leader peptide translation is directly involved in riboswitch regulationSession 4: 2017-Feb-06
Chairman: Martin BisaillonMichelle Scott lab Speaker: Vincent Boivin, M.Sc. student
Title: Seeking the true abundance of different RNA species in the cellSession 4: 2017-Feb-06
Chairman: Martin BisaillonMarlene Oeffinger lab Speaker: Dr. Daniel Scott
Title: Nol12: a multifunctional RNA/DNA endonuclease linking ribosome biogenesis, apoptosis and DNA damageSession 4: 2017-Feb-06
Chairman: Martin BisaillonUte Kothe lab Speaker: Erin Kelly, M.Sc. student
Title: RNA modification by H/ACA small RibonucleoproteinsSession 1: 2016-Nov-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultFrançois Bachand lab Speaker: Caroline Telekawa, MSc student
Title: Mapping a network of post-translational modifications on the RNA exosome; a functional studySession 2: 2016-Dec-05
Chairman: Raymund WellingerLuc Desgroseillers lab Speaker: Yulemi Gonzalez Quesada
Title: Role of Staufen1 dsRBD2 in the control of cell proliferationSession 3: 2017-Jan-09
Chairman: Michelle ScottMartin Bisaillon lab Speaker: Carolin Brand
Title: West Nile virus RNA replication complex – identification of a new antiviral target?Session 2: 2016-Dec-05
Chairman: Raymund WellingerJean-Pierre Perreault lab Speaker: Samuel Rouleau, Ph.D. student
Title: G-Quadruplexes regulate the biogenesis and function of cancer related microRNAsSession 2: 2016-Dec-05
Chairman: Raymund WellingerBenoit Chabot lab Speaker: Muhammad Sohail, Post-Doc
Title: Alternative Splicing Modulation and Growth Inhibition of Colorectal Cancer Cells by a Novel Class of CompoundsSession 5: 2017-Mar-06
Chairman: Éric MasséSherif Abou Elela lab Speaker: Delong Zhou
Title: Finding the codes for cancer specific regulation of alternative splicingSession 3: 2017-Jan-09
Chairman: Michelle ScottBenoit Cousineau lab Speaker: Felix Laroche-Johnston
Title: Bacterial group II introns: novel circularization pathway may lead to genic trans-splicing of cellular mRNAsSession 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineHanadi Sleiman lab
McGill UniversitySpeaker: Michael Dore
Title: Biomimetic methods for making functional RNA amphiphilesSession 6: 2017-Apr-03
Chairman: Benoit ChabotDaniel Lafontaine lab
Université de SherbrookeSpeaker: Jean-François Nadon, PhD candidate
Title: Transcriptional traffic lights: using photochemistry to control RNA elongationSession 6: 2017-Apr-03
Chairman: Benoit ChabotThomas Duchaine lab
McGill UniversitySpeaker: Alexandra Lewis, PhD candidate
Title: A family of nuclear-Argonaute interacting proteins suppresses nuclear RNAi in C. elegansSession 5: 2017-Mar-06
Chairman: Éric MasséEric Lécuyer lab Speaker: Ashley Chin
Title: Identifying RNA binding proteins involved in regulating epithelial cell polaritySession 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineAnne Gatignol lab
McGill UniversitySpeaker: Olivier Del Corpo, MSc. student
Title: Identification and optimization of U1 interference RNAs targeting HIV RNA for development as HIV gene therapiesSession 7: 2017-May-08
Chairman: François BachandJonathan Perreault lab Speaker: Katia Smail
Title: Function-based motif screening to discover non-coding RNAs regulating RNA-methyltransferasesSession 7: 2017-May-08
Chairman: François BachandRaymund Wellinger lab Speaker: Yulia Vasianovich (Post-Doc)
Title: Fluorescent imaging of yeast telomerase protein components using a signal amplification approachSession 6: 2017-Apr-03
Chairman: Benoit ChabotFrançois Bachand lab
Université de SherbrookeSpeaker: Judit Hunyadkürti, PhD
Title: Functional characterization of human Senetaxin (SETX) homologs in the fission yeast S. pombeSession 1: 2016-Nov-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultStephane Richard lab Speaker: Isabel Friedmann, MSc student
Title: Defining RNA targets for QUAKINGSession 1: 2016-Nov-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultPascale Legault lab Speaker: Nicolas Girard, PhD student
Title: The VS ribozyme as a tool to explore the engineering potential of RNASession 1: 2016-Nov-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultMartin Simard lab Speaker: Pascale Michaud, PhD student
Title: Contribution of distinct microRNA-induced silencing complex during animal developmentSession 3: 2017-Jan-09
Chairman: Michelle ScottPascal Chartrand lab Speaker: Maxime Lalonde, Ph.D. student
Title: ell cycle-dependent spatial segregation of telomerase from sites of DNA damage Pascal Chartrand
Session 2: 2016-Dec-05
Chairman: Raymund WellingerFrançois Major lab Speaker: Julie Robitaille, M.Sc. student
Title: Characterizing Structural Determinants of microRNA Primary TranscriptsSession 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineChantale Autexier lab
McGill UniversitySpeaker: Hélène Bensoussan
Title: When dyskerin met SUMOSession 7: 2017-May-08
Chairman: François BachandBill Zerges lab Speaker: James Dhaliwal
Title: Oxidized RNA localizes to cytoplasmic foci in diverse organismsSession 6: 2017-Apr-03
Chairman: Benoit ChabotNahum Sonenberg lab
McGill UniversitySpeaker: Clément Chapat, PhD
Title: The cap-binding protein 4EHP effects translation silencing by microRNAsSession 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineMichelle Scott lab
Université de SherbrookeSpeaker: Gabrielle Deschamps-Francoeur
Title: CoCo: RNA-seq Read Assignment Correction for Embedded Genes and Multimapped ReadsSession 5: 2017-Mar-06
Chairman: Éric MasséMark Bayfield lab Speaker: Ana Vakiloroayaei
Title: The RNA chaperone La promotes pre-tRNA maturation via indiscriminate binding of hypomodified targets -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 2: 2015-11-02
Chairman: Daniel LafontainePeter Unrau Speaker: Shanker Shyam Sundhar Panchapakesan, Ph.D. student
Title: Development of a native purification methodology for RNP complexes using RNA MangoSession 2: 2015-11-02
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineEric Jan Speaker: Craig Kerr, Ph.D. student
Title: Insights into the in vivo role of the Dicistrovirus intergenic region IRESSession 9: 2016-06-06
Chairman: Martin BisaillonMartin Bisaillon Speaker: Simon Boudreault, M.Sc. student
Title: Reovirus Infection Alters Host Cell Alternative Splicing LandscapeSession 9: 2016-06-06
Chairman: Martin BisaillonPatrick Provost Speaker: Abderrahim Benmoussa, PhD student
Title: Insights into a natural source of dietary microRNAsSession 9: 2016-06-06
Chairman: Martin BisaillonHans-Joachim Wieden Speaker: Andrew Hudson, Post-doctoral fellow
Title: Portable intrinsic terminator libraries for genetic engineering in diverse bacteriaSession 9: 2016-06-06
Chairman: Martin BisaillonLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Speaker: Dr. Adam Arkin
Title: Discovery and design of mRNA determinants of expression controlSession 8: 2016-05-09
Chairman: Michelle ScottMichelle Scott Speaker: Fabien Dupuis-Sandoval, M.Sc. student
Title: Study of alternative snoRNAs characterization methods by deep sequencingSession 8: 2016-05-09
Chairman: Michelle ScottClaudia Kleinman Speaker: Claudia Kleinman
Title: New tools to probe the dynamic transcriptional landscape of cellsSession 8: 2016-05-09
Chairman: Michelle ScottJérôme Waldispühl Speaker: Vladimir Reinharz, Ph.D. student
Title: Combining structure probing data on RNA mutants with evolutionary information reveals RNA-binding interfacesSession 8: 2016-05-09
Chairman: Michelle ScottFrançois 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 mannerSession 7: 2016-04-04
Chairman: Raymund WellingerLea 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 telomeresSession 7: 2016-04-04
Chairman: Raymund WellingerChantale 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 phenotypesSession 7: 2016-04-04
Chairman: Raymund WellingerRaymund Wellinger Speaker: Nancy Laterreur, M.Sc./Res. Professional
Title: Yeast telomerase and RNase P/MRP: when two worlds come togetherSession 7: 2016-04-04
Chairman: Raymund WellingerPascal Chartrand Speaker: David Guérit, Post-Doc
Title: Development of live cell imaging assay for human telomerase RNASession 6: 2016-03-07
Chairman: François BachandFrançois 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 productionSession 3: 2015-12-07
Chairman: Benoit ChabotNehal Thakor Speaker: Nehad Thakor, Professor
Title: Internal Initiation of Translation: A Phenomenon That Provides Critical Cell Survival Switch During Cancer ProgressionSession 1:2015-10-05
Chairman: Brendan BellAndrew Mouland Speaker: Shringar Rao, PhD student
Title: RNA surveillance and HIV-1Session 1: 2015-10-05
Chairman: Brendan BellUniversity of Laval Speaker: Mamadou Diallo, Msc PhD
Title: Do mutations in the HIV-1 LTR region impact the disease progression?Session 5: 2016-02-01
Chairman: Éric MasséEric Massé Speaker: Alex Eyraud, Post-doc fellow
Title: Uncovering the targetome of the small RNA SgrSSession 5: 2016-02-01
Chairman: Éric MasséUte Kothe Speaker: Laura Keffer-Wilkes, PhD student
Title: TruB, U and Psi: A fitness storySession 5: 2016-02-01
Chairman: Éric MasséSébastien Faucher Speaker: Nilmini Mendis, PhD student
Title: The role of a small regulatory sRNA in the heat shock response of Legionella pneumophila in waterSession 5: 2016-02-01
Chairman: Éric MasséDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Pierre Turcotte, MSc student
Title: Regulation mechanism of the Escherichia coli lysine riboswitchSession 4: 2016-01-11
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultPeter Unrau Speaker: Sunny Jeng, undergraduate student
Title: Concerted fluorophore binding to RNA Mango provides superior binding and ligand discriminationSession 4: 2016-01-11
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultDipankar Sen Speaker: Nisreen Shumayrikh, Ph.D. student
Title: Heme-utilizing ribozymes and DNAzymesSession 4: 2016-01-11
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Rachel Jodoin
Title: The G-Quadruplex Translation Regulation of BAG-1; an mRNA Involved in Colorectal CancerSession 4: 2016-01-11
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultStephane Richard Speaker: Naomi Li, PhD Candidate
Title: Sam68 functions as a transcriptional coactivator of the p53 tumor suppressorSession 3: 2015-12-07
Chairman: Benoit ChabotMartin Simard and Jacques Huot Speaker: Liang Zhong, PhD candidate
Title: miR-31 mediates E-selectin-dependent metastasis of colon cancer cellsSession 3: 2015-12-07
Chairman: Benoit ChabotJocelyn Côté Speaker: Emma Bondy-Chorney, PhD candidate
Title: RNA-binding protein Staufen1 Regulates Multiple Alternative Splicing Events in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1Session 3: 2015-12-07
Chairman: Benoit ChabotStephen Rader Speaker: Kirsten Reimer
Title: What do donuts have to do with RNA splicing?Session 6: 2016-03-07
Chairman: François BachandMarlene Oeffinger Speaker: Marc Delubac, PhD student
Title: The role of Nol12 in mammalian ribosome biogenesis and its implication in Alzheimer's diseaseSession 6: 2016-03-07
Chairman: François BachandSherif 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 stressSession 1:2015-10-05
Chairman: Brendan BellBrendan Bell Speaker: Emmanuelle Wilhelm, PhD student
Title: A new histone deacetylase complex binds to the HIV core promoter to regulate viral transcriptionSession 2: 2015-11-02
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineJonathan Perreault Speaker: Mohammad Reza Naghdi, Ph.D. student
Title: RiboGap: A database to easily find intergenic sequences and regulatory elementsSession 9: 2016-06-06
Chairman: Martin BisaillonÉric Lécuyer Speaker: Sahar Soltanieh, Post-doctoral fellow
Title: Defining the RNA Binding Protein repertoire of human stress granules -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 1: 2014-10-06
Chairman: Brendan BellChristine Vande Velde Speaker: Guillaume Caron, MSc student
Title: Impact of ALS-causing mutations in TDP-43 on RNA granule dynamicsSession 5: 2015-02-02
Chairman: Eric MasseGerardo Ferbeyre Speaker: Fred Lessard, Post-Doc
Title: Senescence as a result of impaired ribosome biogenesisSession 9: 2015-06-01
Chairman: Martin BisaillonUte Kothe Speaker: Evan Caton, Ph.D. student
Title: Biochemical Characterization of S. cerevisiae H/ACA small nucleolar RibonucleoproteinsSession 9: 2015-06-01
Chairman: Martin BisaillonMartin Bisaillon Speaker: Marie-Pier Tremblay, M.Sc. student
Title: Modification of alternative splicing events induced by HBx protein of Hepatitis B virusSession 9: 2015-06-01
Chairman: Martin BisaillonAngela Pearson Speaker: Angela Pearson, Ph.D.
Title: Alternative polyadenylation in herpes simplex virus replicationSession 8:2015-05-04
Chairman: Michelle ScottJean-Pierre Perreault and Michelle Scott Speaker: Jean-Michel Garant
Title: G4RNA, an RNA G-Quadruplex DatabaseSession 8:2015-05-04
Chairman: Michelle ScottFrançois Major Speaker: Mathieu Dupont
Title: Computationally grasping RNA dynamicsSession 8:2015-05-04
Chairman: Michelle ScottPierre-Étienne Jacques Speaker: Pierre-Étienne Jacques
Title: Taking advantage of public genomic data through GenAPSession 7: 2015-04-13
Chairman: Raymund WellingerRaymund Wellinger Speaker: Emmanuel Bajon, Ph.D. Student
Title: Yeast telomerase is single again; againSession 7: 2015-04-13
Chairman: Raymund WellingerChantal Autexier Speaker: Deanna MacNeill, M.Sc. Student
Title: Telomerase Regulation through Post-translational Modifications of DyskerinSession 7: 2015-04-13
Chairman: Raymund WellingerPascal Chartrand Speaker: Maxime Lalonde, Ph.D. Student
Title: Linking sister chromatid cohesion and telomeric transcriptionSession 7: 2015-04-13
Chairman: Raymund WellingerFrancois Bachand Speaker: Duy Nguyen, Post-Doc
Title: A polyadenylation-dependent 3' end maturation pathway is required for the synthesis of the human telomerase RNASession 6: 2015-03-02
Chairman: Francois BachandLéa Brakier-Gingras Speaker: Neylen Del Toro, PhD Student
Title: Changes in the fidelity of translation of ribosomes in senescent cellsSession 5: 2015-02-02
Chairman: Eric MasseHans-Joachim Wieden Speaker: Justin Vigar, MSc student
Title: Functional screening of a non-canonical translation initiation element using phenotypic sorting and high-throughput sequencingSession 6: 2015-03-02
Chairman: Francois BachandStephane Richard Speaker: Jingwen Song, PhD Student
Title: Sam68 regulates S6K1 alternative splicing during adipogenesisSession 6: 2015-03-02
Chairman: Francois BachandPeter Moffett Speaker: Chantal Brosseau, PhD Student
Title: The roles of Argonaute proteins in RNAi-mediated defense against plant RNA virusesSession 5: 2015-02-02
Chairman: Eric MasseDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Adrien Chauvier, Ph.D. student
Title: Deciphering the molecular mechanism of the thiC riboswitchSession 2: 2014-11-03
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineSébastien Rodrigue Speaker: Dominick Matteau
Title: Combining RNAseq, 5’-RACE and ChIP-exo to characterize promoter architecture in bacteriaSession 1: 2014-10-06
Chairman: Brendan BellBrendan Bell Speaker: Taharima Habib
Title: PICH115: a novel host cell factor that regulates HIV transcriptionSession 5: 2015-02-02
Chairman: Eric MasseSylvain Moineau Speaker: Alexander Hynes, Post-Doc
Title: Prokaryotic adaptive immunity: the 'adaptation' stage in CRISPR-Cas systemsSession 4: 2015-01-12
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultJonathan 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 classesSession 4: 2015-01-12
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultPascale Legault Speaker: Eric Bonneau
Title: NMR strategies for structural characterization of large RNA molecules; insights into the Neurospora VS ribozymeSession 4: 2015-01-12
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultJerry Pelletier Speaker: Jennifer Chu
Title: Probing the mechanism of action of silvestrol through genetic engineering of a eIF4A alleleSession 4: 2015-01-12
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Charith Raj Adkar Purushothama
Title: Viroids invade plants by silencing the defence genesSession 3: 2014-12-01
Chairman: Benoit ChabotMark Bayfield Speaker: Jyotsna Vinayak, M.Sc. student
Title: Investigating new RNA binding modes for the human La proteinSession 3: 2014-12-01
Chairman: Benoit ChabotSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Delong Zhou, M.Sc. student
Title: Identification of the pre-mRNA targets of the cancer associated RNA binding proteins RBFOX2 and QKISession 3: 2014-12-01
Chairman: Benoit ChabotAndrew J. Mouland Speaker: Valerie Le Sage, Ph.D. student
Title: Subversion of the nuclear pore complex by HIV-1Session 3: 2014-12-01
Chairman: Benoit ChabotSylvain Meloche Speaker: Éric Vaillancourt-Jean, Ph.D. student
Title: Novel substrates of ERK1/2 involved in alternative splicing regulationSession 2: 2014-11-03
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineSébastien Lemieux Speaker: Tariq Daouda
Title: Untranslated, really? The secret role of non-coding RNAs in the adaptive immune systemSession 6: 2015-03-02
Chairman: Francois BachandEric Lécuyer Speaker: Fabio Alexis Lefebvre, PhD student
Title: The Migrant Transcripts : Emerging Roles of Extracellular Vesicles in RNA-mediated Intercellular SignalingSession 2: 2014-11-03
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineCarl Ernst Speaker: Carl Ernst
Title: Regulation of mRNA expression in gene dosage disordersSession 2: 2014-11-03
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineWilliam Zerges Speaker: Yu Zhan
Title: Oxidized RNA in the chloroplast; its control and compartmentalizationSession 1: 2014-10-06
Chairman: Brendan BellLuc Gaudreau Speaker: Benoît Guillemette
Title: A random sequence screen to decipher key functional residues in the H3 N-terminal tail -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 4: 2014-01-13
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultDaniel Zenklusen Speaker: To be determined
Title: To be determinedSession 4: 2014-01-13
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultMartin Simard Speaker: Gabriel Bossé, Ph.D Student
Title: Identification of a new modulator of microRNA turnover.Session 5: 2014-02-03
Chairman: Éric MasséMichelle Scott Speaker: Michelle Scott
Title: Differential processing for human box C/D snoRNAsSession 5: 2014-02-03
Chairman: Éric MasséPaul Joyce Speaker: Matthew Leibovitch
Title: Relating changes in the localization of Arabidopsis tRNA nucleotidyltransferase to changes in its structure, stability and activity.Session 6: 2014-03-03
Chairman: François BachandDaniel Lafontaine & Sherif Abou Elela Speaker: Marc-Andre Comeau, PhD. Student
Title: Characterisation of an RNA motif that modulates yeast RNase III activitySession 2: 2013-11-04
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineLuc Desgroseillers Speaker: Xin Zhang
Title: Stau2 expression in response to DNA damagesSession 1: 2013-10-07
Chairman: Brendan BellNahum Sonenberg Speaker: Tommy Alain, Ph.D.
Title: Translation control of innate immunity and viral oncolysis.Session 7: 2014-04-07
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineBrendan Bell Speaker: Emmanuelle Wilhelm
Title: PICH115: a novel co-factor for Tat trans-activation of HIV transcription?Session 7: 2014-04-07
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineSteven Zimmerly Speaker: Salim Ahmed, MSc Student
Title: In vivo coupling between group IIC intron insertion and transcriptional termination.Session 7: 2014-04-07
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineMarlene Oeffinger Speaker: Carolina Aguilar, MSc Student
Title: Uncovering parallel ribosome biogenesis pathways during pre-60S subunit maturation.Session 8:2014-05-05
Chairman: Michelle ScottBenoit Chabot Speaker: Alexandre Cloutier
Title: Permanent alterations of alternative splicing by transiently depleting RNPS1Session 8:2014-05-05
Chairman: Michelle ScottFrançois Major Speaker: Nathanael Weill
Title: Modeling miRNA-induced gene expression regulationSession 8:2014-05-05
Chairman: Michelle ScottÉric Lecuyer Speaker: Julie Bergalet
Title: Defining the role and the mechanism of RNA localization to the mitotic apparatusSession 8:2014-05-05
Chairman: Michelle ScottUte Kothe Speaker: Laura Keffer-Wilkes
Title: Cellular function of TruB: pseudouridylation and...Session 9: 2014-06-02
Chairman: Martin BisaillonStephen Rader Speaker: Kirsten Reimer
Title: Recombinant expression of the Sm complex from C. merolaeSession 5: 2014-02-03
Chairman: Éric MasséHans-Joachim Wieden Speaker: Dylan Girodat, Msc Student
Title: Charting the Thermodynamic Landscape of Nucleotide Binding in EF-Tu.Session 6: 2014-03-03
Chairman: François BachandThomas Duchaine Speaker: Vinay Mayya
Title: Quantitative approaches in miRNA-mediated silencingSession 9: 2014-06-02
Chairman: Martin BisaillonEric Jan Speaker: Anthony Khong
Title: Modulation of stress granules and P bodies during dicistrovirus infectionSession 1: 2013-10-07
Chairman: Brendan BellImed Gallouzi Speaker: Imed Gallouzi, Ph.D.
Title: HuR and miR-1192 regulate myogenesis by modulating the translation of HMGB1 mRNA.Session 9: 2014-06-02
Chairman: Martin BisaillonRaymund Wellinger Speaker: Emmanuel Bajon, Ph.D. Student
Title: Telomerase is single again: is this bad in the end?Session 2: 2013-11-04
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineBill Zerges Speaker: Yu Zhan
Title: Control of oxidative damage to RNA in the chloroplast of ChlamydomonasSession 1: 2013-10-07
Chairman: Brendan BellPhilip Johnson Speaker: Oren Reinstein, PhD student
Title: Thermodynamic and Strucural Analysis of High Affinity Off-target Ligand Binding by the Cocaine Binding AptamerSession 2: 2013-11-04
Chairman: Daniel LafontainePascale Legault Speaker: Alexandre Desjardins, PhD student
Title: Multimeric assembly of Lin28 proteins on let-7 miRNAs precursorsSession 3: 2013-12-02
Chairman: Benoit ChabotMark Bayfield Speaker: Ana Vakiloroayaei, Ph D student
Title: Investigating how the RNA chaperone La engages folded versus unfolded RNA substratesSession 6: 2014-03-03
Chairman: François BachandJonathan Perreault Speaker: Jonathan Perreault
Title: RNAstem and RiboGap: Bioinformatic Tools to Help Discover Noncoding RNAsSession 3: 2013-12-02
Chairman: Benoit ChabotChantal Autexier Speaker: Philippe Rousseau
Title: Inactive C-terminal Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Insertion Splicing Variants are Dominant-negative Inhibitors of TelomeraseSession 2: 2013-11-04
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineFrançois Bachand Speaker: Gheorghe Pal, MSc student
Title: Auto-regulation of PABPN1, the gene mutated in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophySession 4: 2014-01-13
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultÉric Massé Speaker: David Lalaouna
Title: How to catch a predator. A sponge's story.Session 3: 2013-12-02
Chairman: Benoit ChabotJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Rachel Jodoin, Ph D student
Title: A new scoring system for the RNA G-quadruplexesSession 9: 2014-06-02
Chairman: Martin BisaillonAnne Gatignol Speaker: Samantha Burugu, MSc. Student
Title: When HIV comes along, PACT-PKR relationship gets complicated -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 1:2012-10-15
Chairman: Brendan BellSteven Zimmerly Speaker: Dewan Billal
Title: A reverse transcriptase-related protein mediates phage resistance through an abortive infection mechanism that appears to target the ribosomeSession 3: 2012-12-03
Chairman: Martin BisaillonMark Bayfield Speaker: Lidia Sinavaskaia
Title: Fitting in a missing piece of the LARP puzzle: Characterization of the S. pombe La-Related Protein SLR1Session 9: 2013-06-03
Chairman: Raymund WellingerChantal Autexier Speaker: Ricky Kwan, MSc student
Title: The Investigation of EWS as a Telomerase Associated ProteinSession 9: 2013-06-03
Chairman: Raymund WellingerEric Jan Speaker: Qian Ren, PhD Student
Title: Insights into alternative reading frame selection by a tRNA-like domain of a viral internal ribosome entry siteSession 9: 2013-06-03
Chairman: Raymund WellingerSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Cyrielle Petibon, MSc student
Title: Finding the secret code for the production of the S9 twin genesSession 9: 2013-06-03
Chairman: Raymund WellingerStephen Rader Speaker: Liz Dunn, PhD Student
Title: U6 snRNA Structure in the Free U6 snRNP Reveals Mechanistic Insights into Spliceosome ActivationSession 8:2013-05-06
Chairman: Michelle ScottUte Wieden-Kothe Speaker: Jenna Friedt
Title: What R can do for U: The Role of Arg181 in Pseudouridine Formation by TruBSession 8:2013-05-06
Chairman: Michelle ScottEric Lecuyer Speaker: Dr. Carole Iampietro
Title: Chk2-dependent regulation of mRNA nuclear retention as a novel facet of the DNA damage responseSession 8:2013-05-06
Chairman: Michelle ScottFrancois Major Speaker: Stephen Leong
Title: Predict RNA 2D and 3D Structure over the Internet Using MC-ToolsSession 8:2013-05-06
Chairman: Michelle ScottTony Russell Speaker: Ashley Moore, PhD Student
Title: snoPatrol: Characterization of snoRNAs in the protist Euglena gracilisSession 7: 2013-04-08
Chairman: Raymund WellingerAndrew Mouland Speaker: Christina Crossie, Graduate Student
Title: HIV-1 RNA TraffickingSession 7: 2013-04-08
Chairman: Raymund WellingerPascale Legault Speaker: Patricia Bouchard, PhD Student
Title: Structure determination of a highly-stable kissing-loop interaction from the Neurospora VS ribozymeSession 7: 2013-04-08
Chairman: Raymund WellingerMarlene Oeffinger Speaker: Pierre Zindy, Post-Doc Student
Title: The human protein Nol12-ribosome biogenesis meets DNA damage and senescenceSession 7: 2013-04-08
Chairman: Raymund WellingerBhushan Nagar Speaker: Irene Xie, Undergraduate Student
Title: Structural characterization of IFIT1 and IFIT3Session 6: 2013-03-04
Chairman: Francois BachandLuc DesGroseillers Speaker: Mehdi Ghram, PhD student
Title: Staufen1 and its beloved mRNAs : for a walk along the cycle.Session 6: 2013-03-04
Chairman: Francois BachandXavier Roucou Speaker: Benoit Vanderperre, PhD Student
Title: Direct identification of alternative open reading frames translation products in human expands the proteome.Session 6: 2013-03-04
Chairman: Francois BachandThomas Duchaine Speaker: Mathieu Flamand, PhD Student
Title: A non-canonical site unveils multiple cooperative mechanisms in microRNA-mediated silencing.Session 5: 2013-02-04
Chairman: Eric MasseJonathan Perreault Speaker: Jonathan Perreault, professor
Title: Finding noncoding RNAs in bacteriaSession 5: 2013-02-04
Chairman: Eric MasseFrancois Bachand Speaker: Jean-Francois Lemay, PhD Student
Title: Let the termination ... meet the degradationSession 5: 2013-02-04
Chairman: Eric MassePaul 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 nucleotidyltransferaseSession 5: 2013-02-04
Chairman: Eric MasseTony Russell Speaker: Ashley Moore, PhD Student
Title: snoPatrol: Characterization of snoRNAs in the protist Euglena gracilisSession 4: 2013-01-14
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultHans-Joachim Wieden Speaker: Coatham Mackenzie
Title: Flipping the switch: the ribosome modulates the gtpase activity of HflXSession 4: 2013-01-14
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultFrancois Bachand Speaker: Anne-Marie Landry-Voyer
Title: Characterization of an extra-ribosomal complex between the ribosomal protein S2 and the protein arginine methyltransferase, PRMT3Session 4: 2013-01-14
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultPascal Chartrand Speaker: Karen Shahbabian
Title: Coordinated assembly of localization and translational control factors on mRNA during transcriptionSession 4: 2013-01-14
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultEric Masse & Daniel Lafontaine Speaker: Maxime Simoneau-Roy
Title: A trans-acting riboswitch, the thiB riboswitch of Escherichia coli might beSession 3: 2012-12-03
Chairman: Martin BisaillonJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Samuel Rouleau
Title: Targeting specific G-Quadruplexes with oligonucleotidesSession 3: 2012-12-03
Chairman: Martin BisaillonMichelle Scott Speaker: Michelle Scott
Title: Non-canonical roles for snoRNAsSession 1:2012-10-15
Chairman: Brendan BellDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Laurène Bastet
Title: Two ncRNA in crime: The CoB12 riboswitch and the small RNA OmrB shut down the expression of btuBSession 2: 2012-11-05
Chairman: Benoit ChabotBill Zerges Speaker: James Dhaliwal
Title: A chloroplast stress granule protein mitigates RNA oxidative damage in ChlamydomonasSession 2: 2012-11-05
Chairman: Benoit ChabotRaymund Wellinger Speaker: Nancy Laterreur
Title: The telomerase RNA has many structural secrets up its sleeveSession 2: 2012-11-05
Chairman: Benoit ChabotDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Sébastien H. Eschbach
Title: The SAM-I riboswitch: A tale with a twistSession 1:2012-10-15
Chairman: Brendan BellKalle Gehring Speaker: Jingwei Xie
Title: Functional insight into MLLE domain containing proteinsSession 1:2012-10-15
Chairman: Brendan BellNahum Sonenberg Speaker: Nathaniel Robichaud
Title: Translational Control of Cancer: eIF4E Phosphorylation and Metastasis -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 2: 2011-11-07
Chairman: Eric MasséChristopher Francklyn Speaker: Susan Robey-Bond
Title: The Role of a Mutation in Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase in Usher-like Syndrome DeafnessSession 3: 2011-12-05
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineChristopher Francklyn Speaker: Susan Robey-Bond
Title: The Role of a Mutation in Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase in Usher-like Syndrome DeafnessSession 9: 2012-06-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultFrançois Bachand Speaker: Valerie Grenier-St-Sauveur
Title: Nabbing the role of fission yeast Nab2 in gene regulation.Session 2: 2011-11-07
Chairman: Eric MasséMark Bayfield Speaker: Rawaa Hussain
Title: RNA binding and chaperone activity of human La-related proteins. Same function, different targets?Session 2: 2011-11-07
Chairman: Eric MasséMartin Simard Speaker: Alejandro Vasquez
Title: MicroRNA on the vesicular roadSession 1:2011-10-17
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaNahum Sonenberg Speaker: Maritza Jaramillo Patinod
Title: Translational control through the phosphorylation of eIF4E: Friend or Foe of the innate immune response?Session 3: 2011-12-05
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineMarlene Oeffinger Speaker: Christian Trahan
Title: Checking out the 'hood': targeted crosslinking to study protein structures and interactionsSession 3: 2011-12-05
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineEric Jan Speaker: Hilda Au
Title: Characterization of the tRNA mimic within a viral internal ribosome entry siteSession 3: 2011-12-05
Chairman: Daniel LafontainePascale Legault Speaker: Alexandre Desjardins
Title: Deciphering the molecular determinants of the complex formed by the microRNA let-7g and the pluripotency factor Lin28Session 4: 2012-01-16
Chairman: Brendan BellBrendan Bell Speaker: Catherine Kamtchueng
Title: Alternative splicing of the apoptotic isoform TAF6delta, a co-factor of transcriptionSession 4: 2012-01-16
Chairman: Brendan BellBarbara 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 developmentSession 4: 2012-01-16
Chairman: Brendan BellHans-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 YchFSession 4: 2012-01-16
Chairman: Brendan BellUte Kothe Speaker: Laura Keffer-Wilkes
Title: Come together over U – Pseudouridine Synthases meet RNASession 5: 2012-02-06
Chairman: Gilles BoirePascal Chartrand Speaker: Emilio Cusanelli
Title: A tail of TERRASession 5: 2012-02-06
Chairman: Gilles BoireFrançois Major Speaker: Maria Abella
Title: Analysis of the alternative riboswitch RNA 2D structures: The case of attenuatorsSession 5: 2012-02-06
Chairman: Gilles BoireKatalin A. Hudak Speaker: Meherzad Kutky
Title: Pokeweed antiviral protein inhibits HIV-I transcriptionSession 1:2011-10-17
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Laurène Bastet
Title: The dark side of the CoB12 riboswitch: from the switch to the regulation mechanismSession 6: 2012-03-12
Chairman: François BachandChantal Autexier Speaker: Josephine Chu
Title: Role of the human telomerase ‘insertion in fingers domain’ in cancer and premature aging diseaseSession 6: 2012-03-12
Chairman: François BachandKalle Gehring Speaker: Nozhat Safaee
Title: Crystal structure of the parallel double-stranded helix of poly(A) RNASession 5: 2012-02-06
Chairman: Gilles BoireSteven Zimmerly Speaker: Bonnie McNeil
Title: Alternative splicing of a group II intron in Clostridium tetaniSession 6: 2012-03-12
Chairman: François BachandPaul Joyce Speaker: Matthew Leibovitch
Title: Altered cellular distribution of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase in plantsSession 7: 2012-04-02
Chairman: Raymund WellingerThomas Duchaine Speaker: Ariel Donayo
Title: Deconstructing the miR-17~92 miRNA clusterSession 7: 2012-04-02
Chairman: Raymund WellingerAndrew Mouland Speaker: Fernando Valiente-Echeverria
Title: HIV-1-mediated blockade to stress granule assemblySession 7: 2012-04-02
Chairman: Raymund WellingerStephen Rader Speaker: Cassie Fayowski, Matt Halstead and Anthony Daniele
Title: U1, C. merolae lost: the mysterious tale of the disappearing snRNPSession 7: 2012-04-02
Chairman: Raymund WellingerÉric Lécuyer Speaker: Dr. Neal Cody
Title: Transcriptome profiling reveals a broad role for the Drosophila Muscleblind protein in mRNA localizationSession 8:2012-05-07
Chairman: Benoit ChabotSébastien Rodrigue Speaker: Sébastien Rodrigue
Title: Transcriptome and proteome dynamics of a light-dark synchronized bacterial cell cycleSession 8:2012-05-07
Chairman: Benoit ChabotBhushan Nagar Speaker: Yazan Abbas
Title: Structural Analysis of an Interferon-Inducible ProteinSession 8:2012-05-07
Chairman: Benoit ChabotRachid Mazroui Speaker: Cristina Gareau
Title: Characterization of Fragile X Mental Retardation protein-granules formation and dynamics in drosophilaSession 8:2012-05-07
Chairman: Benoit ChabotBill Zerges Speaker: Matthew Peters
Title: Translation is compartmentalized for photosystem II biogenesisSession 9: 2012-06-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultAnne Gatignol Speaker: Eileen Shaw
Title: The PKR activator, PACT, becomes a PKR inhibitor during HIV replication.Session 9: 2012-06-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultImed Gallouzi Speaker: Jennifer Ma
Title: The role and regulation of STAT3 in cachexia-induced muscle wasting.Session 9: 2012-06-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultMartin Pelchat Speaker: Yasnee Beeharry
Title: Conserved features of an RNA promoter recognized by the human RNA Polymerase II.Session 1:2011-10-17
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaPaul Lasko Speaker: Chiara Gamberi
Title: A tale of two tails. How polarity is established in DrosophilaSession 6: 2012-03-12
Chairman: François BachandBenoit Chabot Speaker: Jérôme Barbier
Title: Genomic instability and the evolution of alternative splicing profilesSession 1:2011-10-17
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Title: EarthQuaking the ovarian tumor microenvironmentSession 2: 2011-11-07
Chairman: Eric MasséFrançois Dragon Speaker: Vincent Lemay
Title: Split personalities: The case of ribosomal protein S18 -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 8:2011-05-02
Chairman: Gilles BoireMartin Bisaillon Speaker: Maude Tremblay-Létourneau
Title: Virtual high-throughput screening identifies mycophenolic acid as a novel RNA capping inhibitorSession 4: 2011-01-10
Chairman: Martin BisaillonEric Massé Speaker: Julie-Anna Benjamin
Title: Antagonist regulation of an mRNA by a small RNA and a regulatory binding proteinSession 9: 2011-06-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotBhushan Nagar Speaker: Filipp Frank
Title: Structural Analysis of 5'-mRNA-Cap Interactions with the Human AGO2 MID DomainSession 9: 2011-06-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotUte Kothe Speaker: Rajashekhar Kamalampeta
Title: The role of proteins Nop10 and Gar1 for Cbf5-catalyzed pseudouridine formationSession 1:2010-10-13
Chairman: Brendan BellCaroline Diorio Speaker: Caroline Diorio
Title: Alternative splicing events and breast cancer survival: preliminary resultsSession 5: 2011-02-07
Chairman: François BachandRaymund Wellinger Speaker: Jean-François Noël
Title: Telomerase RNA 3' end formation in S. cerevisiaeSession 9: 2011-06-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotAndrew Mouland Speaker: Lara Ajamian
Title: UPF1: La CRM de la CRM of HIV-1 RNA exportSession 1:2010-10-13
Chairman: Brendan BellBenoit Chabot Speaker: Lulzim Shkreta
Title: The DNA damage response pathway regulates the alternative splicing of the apoptotic mediator Bcl-xSession 1:2010-10-13
Chairman: Brendan BellMarc Therrien Speaker: Dariel Ashton-Beaucage
Title: The EJC and Splicing Factors Act on RAS1/MAPK Signaling by Altering the Splicing of mapk/rlSession 2: 2010-11-01
Chairman: Raymund WellingerFrançois Bachand Speaker: Caroline Lemieux
Title: Gene regulation by polyadenylation-dependent pre-mRNA decaySession 2: 2010-11-01
Chairman: Raymund WellingerImed Gallouzi Speaker: Anne Cammas
Title: Posttranscriptional regulation of nucleophosmin is required for muscle fiber formationSession 2: 2010-11-01
Chairman: Raymund WellingerMarlene Oeffinger Speaker: Marlene Oeffinger
Title: Understanding dynamic maturation of ribosomes and its link to cell divisionSession 2: 2010-11-01
Chairman: Raymund WellingerStéphane Richard Speaker: Stéphane Richard
Title: The role of sam68 in regulating metabolismSession 3: 2010-12-06
Chairman: Eric MasséJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Michel Lévesque
Title: Optimization of the design for efficient production of SOFA-HDV ribozymesSession 3: 2010-12-06
Chairman: Eric MasséBenoit Cousineau Speaker: Cecilia Quiroga
Title: Factors involved in cis and trans-splicing of Ll.LtrB group II intronSession 3: 2010-12-06
Chairman: Eric MasséMartin Pelchat Speaker: Martin Pelchat
Title: Functional relationship between hepatitis delta virus and viroidsSession 3: 2010-12-06
Chairman: Eric MasséHans-Joachim Wieden Speaker: Evan Mercier
Title: Modulating P-loop entropy in EF-Tu affects GTP bindingSession 8:2011-05-02
Chairman: Gilles BoireSherif Abou Elela && Daniel Lafontaine Speaker: Marc-André Comeau
Title: Regulation of RNase III mediated RNA metabolismSession 4: 2011-01-10
Chairman: Martin BisaillonDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Audrey Dubé
Title: New insights into riboswitch regulatory mechanismsSession 4: 2011-01-10
Chairman: Martin BisaillonRachid Mazroui Speaker: Cristina Gareau
Title: p21WAF1/CIP1 upregulation through the Stress Granules-associated CUGBP1 confers chemoresistanceSession 9: 2011-06-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotBrendan Bell Speaker: Aurélie Delannoy
Title: Study of the Modus Operandi of the cellular killer Taf6deltaSession 4: 2011-01-10
Chairman: Martin BisaillonPaul Joyce Speaker: Mark Goring
Title: Temperature-sensitivity suppressor mutations in tRNA nucleotidyltransferase: replacing dogma with dataSession 4: 2011-01-10
Chairman: Martin BisaillonBarbara Papadopoulou Speaker: Prasad Padmanabhan
Title: Antisense RNA-mediated ribosomal RNA degradation in the parasitic protozoan Leishmania and its link to apoptosisSession 1:2010-10-13
Chairman: Brendan BellJocelyn Coté Speaker: Gabriel Sanchez
Title: Functional Relationship between SMN and CARM1: implications for SMASession 5: 2011-02-07
Chairman: François BachandGerardo Ferbeyre Speaker: Mathieu Vernier
Title: Regulation of E2Fs and senescence by PML nuclear bodiesSession 5: 2011-02-07
Chairman: François BachandChantal Autexier Speaker: Sanjida Khondaker
Title: The role of Alternatively-Spliced Variants of the Mouse Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase in Telomerase RegulationSession 6: 2011-03-07
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineMark Bayfield Speaker: Amir Naeeni
Title: Functional analysis of the conserved RNA chaperone activity of La proteinsSession 6: 2011-03-07
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineSteven Zimmerly Speaker: Steven Zimmerly
Title: Novel mechanisms of group II intron splice-site recognition in Clostridium tetaniSession 6: 2011-03-07
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineBill Zerges Speaker: James Dhaliwal
Title: RNA quality control requires an RNA-binding protein of (chloroplast) stress granulesSession 6: 2011-03-07
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineFrancois Major Speaker: Véronique Lisi
Title: Identification of microRNA/Transcription Factor Auto-Regulatory Loops and their Role in Proliferation and HematopoiesisSession 7: 2011-04-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaMartin Simard Speaker: Gabriel Bossé
Title: C. elegans genetics uncovers a key regulator of the microRNA levelsSession 7: 2011-04-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaThomas Duchaine Speaker: Ahilya Sawh
Title: A Truncated Dicer Tilts the Balance of RNAi Pathways in C. elegansSession 7: 2011-04-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaLuc Desgroseillers Speaker: Véronique Trépanier
Title: Staufen-associated mRNAs during mitosisSession 7: 2011-04-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaAnne Gatignol Speaker: Robert Scarborough
Title: Design and Evaluation of SOFA HDV-Rzs Targeting HIVSession 7: 2011-04-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaBill Zerges Speaker: James Dhaliwal
Title: RNA quality control requires an RNA-binding protein of (chloroplast) stress granulesSession 9: 2011-06-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotEric Jan Speaker: Qian Ren
Title: Alternative reading frame selection mediated by a viral tRNA-mimic internal ribosome entry siteSession 8:2011-05-02
Chairman: Gilles BoireSteven Zimmerly Speaker: Bonnie McNeil
Title: Alternative splicing of a group II intron in Clostridium tetaniSession 5: 2011-02-07
Chairman: François BachandPascal Chartrand Speaker: Faissal Ouenzar
Title: Telomerase RNA trafficking and DNA damage responseSession 8:2011-05-02
Chairman: Gilles BoireUte Kothe Speaker: Rajashekhar Kamalampeta
Title: The role of proteins Nop10 and Gar1 for Cbf5-catalyzed pseudouridine formationSession 8:2011-05-02
Chairman: Gilles BoireMark Bayfield Speaker: Amir Naeeni
Title: Functional analysis of the conserved RNA chaperone activity of La proteins -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 7: 2010-05-03
Chairman: François BachandRachid Mazroui Speaker: Cristina Gareau
Title: Stress Granules formation: a possible mechanism for chemoresistanceSession 8:2010-06-07
Chairman: Martin BisaillonSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Leyla Aksouh
Title: Nuclear degradation regulates the cell cycle dependent expression and localization of the septin checkpoint kinase HSL1Session 8:2010-06-07
Chairman: Martin BisaillonLuc Desgroseillers Speaker: Maria Sanchez-Carbente
Title: DEAD-box 3 RNA helicase associates with specific mRNA population in brain: insight on mRNA transportSession 1:2009-11-02
Chairman: Brendan BellHans-Joachim Wieden Speaker: Evelina DeLaurentiis
Title: Identification of structural determinants critical for the function of LepASession 1:2009-11-02
Chairman: Brendan BellAndrew Mouland Speaker: Anne Monette
Title: HIV-1 induces cytoplasmic retention of hnRNP A1 by disrupting nuclear importSession 1:2009-11-02
Chairman: Brendan BellAnne Gatignol Speaker: Jean-François Gélinas
Title: Ribonucleoproteic complex formed around PKR during HIV replicationSession 2: 2009-12-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultSteven Zimmerly Speaker: Chen Wang
Title: A reverse transcriptase-related protein mediates phage abortiveSession 2: 2009-12-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultThomas Duchaine Speaker: Edlyn Wu
Title: MicroRNA mediated silencing in the early embryo of C elegansSession 2: 2009-12-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Benoit Heppell
Title: A helical domain of the SAM riboswitch pre-folds the ligand binding siteSession 2: 2009-12-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultFrançois Dragon Speaker: Vincent Lemay
Title: Identification of novel snR30 partnersSession 4: 2010-02-01
Chairman: Raymund WellingerDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Patrick St-Pierre
Title: The regulatory nature of riboswitches determines the ligand binding mechanismSession 3: 2010-01-11
Chairman: Benoit ChabotImed Gallouzi Speaker: Imed Gallouzi
Title: The early steps of muscle fiber formation require HuR-mediated expression of the Alarmin HMGB1Session 3: 2010-01-11
Chairman: Benoit ChabotJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Jean-Denis Beaudoin
Title: G-quadruplex structure: a translation repressor broadly found in the transcriptomeSession 5: 2010-03-08
Chairman: Eric MasséFrançois Bachand Speaker: Caroline Lemieux
Title: A novel function for Pab2 in the quality control of pre-mRNA splicingSession 7: 2010-05-03
Chairman: François BachandFrançois Major Speaker: Paul Dallaire
Title: A microRNA hidden amongst the YRNAsSession 3: 2010-01-11
Chairman: Benoit ChabotMartin Bisaillon Speaker: Issur Moheshwarnath
Title: In vitro reconstitution of the Flaviviral RNA capping machinerySession 8:2010-06-07
Chairman: Martin BisaillonBrendan Bell Speaker: Emmanuelle Wilhelm
Title: Getting to the core of HIV latency: CTGC promoter motifs are essential for Tat-activated transcriptionSession 5: 2010-03-08
Chairman: Eric MasséHans-Joachim Wieden Speaker: Jeffrey Fischer
Title: Is the universally conserved GTPase HflX a ribosome associated factor?Session 1:2009-11-02
Chairman: Brendan BellEric Massé Speaker: Hubert Salvail
Title: The small regulatory RNA RyhB is essential for enterobactin production in E. coli.Session 5: 2010-03-08
Chairman: Eric MasséRaymund Wellinger Speaker: Isabelle Dionne
Title: Telomerase RNA: what kind of RNA is that ?Session 5: 2010-03-08
Chairman: Eric MasséPascale Legault Speaker: Vanessa Delfosse
Title: Purine riboswitch structure: a unique evolutionary-excluded structural mimicrySession 6: 2010-04-12
Chairman: Martin BisaillonUte Kothe Speaker: Ute Kothe
Title: Insight into the mechanism of TruB-catalyzed pseudouridine synthesisSession 6: 2010-04-12
Chairman: Martin BisaillonBenoit Chabot Speaker: Alexandre Cloutier
Title: Finding the regulatory factor for Bcl-x: a question of life and deathSession 6: 2010-04-12
Chairman: Martin BisaillonPascal Chartrand Speaker: Amélie Forget
Title: Co-transcriptional recruitment of the translational repressor Puf6p on nascent ASH1 mRNASession 6: 2010-04-12
Chairman: Martin BisaillonKalle Gehring Speaker: Guennadi Kozlov
Title: Structural studies of the role of the MLLE domain of Poly(A) binding protein in miRNA-mediated mRNA deadenylationSession 7: 2010-05-03
Chairman: François BachandBenoit Chabot Speaker: Laetitia Michelle
Title: Exon-Junction Complex proteins regulate Bcl-x alternative splicingSession 7: 2010-05-03
Chairman: François BachandSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Mathieu Lavoie
Title: Probing the target bias of the RNA degradation machinerySession 4: 2010-02-01
Chairman: Raymund WellingerFrançois Bachand Speaker: Olivier St-André
Title: Pab2: the moodkiller of fission yeast meiosisSession 4: 2010-02-01
Chairman: Raymund WellingerMartin Bisaillon Speaker: Frédéric Picard-Jean
Title: Can the immunosuppressive agent Mizoribine interfere with the RNA capping apparatus?Session 8:2010-06-07
Chairman: Martin BisaillonHans-Joachim Wieden Speaker: Alvin Altamirano
Title: The functional characterization of the universally conserved P-loop NTPase YchFSession 4: 2010-02-01
Chairman: Raymund WellingerBill Zerges Speaker: Yu Zhan
Title: Functional analyses of chloroplast stress granules -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 1:2008-11-03
Chairman: Martin BisaillonKalle 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 interactionSession 5: 2009-03-09
Chairman: Raymund WellingerPascale Legault Speaker: Ao Yang
Title: NMR and biophysical studies of the interactions between human FCP1 and general transcription factor TFIISession 8:2009-06-01
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaRachid Mazroui Speaker: Sophie Mokas
Title: Uncoupling Stress Granule Assembly and Inhibition of Translation InitiationSession 8:2009-06-01
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaAnne Gatignol Speaker: Sylvanne Daniels
Title: HIV-encoded elements disrupt RNA interference activitySession 8:2009-06-01
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaLGFUS Speaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Title: High-Throughput Quantification of Splicing Isoforms in Clinical SamplesSession 8:2009-06-01
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Jérôme Mulhbacher
Title: Use Of Guanine Riboswitches As New Antibiotic Target For Treatment Of S. aureus And C. difficile InfectionsSession 7: 2009-05-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Mathieu Lavoie
Title: A Genome-Wide Approach for Defining Substrate Specificity of a Ribonuclease IIISession 7: 2009-05-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultKenneth Hastings Speaker: Brendan Yeats
Title: Unexpected Features of Spliced Leader related RNAs of Ciona intestinalisSession 7: 2009-05-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultEric Massé Speaker: Hubert Salvail
Title: Translational activation of shikimate import by the small RNA RyhB: molecular and physiological insightsSession 7: 2009-05-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultMasad Damha Speaker: Glen Deleavey
Title: Fluorinated Nucleosides: Modifying siRNA to Improve Stability and ActivitySession 6: 2009-04-06
Chairman: Eric MasséBarbara Papadopoulou Speaker: Prasad Padmanabhan
Title: Life without RNAi: How Leishmania does silence gene expression?Session 6: 2009-04-06
Chairman: Eric MasséLéa 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 InitiationSession 6: 2009-04-06
Chairman: Eric MasséMartin Simard Speaker: Alejandro Vasquez Rifo
Title: Function and Genetic interaction of the C. elegans alg-1 and alg-2 genesSession 6: 2009-04-06
Chairman: Eric MasséLuc Desgroseillers Speaker: Karine Boulay
Title: The control of Staufen 1 expression by APC/C-Cdh1 complex is required for mitosis progressionSession 5: 2009-03-09
Chairman: Raymund WellingerBill Zerges Speaker: Oussama Rifai
Title: Is there an ER in the chloroplast? Isolation and characterization of novel membranes on which chloroplast mRNAs are translatedSession 1:2008-11-03
Chairman: Martin BisaillonMartin Bisaillon Speaker: Marie soulière
Title: Study of a Decapping Enzyme Provides Evidence for a Two-metal Ion MechanismSession 1:2008-11-03
Chairman: Martin BisaillonDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Benoit Heppell
Title: Peripheral elements of the SAM riboswitch influence ligand binding affinitySession 5: 2009-03-09
Chairman: Raymund WellingerImed Gallouzi Speaker: Christopher Von Roretz
Title: Role-reversal of HuR in apoptosis: Implication of caspases and the stress kinase PKRSession 4: 2009-02-02
Chairman: François BachandBenoit Chabot Speaker: Laetitia Michelle
Title: RNA-Binding Proteins of the Exon-Junction Complex regulate Bcl-x alternative splicing: connecting NMD defects to apoptosis?Session 4: 2009-02-02
Chairman: François BachandDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Raja Chinnappan
Title: Real-time monitoring riboswitch-controlled gene expression using molecular beaconsSession 4: 2009-02-02
Chairman: François BachandHans-Joachim Wieden Speaker: Evan Mercier
Title: Structural dynamics and nucleotide exchange in Elongation Factor TuSession 4: 2009-02-02
Chairman: François BachandMartin Bisaillon Speaker: Moheshwarnath Issur
Title: Determining cap donor/acceptor specificities of the mRNA capping machinerySession 3: 2009-01-12
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineFrançois Dragon Speaker: Christian Trahan
Title: Effects of dyskeratosis congenita mutations on telomerase assemblySession 3: 2009-01-12
Chairman: Daniel LafontainePascal Chartrand Speaker: Franck Gallardo
Title: Following the intracellular dynamic of the yeast telomerase RNA in living cellsSession 3: 2009-01-12
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineFrancois Bachand Speaker: Jean-François Lemay
Title: A Novel Function for the Nuclear Poly(A)-Binding ProteinSession 3: 2009-01-12
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineSubburaj Ilangumaran Speaker: Subburaj Ilangumaran
Title: Cytolytic T Lymphocyte Activation without Antigen: Instances, Implications & MechanismsSession 2: 2008-12-01
Chairman: Brendan BellEric Massé Speaker: Eric Massé
Title: Small RNA-induced mRNA degradation in bacteriaSession 2: 2008-12-01
Chairman: Brendan BellSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Mathieu Catala
Title: Yeast RNase III is required for the degradation of cell cycle dependent messenger RNAsSession 2: 2008-12-01
Chairman: Brendan BellJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Patrick St-Pierre
Title: Characterization of the siRNAs associated with peach latent mosaic viroid infectionSession 2: 2008-12-01
Chairman: Brendan BellReymund Wellinger Speaker: Nancy Laterreur
Title: Discovery of a conserved RNA element important for telomerase functionSession 5: 2009-03-09
Chairman: Raymund WellingerDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Simon Blouin
Title: Dissecting the folding pathway of a lysine-binding riboswitchSession 1:2008-11-03
Chairman: Martin BisaillonBrendan Bell Speaker: Marie-Eve Stébenne
Title: Regulation of expression of death-inducing TAF6delta via alternative splicing -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 2: 2007-12-03
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultFrançois Major Speaker: Marc Parisien
Title: The HIV-1 –1 Frameshifting Element StructureSession 5: 2008-03-03
Chairman: Benoit ChabotThomas Duchaine Speaker: Neetha Makil
Title: The ERI complex: a formidable silencing machineSession 2: 2007-12-03
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultStephane Richard Speaker: Marc-Etienne Huot
Title: Defining the Sam68 ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP) and its regulation by Epidermal Growth FactorSession 3: 2008-01-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Alain Dandijou
Title: To be determinedSession 3: 2008-01-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultLea Brakier-Gingras Speaker: Karine Gendron
Title: Cap-independent translation in HIV-1Session 3: 2008-01-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultMartin bisaillon Speaker: Marie Soulière
Title: Kinetic and thermodynamic characterization of the capping enzyme from PBCV-1Session 8:2008-06-02
Chairman: Eric MasséDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Jean-Francois Lemay
Title: Single-molecule FRET reveals implication of core mutation in the folding dynamics of the adenine riboswitchSession 4: 2008-02-04
Chairman: Martin BisaillonFrancois Corbin Speaker: Véronique Lauzière
Title: Blood platelets: a new model to study the fragile X mental retardation protein ?Session 3: 2008-01-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultLGFUS Speaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Title: Methods for reprogramming cancer specific alternative splicingSession 7: 2008-05-05
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultKalle Gehring Speaker: Nozhat Safaee
Title: Structural studies of the complex of eIF4G and PABP: an interaction responsible for circularization of mRNA and translation stimulationSession 5: 2008-03-03
Chairman: Benoit ChabotFrancois Bachand Speaker: Caroline Lemieux
Title: Cotranscriptional recruitment of the yeast Nuclear poly(A)-binding protein Pab2 to active genes and association with translating mRNPsSession 5: 2008-03-03
Chairman: Benoit ChabotEric Massé Speaker: Guilaume Desnoyers
Title: Small RNA-mediated discoordination of an operonSession 2: 2007-12-03
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultJacek Majewski Speaker: David Benovoy
Title: Identifying alternative splicing events using the Affymetrix Human Exon ArraySession 6: 2008-04-07
Chairman: Brendan BellJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Jean-Denis Beaudoin
Title: Potassium ions modulate a G-quadruplex-ribozyme's activitySession 6: 2008-04-07
Chairman: Brendan BellPascal 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 cellsSession 6: 2008-04-07
Chairman: Brendan BellPatrick Provost Speaker: Marjorie Perron
Title: Biological interaction between Dicer and p63Session 6: 2008-04-07
Chairman: Brendan BellMartin Bisaillon Speaker: Issur Moheshwarnath
Title: Probing into the structural determinants of the capping machinerySession 7: 2008-05-05
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultRachid Mazroui Speaker: Sophie Mokas
Title: Mechanisms of stress granules formationSession 7: 2008-05-05
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Simon Blouin
Title: RNA peripheral elements are intimately linked to the lysine riboswitch gene regulation processSession 8:2008-06-02
Chairman: Eric MasséChantal Autexier Speaker: Johans Fakhoury
Title: Heterologous Mouse and Human Telomerase Complexes are Defective in Telomere MaintenanceSession 1:2007-11-05
Chairman: François BachandBill Zerges Speaker: Jim Uniake
Title: Localization of protein synthesis for photosystem II assembly and repairSession 7: 2008-05-05
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultKen 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 intertinalisSession 4: 2008-02-04
Chairman: Martin BisaillonJacek Majewski Speaker: David Benovoy
Title: Identifying alternative splicing events using the Affymetrix Human Exon ArraySession 8:2008-06-02
Chairman: Eric MasséSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Ghada Ghazal
Title: Co-transcriptional Cleavage by yeast RNase III provides a regulatory mechanism for 3’end mRNA processingSession 1:2007-11-05
Chairman: François BachandBenoit Chabot Speaker: Lulzim Shkreta
Title: Impact of anticancer drugs on the alternative splicing of Bcl-x and other apoptotic genesSession 4: 2008-02-04
Chairman: Martin BisaillonDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Jérôme Mulhbacher
Title: Guanine riboswitch inhibitors as promising new antibiotics familly against S. aureus and C. difficileSession 8:2008-06-02
Chairman: Eric MasséMartin Simard Speaker: Samir Bouasker
Title: Biochemical studies of the Argonautes proteins in C. elegansSession 1:2007-11-05
Chairman: François BachandAndrew Mouland Speaker: Anne Monette
Title: The effects of hnRNP proteins on the regulation of HIV-1 expressionSession 2: 2007-12-03
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Benoit Heppell
Title: The importance of a long-range Watson-Crick base pair in naturally occuring SAM riboswitches -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 2: 2006-12-04
Chairman: Eric MasséBarbara Papadopoulou Speaker: Michaela Müller
Title: Extinct Short Retroposons are involved in Regulation of Gene Expression in LeishmaniaSession 2: 2006-12-04
Chairman: Eric MasséJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Atef Nehdi
Title: HDV: from the Ribozyme to the virusSession 3: 2007-01-08
Chairman: Brendan BellMartin Bisaillon Speaker: Cédric Reymond
Title: Folding of the HDV ribozymeSession 3: 2007-01-08
Chairman: Brendan BellGerardo Ferbeyre Speaker: Vincent De Guire
Title: An E2F/miR-20a auto-regulatory feed-back loopSession 3: 2007-01-08
Chairman: Brendan BellBenoit Chabot Speaker: Jean-François Fisette
Title: Inbreeding between hnRNP family membersSession 4: 2007-02-05
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Jean-François Lemay
Title: When riboswitches decide to play alone: a ligand-independent riboswitch activation produced by a single-point mutationSession 4: 2007-02-05
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaPascal Chartrand Speaker: Frank Gallardo
Title: Following the maturation and trafficking of the yeast telomerase RNASession 4: 2007-02-05
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaBrendan Bell Speaker: Marie-Eve Stébenne
Title: Towards the mechanism of pro-apoptotic TAF6 splicingSession 4: 2007-02-05
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Asef Mufti
Title: Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication by SOFA-HDV ribozymeSession 5: 2007-03-12
Chairman: Martin BisaillonAndrew Mouland Speaker: Lara Ajamian
Title: Control of HIV-1 RNA ExpressionSession 1:2006-11-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotJacek Majewski Speaker: Jacek Majewski
Title: Differences and heritability of splicing among individualsSession 5: 2007-03-12
Chairman: Martin BisaillonThomas Duchaine Speaker: Thomas Duchaine
Title: RNAi-mediated loops maintain the genome's integritySession 5: 2007-03-12
Chairman: Martin BisaillonLéa 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).Session 6: 2007-04-02
Chairman: Gilles BoireEric Masse Speaker: Eric Masse
Title: Adaptation to iron starvation through a small regulatory RNASession 6: 2007-04-02
Chairman: Gilles BoireLuc Desgroseillers Speaker: Maria Del Rayo Sanchez Carbente
Title: The RNA helicase DEAD-box3 : an organizer of RNA granules in neuronsSession 7: 2007-05-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultAnne Gatignol Speaker: Kaitlin Soye
Title: Decreasing HIV-1 replication by delta Ribozymes by targeting viral and cellular RNASession 7: 2007-05-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultFrançois Bachand Speaker: François Bachand
Title: Using Fission Yeast to Unravel Polyadenylation ControlSession 7: 2007-05-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Mathieu Lavoie
Title: Yeast RNase III uses a flexible network of hydrogen bonds for substrate recognitionSession 7: 2007-05-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultKalle Gehring Speaker: Nadeem Siddiqui
Title: Poly(A)-nuclease interacts with the PABC domain from poly(A)-binding proteinSession 8:2007-06-04
Chairman: Raymund WellingerChantal Autexier Speaker: Yasmin D’Souza
Title: The role of telomerase processivity in telomere length regulationSession 8:2007-06-04
Chairman: Raymund WellingerPascale Legault Speaker: Patricia Bouchard
Title: Structure-Function Studies of Substrate Recognition by the Neurospora VS RibozymeSession 8:2007-06-04
Chairman: Raymund WellingerSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Ghada Ghazal
Title: RNase III regulates the expression of polycistronic RNA in yeastSession 8:2007-06-04
Chairman: Raymund WellingerSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Jules Gagnon
Title: Looking for Rnt1p needles in the genome haystackSession 1:2006-11-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotEdward Khandjian Speaker: Maud Gravel & Barthélemy Tournier
Title: The Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein: RNA long distance call in neuronSession 1:2006-11-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotImed Gallouzi Speaker: Rachid Mazroui
Title: Molecular mechanisms of assembly and desassembly of stress granulesSession 2: 2006-12-04
Chairman: Eric MasséSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Mathieu Catala
Title: Involvement of RNase III in yeast cell cycle regulationSession 5: 2007-03-12
Chairman: Martin BisaillonLGFUS Speaker: Takis Prinos
Title: Annotation of alternatively spliced isoforms in ovarian cancerSession 2: 2006-12-04
Chairman: Eric MasséPaul Roy Speaker: Grégory Léon
Title: Insertion of group II intron retroelements into antibiotic resistance cassettes of integronSession 1:2006-11-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotDaniel Lafontaine Speaker: Benoît Heppell
Title: Folding of the SAM riboswitchSession 6: 2007-04-02
Chairman: Gilles BoirePatrick Provost Speaker: Dominique Ouellet
Title: Does HIV-1 harbor functional microRNAs?Session 3: 2007-01-08
Chairman: Brendan BellMartin Simard Speaker: Martin Simard
Title: Juggling with the C. elegans RNA silencing pathways -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 3: 2006-01-09
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaGenome Speaker: Degen Zhuo
Title: A Signature for the Mammalian Young Spliceosomal IntronsSession 6: 2006-04-03
Chairman: Raymond WellingerPatrick Provost Speaker: Vincent Boissonneault
Title: Regulation of BACE expression by microRNAsSession 3: 2006-01-09
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaBenoit Chabot Speaker: Jean-François Fisette
Title: Bringing splice sites together using G forceSession 3: 2006-01-09
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaBill Zerges Speaker: Jim Uniacke
Title: Chloroplast mRNA localization during oxidative stressSession 4: 2006-02-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotPaul H. Roy Speaker: Gregory Leon
Title: Potential role of bacterial group II class C introns in integron multiresistance cassette formation and evolution.Session 4: 2006-02-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotMartin Simard Speaker: Martin Simard
Title: microRNA and siRNA complexes in C. elegansSession 4: 2006-02-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotMarco Di Fruscio Speaker: Marco Di Fruscio
Title: Developmental consequences in Drosophila following the loss of the RNA binding protein Kep1Session 4: 2006-02-06
Chairman: Benoit ChabotCraig C. Mello Speaker: Thomas Duchaine
Title: Functional proteomics reveals the biochemical niche of C. elegans DCR-1 in multiple small-RNA mediated pathways.Session 1:2005-11-07
Chairman: Martin BisaillonLuc Desgroseillers Speaker: Laurent Chatel-Chaix
Title: Staufen participates to Gag multimerization during HIV-1 assembly in live cellsSession 5: 2006-03-06
Chairman: Gilles BoireFrançois Dragon Speaker: Sahar Soltanieh
Title: DEAD-box protein Dbp4 is an auxiliary factor required for SSU processome function.Session 5: 2006-03-06
Chairman: Gilles BoireSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Ghada Ghazal
Title: A new angle of Rnt1p's mode of action.Session 5: 2006-03-06
Chairman: Gilles BoireÉric Massé Speaker: Éric Massé
Title: Specific targeting and mechanism of a small regulatory RNA.Session 2: 2005-12-05
Chairman: Éric MasséBenoit Chabot Speaker: Timothée Revil
Title: The democracy of a splicing decisionSession 6: 2006-04-03
Chairman: Raymond WellingerPascal Chartrand Speaker: Vincent De Guire
Title: A self-regulatory pathway between miR-20 and E2F transcription factorsSession 6: 2006-04-03
Chairman: Raymond WellingerFrançois Bachand Speaker: François Bachand
Title: Regulation of the translational machinery by protein methylationSession 2: 2005-12-05
Chairman: Éric MasséStephane Richard Speaker: Erique Lukong
Title: Cellular implications of Sam68 phosphorylationSession 7: 2006-05-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultChantal Autexier Speaker: Johans Fakhoury
Title: The role of the telomerase reverse transcriptase in the divergent regulation of mouse and human telomere functionSession 7: 2006-05-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultAnne Gatignol Speaker: Guerline Clerzius
Title: Regulation of HIV-1 expression and replication by TRBP and PKR, two dsRNA binding proteinsSession 7: 2006-05-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Atef Nehdi
Title: Study of the molecular mechanism of delta ribozyme using SELEXSession 7: 2006-05-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultGenome Speaker: Roscoe Klinck
Title: Events in alternative SplicingSession 8:2006-06-05
Chairman: Roscoe KlinckBenoit Cousineau Speaker: Kamila Belhocine
Title: Trans-splicing of a bacterial group II intron and the origin of spliceosomal RNAsSession 8:2006-06-05
Chairman: Roscoe KlinckPascale Legault Speaker: Geneviève Desjardins
Title: Structural Studies of the Neurospora VS ribozymeSession 8:2006-06-05
Chairman: Roscoe KlinckBrendan Bell Speaker: Isaac Nzaramba
Title: Mechanisms of HIV latency: role of the HIV core promoterSession 1:2005-11-07
Chairman: Martin BisaillonJean-Pierre Perreault Speaker: Francis Brière
Title: Improving sequence specific nucleic acid enzymes by the SOFA moduleSession 5: 2006-03-06
Chairman: Gilles BoireImed Gallouzi Speaker: Imed Gallouzi
Title: The disruption of Transportin-2-mediated HuR import is a key step in skeletal muscle differentiation.Session 8:2006-06-05
Chairman: Roscoe KlinckMartin Bisaillon Speaker: Marie Soulière
Title: Kinetics and mechanism of action of a capping enzymeSession 1:2005-11-07
Chairman: Martin BisaillonDaniel LaFontaine Speaker: Benoit Heppell
Title: The SAM riboswitch: Fluorescence studies using 2-aminopurineSession 6: 2006-04-03
Chairman: Raymond WellingerLéa Brakier-Gingras Speaker: Mélissa Léger
Title: Characterisation of the interaction between the frameshift stimulatory signal of HIV-1 and the ribosomeSession 1:2005-11-07
Chairman: Martin BisaillonBenoit Chabot Speaker: Rebeca Martinez
Title: hnRNPA/B and F/H: the fruit of the loopSession 2: 2005-12-05
Chairman: Éric MasséSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Dongling Ge
Title: Rnt1p, a Modulator of Glucose Sensing System in YeastSession 2: 2005-12-05
Chairman: Éric MasséChabot/Wellinger/Abou Elela Speaker: Julie Parenteau
Title: Construction of an intronless Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strainSession 3: 2006-01-09
Chairman: Sherif Abou ElelaSherif Abou Elela Speaker: Natacha Dreumont
Title: Post-transcriptional regulation of drug resistance genes in yeast -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 8:2005-06-06
Chairman: PerreaultAbou Elela Speaker: Jules Gagnon
Title: Decoding the non coding RNA with Rnt1p.Session 1:2004-11-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultMajor Speaker: Paul Dallaire
Title: Hscan and hsxb1: computer tools for finding new microRNAs.Session 8:2005-06-06
Chairman: PerreaultLegault Speaker: Pascale Legault
Title: Effect of Mg2+-ion binding on the structure of the VS Ribozyme Stem-Loop V.Session 8:2005-06-06
Chairman: PerreaultAutexier Speaker: Delphine Marie-Egyptienne
Title: A human-tetrahymena pseudoknot chimeric telomerase RNA reconstitutes a nonprocessive enzyme in vitro that is defective in telomere elongation.Session 7: 2005-05-02
Chairman: MasséBell Speaker: Brendan Bell
Title: Gene expression in programmed cell death: the TAF6delta pathway.Session 7: 2005-05-02
Chairman: MasséFrancklyn Speaker: Ethan Guth
Title: Mechanism of aminoacyl transfer in class II Escherichia coli histidyl-tRNA synthetase (HisRS)Session 7: 2005-05-02
Chairman: MasséJoyce Speaker: Azat Zakarian
Title: Yeast tRNA nucleotidyltransferase gene expression.Session 6: 2005-04-04
Chairman: ChabotZerges Speaker: James Uniacke
Title: Localization of mRNAs in the chloroplast for thylakoid membrane biogenesis and repair.Session 6: 2005-04-04
Chairman: ChabotSonenberg Speaker: to be announced
Title: to be announcedSession 6: 2005-04-04
Chairman: ChabotLafontaine Speaker: Daniel Lafontaine
Title: To switch or not to switch: characterisation of an adenine riboswitch.Session 6: 2005-04-04
Chairman: ChabotMassé Speaker: Eric Massé
Title: Role of the RNA chaperone Hfq in RNA-RNA interactions.Session 5: 2005-03-07
Chairman: KlinckChabot Speaker: Daniel Garneau
Title: Life and death decisions implicating hnRNP F/HSession 5: 2005-03-07
Chairman: KlinckGatignol Speaker: Guerline Clerzius
Title: Virus-Host Interactions - regulation of HIV-1 Expression and Replication by Cellular RNA binding proteinsSession 5: 2005-03-07
Chairman: KlinckDamha Speaker: David Sabatino
Title: TNovel approaches to the synthesis of branched and dendritic nucleic acidsSession 1:2004-11-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultRichard Speaker: André Galarneau
Title: Identification of a bipatite quaking response element.Session 8:2005-06-06
Chairman: PerreaultDesgroseillers Speaker: Marjolaine Maher-Laporte
Title: Identification and characterisation of molecular components of Staufen2 containing RNA granules in neurons.Session 4: 2005-02-07
Chairman: BisaillonRoy Speaker: Dominic Bernard
Title: Inhibition of a nondiscriminating aspartyl-tRNA synthetase by aspartol-AMP : What's happening ?Session 4: 2005-02-07
Chairman: BisaillonCousineau Speaker: Karine Fiola
Title: Effects of delta ribozyme expression in Lactococcus lactis.Session 3: 2005-01-10
Chairman: Abou ElelaMouland Speaker: Kathy Lévesque
Title: HIV-1 RNA Trafficking Mediated by hnRNP A2Session 3: 2005-01-10
Chairman: Abou ElelaBisaillon Speaker: Martin Bisaillon
Title: Thermodynamics of ligand binding by the yeast mRNA-capping enzyme.Session 3: 2005-01-10
Chairman: Abou ElelaBurke Speaker: Dominic Lambert
Title: The catalytic core of the hammerhead ribozymeSession 3: 2005-01-10
Chairman: Abou ElelaChartrand Speaker: Guillaume Poirier
Title: Khd1p controls the translation of the yeast ASH1 mRNA by interacting with eIF4GSession 2: 2004-12-06
Chairman: WellingerAbou Elela Speaker: Mathieu Catala
Title: A new link between rRNA transcription and processing in yeast.Session 2: 2004-12-06
Chairman: WellingerDesgroseillers Speaker: Luc Furic
Title: Bearing a Staufen1 binding site in your 3'UTR diminishes Life Expectation.Session 2: 2004-12-06
Chairman: WellingerChabot Speaker: Jean-François Fissete
Title: Can hnRNP F/H proteins control 5' splice site selection?Session 2: 2004-12-06
Chairman: WellingerPerreault Speaker: Lucien Junior Bergeron
Title: Target-dependent On/Off switch increases ribozyme fidelity.Session 1:2004-11-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultGallouzi Speaker: Rachid Mazroui
Title: Posttranscription regulation and cell stress responses.Session 4: 2005-02-07
Chairman: BisaillonProvost Speaker: Pierre Plante
Title: Identification of a metabolic pathway regulated by RNA interference in fission yeast.Session 1:2004-11-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre PerreaultBoire and Perreault Speaker: Jonathan Perreault
Title: hYRNA: a novel class of retrotransposons.Session 5: 2005-03-07
Chairman: KlinckWellinger Speaker: Stéphanie Larose
Title: RNase III Mediated Downregulation of the Telomerase Ribonucleoprotein Complex -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 2: 1/12/03
Chairman: WellingerBisaillon Speaker: Bisaillon Martin
Title: Binding of a broad-spectrum antiviral to the hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase.Session 3: 12/1/04
Chairman: TanguayGallouzi Speaker: Robert Tanguay
Title: A minor alternative transcript of the fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase gene produices a protein despite being subjected to nonsense-medioated mRNA decay.Session 3: 12/1/04
Chairman: TanguayDragon Speaker: Vincent Lemay
Title: Using an RNA aptamer to purify the small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein snR30.Session 8:7/6/04
Chairman: WellingerChartrand Lab Speaker: Nicolas Paquin
Title: How does Khd1p regulate the translation of the yeast bud-localized ASH1 mRNA?Session 6: 5/4/04
Chairman: ChabotPerreault Speaker: Jonathan Ouellet
Title: Revealing the folding pathway of delta ribozyme via crosslinking and in silico experiments.Session 7: 3/5/04
Chairman: PerreaultJohn M. Burke Speaker: Christina Pecore
Title: Cobalt hexaammine mediates a novel type of photocrosslink in the hairpin ribozymeSession 4: 2/2/04
Chairman: PerreaultPaul 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.Session 4: 2/2/04
Chairman: PerreaultZerges Speaker: Anguel Stefanov
Title: Translational control for photosystem II biogenesis: why are there so many regulators ?Session 4: 2/2/04
Chairman: PerreaultAbou Elela Speaker: Dongling Ge
Title: Fishing mRNA substrates of Rnt1pSession 5: 1/3/04
Chairman: Abou ElelaBrakier-Gingras Speaker: François Bélanger
Title: Functional interaction between the 900 tetraloop and helix 24 of 16S rRNA within the bacterial ribosome.Session 5: 1/3/04
Chairman: Abou ElelaCousineau Speaker: Kamila Belhocine
Title: Dissemination of a group II intron in the bacterial kingdom.Session 1:10/11/03
Chairman: BisaillonWellinger Speaker: Alain Dandjinou
Title: A secondary structure of the yeast telomerase RNA.Session 5: 1/3/04
Chairman: Abou ElelaChabot Speaker: Timothée Revil
Title: Splicing of Bcl-x: a life and death decision.Session 6: 5/4/04
Chairman: ChabotBisaillon Speaker: Martin Bisaillon
Title: An unexpected substrate for a viral RNA capping enzyme.Session 2: 1/12/03
Chairman: WellingerGallouzi Speaker: Sergio Di-Marco
Title: Role of HuR in the posttranscriptional regulation of key mediators of cytokine induced cancer cachexia.Session 6: 5/4/04
Chairman: ChabotProvost Speaker: Isabelle Plante
Title: Identification of a novel Dicer substrate.Session 6: 5/4/04
Chairman: ChabotDesgroseillers Speaker: Samuel Dugré-Brisson
Title: Protein synthesis modulation by human Staufen.Session 3: 12/1/04
Chairman: TanguayDi Fruscio Speaker: Marco Di Fruscio
Title: Kep2 knock-out, a STAR protein in action.Session 1:10/11/03
Chairman: BisaillonGehring Speaker: Kalle Gehring
Title: PABC, a link between mRNA metabolosm and the ubiquitin system.Session 7: 3/5/04
Chairman: PerreaultPaul Joyce Speaker: Xunying Shan
Title: Characterization of yeast tRNA nucleotidyltransferaseSession 7: 3/5/04
Chairman: PerreaultFrancklyn 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.Session 7: 3/5/04
Chairman: PerreaultFrancklyn 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.Session 7: 3/5/04
Chairman: PerreaultMassé Lab Speaker: Éric Massé
Title: Effect of a small antisense RNA on the iron metabolism.Session 8:7/6/04
Chairman: WellingerAutexier Lab Speaker:Michael Taboski
Title: Expression profiles of human telomerase reverse transcriptase mRNA spliced variants.Session 8:7/6/04
Chairman: WellingerGenome Quebec/Canada Project Speaker: Klinck
Title: Antisense modulation of alternative splicingSession 4: 2/2/04
Chairman: PerreaultDamha Speaker: Robert Donga
Title: Investigating the structure and properties of "RNA-X": a ribonucleic acid implicated in spliceosome catalysisSession 3: 12/1/04
Chairman: TanguaySonenberg Speaker: Marcelo López-Lastra
Title: Hepatitus C virus replication in peripheral blood lymphocytes.Session 1:10/11/03
Chairman: BisaillonChteinberg Speaker: Félix Doyon
Title: Structural diversity of the DT region in supressor and mitochondrial tRNAs.Session 2: 1/12/03
Chairman: WellingerMouland Speaker: Jean-François Clément
Title: RNAi against the double-stranded RNA Binding Protein Staufen: Effects on HIV-1 ReplicationSession 2: 1/12/03
Chairman: WellingerDesgroseillers Speaker: George Elvire
Title: Proteomics of RNA granules in developing brain identify megagranin, a master regulator of RNA granules.Session 1:10/11/03
Chairman: BisaillonMajor Speaker: Philippe Thibault
Title: A new RNA CSP modeling approach using the Mc-Sym binary relation database engine: implementation overview and practical results. -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 8:2/6/03
Chairman: WellingerDragon Speaker: François Dragon
Title: Defining the role of DEAD-box protein Dbp4, a putative RNA helicaseSession 4: 10/2/03
Chairman: CousineauDi Fruscio Speaker: Di Fruscio
Title: RNA binding proteins in Drosophila development.Session 5: 3/3/03
Chairman: PerreaultBisaillon Speaker: Martin Bisaillon
Title: Metal ion binding properties of the Hepatitis C Virus RNA polymerase.Session 3: 13/01/03
Chairman: ChabotZerges Speaker: Bill Zerges
Title: How and why do three nuclear gene products regulate translation of mRNAs of a single chloroplast gene?Session 3: 13/01/03
Chairman: ChabotDamha Speaker: Sandra Carriero
Title: Template-mediated chemical synthesis of nucleic acid lariats.Session 3: 13/01/03
Chairman: ChabotGehring Title:Nadeem Siddiqui
Title: Something about the PABC domain from a Trypanosomal poly(A) binding protein.Session 4: 10/2/03
Chairman: CousineauBoire Speaker: Francis Briere
Title: Characterization of cellular proteins interacting with hY3 RNA?Session 4: 10/2/03
Chairman: CousineauCousineau Speaker: Karine Fiola
Title: The effect of ribozymes on L. lactis targets.Session 1:6/11/02
Chairman: PerreaultPerreault Speaker: Lucien Jr. Bergeron:
Title: Targeting a natural RNA using deltaribozyme.Session 4: 10/2/03
Chairman: CousineauJoyce Speaker: Paul Joyce
Title: Candida glabrata tRNA nucleotidyltransferase: Where? When? and How?Session 5: 3/3/03
Chairman: PerreaultDay Speaker: François D'Anjou
Title: Silencing of pro-protein convertase 2 (SPC2) expression using designed delta ribozyme in stable mouse endocrine cell lines.Session 5: 3/3/03
Chairman: PerreaultMajor Speaker: François Major
Title: Structural analysis of the (kissing loop region of tRNA-ASP) using minimum cycle basis decomposition.Session 8:2/6/03
Chairman: WellingerGatignol Speaker: Ghislaine Laraki
Title : Interactions Between Two Double-stranded RNA-binding Proteins TRBP and PACT.Session 6: 7/4/03
Chairman: ChabotDesGroseillers Speaker: Karine Boulay
TitTitlele : Interaction between Staufen and ribosomes.Session 6: 7/4/03
Chairman: ChabotTanguay Speaker: Natacha Dreumont
Title: Transcription, processing and surveillance of FAH transcripts. Update 2003.Session 6: 7/4/03
Chairman: ChabotChabot Speaker: Benoit Chabot
Title: HnRNP A1/A2 as targets against cancer.Session 6: 7/4/03
Chairman: ChabotRichard Speaker: Daniel Larocque
Title: Quaking RNA binding proteins and MBP mRNA trafficking in oligodendrocytes.Session 7: 5/5/03
Chairman: Abou ElelaBrakier-Gingras Speaker : Mélissa Léger
Title: The bacterial ribosome responds like the eukaryote ribosome to the framshift stimulatory signal of HIV.Session 7: 5/5/03
Chairman: Abou ElelaAbou Elela Speaker: Ghada Ghazal
Title: Determinants or Antideterminants? That's Rnt1p's Question.Session 7: 5/5/03
Chairman: Abou ElelaFrancklyn Speaker: Chris Francklyn
Title: Biochemical and structural analysis of tRNA recognition by tRNA synthetases.Session 7: 5/5/03
Chairman: Abou ElelaProvost Speaker: Patrick Provost
Title: "Dicer".Session 8:2/6/03
Chairman: WellingerWellinger Speaker: Alain Danjinou
Title: Telomerase RNA Structure/Function Relationship: Can a Mini-RNA Do the job?Session 8:2/6/03
Chairman: WellingerAutexier Speaker: Delphine Marie-Egyptienne
Title: Functional Conservation of Telomerase Components.Session 8:2/6/03
Chairman: WellingerChartrand 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.Session 2: 2/12/02
Chairman: Abou ElelaAbou Elela Speaker: Mathieu Catala
Title: Looking for the way Rnt1p shuttles back and forth to the moon.Session 1:6/11/02
Chairman: PerreaultLafontaine Speaker: Daniel Lafontaine
Title: Study of RNA junction by comparative gel electrophoresis.Session 2: 2/12/02
Chairman: Abou ElelaMouland 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.Session 5: 3/3/03
Chairman: PerreaultBurke Speaker: Ken Hampel
Title : Structure-function studies of the hammerhead and hairpin ribozymes.Session 2: 2/12/02
Chairman: Abou ElelaDesgroseillers Speaker: George Elvira
Title: The zinc-finger protein Zfr associates with Staufen2 in neurons.Session 1:6/11/02
Chairman: PerreaultChteinberg Speaker: Ekaterina Zagriadskaia
Title : Importance of the reverse-Hoogsteen base pair T54-A58 for the general tRNA architecture. -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 5: 4/3/02
Chairman: PerreaultChteinberg GU-receptors of double helices mediate tRNA movement in ribosome by Serguei Chteinberg Session 5: 4/3/02
Chairman: PerreaultMajor 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 Session 7: 6/5/02
Chairman: Abou ElelaTanguay Cytoplasmic NMD for a naturally occuring nonsense mutation of the FAH gene by Natacha Dreumont Session 6: 8/4/02
Chairman: ChabotChabot Tug-of-war with the spliceosome by Jonathan Villemaire Session 3: 15/1/02
Chairman: ChabotDragon The U3 processome is a large nucleolar RNP that functions in pre-ribosomal RNA processing by Francois Dragon Session 7: 6/5/02
Chairman: Abou ElelaFrancklyn Amino acid and tRNA selection by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases by Dr Francklyn Session 7: 6/5/02
Chairman: Abou ElelaAbou Elela Mapping the architecture of Rnt1p's associated proteins to rRNA cleavage and modification by Yeung Yam Session 8:3/6/02
Chairman: WellingerAutexier Characterization of the hTERT C-terminus by Sylvain Huard Session 8:3/6/02
Chairman: WellingerWellinger, Abou Elela Tracing the Origin of the Yeast Telomerase RNA by Stéphanie Larose Session 8:3/6/02
Chairman: WellingerChabot Who mimics whom ? Drawing parallels between the roles of A1 and RNA-duplex formation in alternative splicing by Faiz Nasim Session 8:3/6/02
Chairman: WellingerPerreault Ribozyme delta : When the 2'-OH group makes the difference! by Karine Fiola Session 1:5/11/01
Chairman: BoireDamha 2',5'-linked Ribonucleic Acids - A brother or a cousin of RNA? by Rami Hannoush Session 6: 8/4/02
Chairman: ChabotDesGroseillers Identification of Staufen-bound RNAs by Luc Furic Session 2: 3/12/01
Chairman: Abou ElelaMouland Characterization of the interaction between the double-stranded-RNA binding protein Staufen and the HIV-1 ribonucleoparticle. by Laurent Chatel-Chaix Session 6: 8/4/02
Chairman: ChabotBrakier-Gingras Characterization of a programmed -1 ribosomal frameshift in HIV-1 group O by Martin Baril Session 2: 3/12/01
Chairman: Abou ElelaAbou Elela Finding Rnt1p Substrates: Let the Computers do the Work! by Julien Gervis-Bird Session 1:5/11/01
Chairman: BoireBoire Proteins interacting with Ro: from yeast to HeLa and back by Gilles Boire Session 1:5/11/01
Chairman: BoireAcheson Effect of intron size and secondary structure on alternative splicing in polyomavirus by Nicholas H. Acheson Session 3: 15/1/02
Chairman: ChabotSonenberg Characterization of an IRES element in HIV-1 by Ann Brasey Session 3: 15/1/02
Chairman: ChabotChabot When splicing does not work, blame SRp30c by Martin Simard Session 4: 4/2/02
Chairman: CousineauCousineau Are group II introns infectious ? by Dr. Benoit Cousineau Session 4: 4/2/02
Chairman: CousineauDamha Flexibility in oligonucleotides? Anticipating new antisense antidotes with Ribonuclease H by Maria Mangos Session 4: 4/2/02
Chairman: CousineauGhering Zinc is required for structural stability of the C-terminus of initiation factor aIF2beta by Pablo Gutierrez Session 2: 3/12/01
Chairman: Abou ElelaDesgroseillers Is Staufen also a nuclear protein? by Catherine Martel Session 5: 4/3/02
Chairman: PerreaultPerreault UV Crosslinking using 4-Thiouridine in the antigenomic trans delta ribozyme by Jonathan Ouellet -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 8:7/5/01
Chairman: Abou ElelaTanguay Non-sense mRNA decay in tyrosinemia by Natacha Dreumont Session 8:7/5/01
Chairman: Abou ElelaFrancklyn Defining the Molecular Basis of tRNA Aminoacylation Specificity by Chris Francklyn Session 9: 4/6/01
Chairman: WellingerChabot Lining up A1 binding sites for a zippy ride by Stephen Hutchison Session 9: 4/6/01
Chairman: WellingerAutexier Mutagenesis and functional analysis of the N-terminus of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase by Tara Moriarty Session 9: 4/6/01
Chairman: WellingerWellinger The multifunctional eukaryotic RNase III affects yeast telomerase RNA by Stéphanie Larose (Wellinger and Abou Elela labs) Session 1:2/10/00
Chairman: PerreaultChteinberg Novel Structural Compensations in Transfer RNA by Sergey Steinberg Session 1:2/10/00
Chairman: PerreaultCousineau Retrohoming and retrotransposition of a bacterial group II intron by Benoit Cousineau Session 2: 6/11/00
Chairman: Abou ElelaOfficial Opening 2000 Official Opening Session meeting Session 3: 4/12/00
Chairman: BoireMouland HIV-1 RNA Processing by Andrew Mouland Session 3: 4/12/00
Chairman: BoireDesgroseillers Multiple determinants in human RNA-binding protein Staufen are involved in ribosome and rough endoplasmic reticulum association by Ming Luo Session 3: 4/12/00
Chairman: BoireBoire Functional links between RoBPI and Ro RNPs by François Bolduc Session 7: 2/4/01
Chairman: ChabotChabot 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 Session 8:7/5/01
Chairman: Abou ElelaAbou Elela The Pilgrimage of Rnt1p and its Followers to the Nucleolus by Mathieu Catala Session 4: 8/1/01
Chairman: ChabotChabot A1: A small protein for large introns by Mélanie Cordeau Session 5: 5/2/01
Chairman: CousineauLaughrea 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 Session 5: 5/2/01
Chairman: CousineauDamha Synthetic Branched Oligonucleotides Inhibit in vitro pre- mRNA Splicing in S. cerevisiae. by Sandra Carriero Session 6: 5/3/01
Chairman: PerreaultPerreault Characterization of the initiation site for a viroid replicatoin by Martin Pelchat (Perreault Lab) Session 6: 5/3/01
Chairman: PerreaultBurke Functional involvment of G8 in the hairpin ribozyme mechanism by Robert Pinard (Burke lab) Session 6: 5/3/01
Chairman: PerreaultMajor Using three-dimensional modeling to understand the mechanism of HDV ribozyme by Nancy Bourassa Session 7: 2/4/01
Chairman: ChabotDesgroseillers Isoform-specific association of Staufen2 with ribosomes in neurons. by Thomas Duchaine Session 7: 2/4/01
Chairman: ChabotBrakier-Gingras Instant evolution of the 900 tetraloop of 16S ribosomal RNA by Francois Bélanger Session 5: 5/2/01
Chairman: CousineauMouland Evaluation of Staufen's RNA-Binding Capacity to HIV-1 RNA: A Possible Role in the Viral Lifecycle by Laurent Chatel-Chaix Session 4: 8/1/01
Chairman: ChabotAubry In search of the role for KRAB multifinger proteins: From the nuclear targeting to the identification of functional partners. by Muriel Aubry Session 4: 8/1/01
Chairman: ChabotSonenberg Poly(A) Binding Protein (PABP) Interacting Proteins by Avak Kavahjian Session 1:2/10/00
Chairman: PerreaultPerreault Stability of delta ribozyme, the fruit of evolution by JP perreault -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 9: 01/05/2000
Chairman: Abou ElelaPerreault 1) A new function for the self-catalytic hammerhead sequences.
Dr. Martin PelchatSession 7: 06/03/2000
Chairman: PerreaultGehring 1) Molecular Mimicry of DNA by Fluorarabinose Nucleic Acids in FluoroANA-RNA Hybrid Duplexes: A Potential New Antisense Strategy
Jean-Francois TrempeSession 10:12/06/2000
Chairman: WellingerBoire 1) ARo proteins: Ro60, La, RoBPI... and counting
Francis BriereSession 10:12/06/2000
Chairman: WellingerWellinger/Abou Elela 3) Does Rnt1p process the RNA component of telomerase?
Stephanie LaroseSession 10:12/06/2000
Chairman: WellingerChabot 4) Splice with spice: use DMSO!
Lucie BolducSession 8:03/04/2000
Chairman: LavigueurLavigueur 3) Characterization of a splicing silencer element modulating the utilization of exon eleven 3' splice site in the p53 tumor suppressor gene
Melanie LaverdiereSession 3: 01/11/1999
Chairman: Abou ElelaAbou Elela 2) Rnt1 meets Gar1: when blind dates work out
Annie TremblaySession 3: 01/11/1999
Chairman: Abou ElelaFrancklyn 3)tRNA Identity and the Motif 2 Loop of Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase
Susan A. HawkoSession 4: 06/12/1999
Chairman: BoireDesgroseillers 1) Cloning by function of the yeast homologue of Ro RNP binding protein I (RoBPI)
Ming LuoSession 4: 06/12/1999
Chairman: BoireLabbé 2)Identification of a Sensing and Transport System in Fission Yeast Reveals Opposite Regulation of Copper and Iron Metabolic Genes.
Simon LabbéSession 4: 06/12/1999
Chairman: BoireBoire 3) The RNA-binding activity of human Staufen is the major determinant for rough endoplasmic reticulum association
Jim BoulangerSession 5: 17/01/2000
Chairman: ChabotCoulombe 3) Transcription initiation by mammalian polymerase II
Dr Benoit CoulombeSession 5: 17/01/2000
Chairman: ChabotWellinger 2) A link between telomere replication and the conventional replication machinery
Julie ParenteauSession 9: 01/05/2000
Chairman: Abou ElelaMouland lab Novel cis-sequences mediate cytoplasmic trafficking of HIV-1 RNAs
Dr. Andrew MoulandSession 5: 17/01/2000
Chairman: ChabotAubry 4) ZNF74 zinc finger gene as a candidate for DiGeorge/Velocardiofacial symdrome: its potential dual function in transcription and RNA processing
Dr. Muriel AubrySession 9: 01/05/2000
Chairman: Abou ElelaFrancklyn Developing a detailed kinetic mechanism for aminoacylation by histidyl-tRNA synthetase
Dr. Michael L. BoveeSession 10:12/06/2000
Chairman: WellingerAutexier 2) Functional analysis of endogenous and reconstituted human telomerase
Francois BachantSession 6: 07/02/2000
Chairman: Abou ElelaChabot 2) Finally, a function for hnRNP A1B
Marco BlanchetteSession 3: 01/11/1999
Chairman: Abou ElelaChabot 1) The adenovirus E1B protein: a novel regulator of RNA splicing?
Stephen HutchisonSession 6: 07/02/2000
Chairman: Abou ElelaSchmitt 3) An endoribonuclease that helps to controls the yeast cell cycle
Mark SchmittSession 6: 07/02/2000
Chairman: Abou ElelaAbou Elela 4) Random mutagenesis of Rnt1 N-terminal domain a functional approach for structure analysis
Bruno LamontagneSession 2: 04/10/1999
Chairman: PerreaultBurke 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 PinardSession 7: 06/03/2000
Chairman: PerreaultBurke 2) Directed Intracellular Localization of Ribozymes Increases Antiviral Activity
Michele ShieldsSession 2: 04/10/1999
Chairman: PerreaultLapointe 4) Magnesium dependent alternate foldings of active and inactive Escherichia coli tRNAGlu revealed by chemical probing.
Dr. Eric MadoreSession 7: 06/03/2000
Chairman: PerreaultPerreault 3) Viroids: Small RNAs Doing Big Things......
Fabien CotéSession 7: 06/03/2000
Chairman: PerreaultMajor 4) Could Prion Protein Diseases be Vestiges of the RNA-World?
Isabelle BarretteSession 1:20/09/1999
Chairman: ChabotSteitz 2) A tale of two spliceosomes
Dr. Joan A. SteitzSession 2: 04/10/1999
Chairman: PerreaultPerreault 1) Folding of delta ribozyme
Dr. Sirinart AnanouranichSession 6: 07/02/2000
Chairman: Abou ElelaLaughrea 1) Stem-loop B destruction affects HIV-1 genomic RNA dimerization as much as Kissing-loop Hairpin destructioin
Ni ShenSession 2: 04/10/1999
Chairman: PerreaultPaquin/Cedergren group 2) Hammerhead inhibition by terbieum: the role of nucleotide 15.3.
By Cesar GomezSession 1:20/09/1999
Chairman: ChabotBeckman 1) Interaction analysis (sIA) using analytical ultracentrifugation.
Mr. Chris LeeSession 5: 17/01/2000
Chairman: ChabotSonenberg 1) A cell cycle-dependent internal ribosome entry site
Stéphane PyronnetSession 8:03/04/2000
Chairman: LavigueurDesgroseillers 1) Staufen stimulates translation of repressed transcripts
George ElviraSession 8:03/04/2000
Chairman: LavigueurBrakier-Gingras 2) Interaction between E. coli ribosomal protein S7 and 16S ribosomal RNA
Francis RobertSession 8:03/04/2000
Chairman: LavigueurChabot 4) hnRNP A1 can bind telomeric DNA and telomerase RNA simultaneously
Dr. Benoit Chabot -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineAthanasios 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-pathologySession 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineYingfu Li lab Speaker: Erin M. McConnell, Postdoctoral Fellow
Title: Towards the development of a rapid at-home test for SARS-CoV-2Session 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineJean-Philippe Brosseau lab Speaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau, PI
Title: Neurofibromatosis Type I: Challenges and OpportunitiesSession 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel LafontaineStephane Richard lab Speaker: Jeesan Lee, PhD student
Title: Microexon Alternative Splicing by Quaking Modulates the Network of Rho GTPase Pathway in Microglia During CNS DemyelinationSession 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit LaurentSamer Hussein lab Speaker: Gabriel Khelifi, PhD student
Title: The role of a long non-coding RNA in defining naïve pluripotency.Session 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit LaurentMaritza Jaramillo lab Speaker: Maritza Jaramillo
Title: Reprogramming of host mRNA translation during Leishmania donovani infectionSession 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit LaurentMarlene Oeffinger lab Speaker: Pierre Bensidoun, PhD student
Title: Nuclear mRNA metabolism directs specialization of the nuclear pore complex in yeastSession 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit LaurentPaul Joyce lab Speaker: Zara Aryanpour, MSc student
Title: Characterization of position 64 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae tRNA nucleotidyltransferase.Session 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan BellBenoit Chabot lab Speaker: Mathieu Deschênes, PhD student
Title: Spliceosome defects associated with senescence: More than meets the eye.Session 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan BellNahum Sonenberg lab Speaker:
Title:Session 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan BellChantal Autexier lab Speaker: Jian Qin, PhD student
Title: Regulation of dyskerin SUMOylation and telomerase RNA levels by nucleolar SUMO proteasesSession 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan BellStephane 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.Session 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaImed Gallouzi lab Speaker: Souad Mubaid, PhD student
Title: Impact of posttranslational modification on the promyogenic function of HuRSession 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaMichael 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.Session 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaBill Zerges lab Speaker: Shiva Bakhtiari, PhD student
Title: Localized Translation for Photosystem BiogenesisSession 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou ElelaVincent Burrus lab Speaker: Romain Durand, PhD student
Title: Salmonella Genomic Island 1 Hijacks the Genetic Regulatory Network of IncC Conjugative PlasmidsSession 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle ScottMichelle Scott lab Speaker: Gaspard Reulet, Msc. Student
Title: Reducing the structure bias of RNA-Seq reveals a large number of non-annotated non-coding RNASession 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle ScottAïda Ouangraoua lab Speaker: Esaie Kuitche, PHD. student
Title: Alternative splicing-aware simulation of biological sequence evolutionSession 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle ScottSherif Abou Elela lab Speaker: Laurence Faucher-Giguère, Msc. Student
Title: H/ACA snoRNA, Potential Diagnostic Biomarker for High Grade Serous CarcinomaSession 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle ScottHans-Joachim Wieden lab Speaker: Davinder Kaur Dhalla,
Ph.D. student
Title: Investigating Amino Acid Alphabets to Extract Protein Design Principles.Session 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin BisaillonJean-Pierre Perreault lab Speaker: Anaïs Vannutelli, PHD. student
Title: Prediction of G-quadruplexes in each realm of lifeSession 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon1 Ute Kothe lab Speaker: Ute Kothe
Title: Target transcriptome of two pseudouridine synthasesSession 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin BisaillonBenoit Cousineau lab Speaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, PHD. Student
Title: New group II intron splicing pathway increases bacterial genetic diversity and intron dissemination
Session 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin BisaillonTrushar Patel lab Speaker: Darren Gemmill, Msc. Student
Title: Identification and characterization of Zika Viral non-coding region interactions with human proteins.Session 2: 2019-Dec-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric MasséFrancois Major lab Speaker: Mathieu Dupont, PhD candidate
Title: Overrepresented and conserved RNA blocks are functional motifs and can be identified without sequence alignmentSession 2: 2019-Dec-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé1 Nehal Thakor lab Speaker: Nehal Thakor
Title: Non-canonical translation initiation: from mechanism to the survival of glioblastoma cells.Session 2: 2019-Dec-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric MasséThomas Duchaine lab Speaker: Hsin Wei Tseng, PhD candidate
Title: 3’-Un-Translated Regions (3’UTRs) and microRNA dysfunctions in ovarian cancer.Session 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault1 Martin Simard lab Speaker:Pierre-Marc Frédérick
Title:Characterization of a new ALG-1 interactor involved in the specific miRNA loadingSession 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre PerreaultJérôme Waldispühl lab Speaker:Yash Patel
Title:Characterization of 3D RNA Structural Elements Involved in RBP-RNA InteractionSession 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre PerreaultFrancois Bachand lab Speaker: Carlo Yague-Sanz
Title:RNA Polymerase II Elongation Rate Affects the Co-transcriptional Selection of Alternative Polyadenylation SitesSession 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre PerreaultMarc 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 -
SESSION ORDER LAB SPEAKER Session 2: 7/12/98
Chairman: A. LavigueurLavigueur 3) Alternative splicing of p53
By Dr. Alain LavigueurSession 4: 1/2/99
Chairman: B. ChabotAubry 1) Nucleic Acid Interactions of ZNF74, a Prototype of the KRAB Multiginger Subfamily and Candidate for Digeorge Syndrome
By Dr. Muriel AubrySession 4: 1/2/99
Chairman: B. ChabotDesgroseillers 2) Staufen and mRNA Transport in Mammalian Cells
By Thomas DuchaineSession 4: 1/2/99
Chairman: B. ChabotSonenberg 3) Characterization of the poly(A) binding protein (pabp) interacting protein-1 (paip-1)
By Guylaine RoySession 8:7/6/99
Chairman: R. WellingerWellinger 3) Becoming more human: the yeast model
By Catherine LeBelSession 5: 8/3/99
Chairman: G. BoireRokeach 3) Characterization of the Ro Ribonucleoprotein Complex in the Nematode
By Jean-Claude LabbéSession 6: 12/4/99
Chairman: J.P. PerreaultCedergren 1) Ribonomics: The distribution of RNA motifs in sequence databases
By Veronique BourdeauSession 6: 12/4/99
Chairman: J.P. PerreaultAbou 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 LamontagneSession 2: 7/12/98
Chairman: A. LavigueurLaughrea 2) Dimerization Signal of HIV RNA: Functional and Structural Studies
By Dr. Michael LaughreaSession 7: 10/5/99
Chairman: S. Abou ElelaMajor 2) Modeling 3-D structures of cyclic RNA using a constraint-based approach
By S. LemieuxSession 7: 10/5/99
Chairman: S. Abou ElelaGehring 3) Four-stranded polycytidylic acid structures: selection against a 2' hydroxyl
By Kalle GehringSession 2: 7/12/98
Chairman: B. ChabotSpecial Talks by Dr. M. Fournier from University of Massachusetts
The Small Nucleolar RNAs: Major Excitement at a New Frontier of the RNA WorldSession 6: 12/4/99
Chairman: J.P. PerreaultPerreault 2) Localization, replication and structure of the peach latent mosaic viroid
By Frederic BussiereSession 8:7/6/99
Chairman: R. WellingerChabot 2) hnRNP A1, an RNA-binding protein involved in telomere biogenesis
By Frédéric Dallaire and Stéphan FisetSession 8:7/6/99
Chairman: R. WellingerBelhumeur 4) The nuclear GTPase Gsp1p and transcriptional silencing in yeast
By Martin ClémentSession 5: 8/3/99
Chairman: G. BoireChabot 1) A New Intronic Sequence Implicated in 3' Splice Site Modulation
By Martin SimardSession 1:5/10/98
Chairman: J.P. PerreaultCedergren 2) Characterization of a Hammerhead Ribozyme from Schisostome
by Dr. Alejandro VazquezSession 1:5/10/98
Chairman: J.P. PerreaultPerreault 1) Substrate Specificity for Delta Ribozyme Cleavage
by Dr. Sirinart AnanouranichSession 2: 7/12/98
Chairman: A. LavigueurChabot 1) Intronic elements modulating the alternative splicing of A1 pre-mRNA
By Marco BlanchetteSession 1:5/10/98
Chairman: J.P. PerreaultBurke 3) Investigation of the Interdomain Doching of the Hairpin Ribozyme by Photo-Affinity Crosslinking
by Dr. Robert PinardSession 5: 8/3/99
Chairman: G. BoireBoire 2) Ro Binding Protein I: Characterization and Links to the Small Autoantigenic Ro RNPs
By Dr. Gille BoireSession 7: 10/5/99
Chairman: S. Abou ElelaPerreault 1) Structural studies of a trans-acting delta ribozyme
By Daniel LafontaineSession 7: 10/5/99
Chairman: S. Abou ElelaBrakier-Gingras 4) Effects of error-inducing drugs and ribosomal mutations on a programmed-1 frameshift
By Marie-Noëlle BrunelleSession 3: 11/1/99
Chairman: S. Abou ElelaSpecial Talks by Dr. Lian Good from the center for genomic research
Karolinska institute, Sweden
Peptide nucleic acids (PNA) and RNA studiesSession 8:7/6/99
Chairman: R. WellingerAutexier 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 |