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2024-2025

Session 1: 2024-Nov-11
Chair: François Bachand

Didier Stainer -
Max Planck Institute (Germany)
Speaker: Lara Falcucci, Ph.D. student
Title: Transcriptional adaptation, a new mRNA-decay-based mode of genetic compensation, drives utrophin upregulation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
2024-2025

Session 1: 2024-Nov-11
Chair: François Bachand

Claire Moore -
Tufts University (USA)
Speaker: Atish Barua, postdoc fellow
Title: The pivotal role of CFIm25 overexpression in macrophages is a key factor in antibacterial immunity
2024-2025

Session 1: 2024-Nov-11
Chair: François Bachand

Lara Mahal -
University of Alberta (Canada)
Speaker: Helia Dehghan Harati, Ph.D. student
Title: Studying machinery underlying miRNA-mediated upregulation
2024-2025

Session 2: 2024-Dec-2
Chair: Benoit Laurent

Stacey Wetmore -
University of Lethbridge (Canada)
Speaker: Indu Negi, postdoc fellow
Title: Tuning the ykkC-I riboswitch: insights into potential effects of metal ion-induced allostery
through MD simulations
2024-2025

Session 2: 2024-Dec-2
Chair: Benoit Laurent

Anna Blakney -
University of British Columbia (Canada)
Speaker: Credo Casmil, Ph.D. student
Title: Expanding the repertoire of self-amplifying RNA vectors: an emerging frontier in mRNA
vaccines for infectious diseases
2024-2025

Session 2: 2024-Dec-2
Chair: Benoit Laurent

Marc Roussel -
University of Lethbridge (Canada)
Speaker: Elizabeth Trofimenkoff, Ph.D. student
Title: Mathematical modeling of eIF5B-mediated non-canonical translation initiation as a
chemotherapeutic target
2024-2025

Session 3: 2025-Jan-13

Chair: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Samer Hussein -
Université Laval (Canada)
Speaker: Valérie Watters, Ph.D. student
Title: Novel cell-state specific isoforms of Tunar long non-coding RNA: implications in pluripotency
and neuronal differentiation
2024-2025

Session 3: 2025-Jan-13

Chair: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Ethan Greenblatt -
University of British Columbia (Canada)
Speaker: Kaicheng Ma, Ph.D. student
Title: Stress granule associated protein complexes selectively promote mRNA translation
during development
2024-2025

Session 3: 2025-Jan-13

Chair: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Karine Choquet -
Université de Sherbrooke (Canada)
Speaker: Louis-Philippe Chaumont, M.Sc. student
Title: Exploring the relationship between snoRNAs and alternative splicing of their host
during neurogenesis
2024-2025

Session 4: 2025-Feb-4
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Haissi CuiSpeaker: 
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Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: 
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Session 5: 2025-Mar-10
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Syam SomasekharanSpeaker: 
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Session 5: 2025-Mar-10
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Dev MajumdarSpeaker: 
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Session 5: 2025-Mar-10
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Eric MasséSpeaker: 
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Session 6: 2025-Apr-15
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Michael StrongSpeaker: 
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Session 6: 2025-Apr-15
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Bowen LiSpeaker: 
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Session 6: 2025-Apr-15
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Jean-Philippe BrosseauSpeaker: 
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Session 7: 2025-May-6
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Neil RenwickSpeaker: 
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Session 7: 2025-May-6
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Chantelle SephtonSpeaker: 
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Session 7: 2025-May-6
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Mathieu Quesnel-VallieresSpeaker: 
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2024-2025

Session 8: 2025-Jun-9
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Kathryn MorelliSpeaker: 
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Session 8: 2025-Jun-9
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Benjamin HaleySpeaker: 
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Session 8: 2025-Jun-9
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Martin BisaillonSpeaker: 
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2023-2024

Session 8:
2024-Jun-10

Chairperson: François Bachand

Chantal AutexierSpeaker: Adrian Young, PhD student
Title: Coordinated interactions of unique telomerase reverse transcriptase domains that influence telomerase association to telomeres
2023-2024

Session 8: 2024-Jun-10
Chairperson: François Bachand
Food: Benoit Chabot

Maritza JaramilloSpeaker: Laura Marcela Garcia Prada, PhD student
Title: Investigating the anti-leishmanial activity of rocaglates with high and low binding affinity for the RNA helicase eIF4A
2023-2024

Session 8: 2024-Jun-10
Chairperson: François Bachand
Food: Benoit Chabot

Eric JanSpeaker: Subash Chapagain, PhD student
Title: Of form and essence: Investigation of novel viral internal ribosome entry sites discovered through metagenomic mining
2023-2024

Session 8: 2024-Jun-10
Chairperson: François Bachand
Food: Benoit Chabot

Athan ZovoilisSpeaker: Travis Haight, PhD student
Title: Dissecting the role of circular RNAs in neurodegeneration
2023-2024

Session 7: 2024-May-13
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Food: Michelle Scott

Melissa Leger-Abraham labSpeaker: Cristina Guttierez-Vargas, Postdoctoral Fellow
Title: Structural studies of ribosomes from apicomplexan parasites
2023-2024

Session 7: 2024-May-13
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Food: Michelle Scott

Martin Sauvageau labSpeaker: Vatsal Satchan, PhD
Title: Antisense oligonucleotide-mediated PCSK7 inhibition presents a novel therapeutic approach for MASLD
2023-2024

Session 7: 2024-May-13
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Food: Michelle Scott

Michelle Scott labSpeaker: Étienne Fafard-Couture, PhD candidate
Title: Lost and found: Exploring the genomic landscape of snoRNAs and their pseudogenes
2023-2024

Session 7: 2024-May-13
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Food: Michelle Scott

Nawwaf Kharma labSpeaker: Gabriel Aguiar-Tawil, PhD student
Title: Transcription as a Means of Enhancing Biosensor Sensitivity
2023-2024

Session 6: 2024-Apr-8
Chairperson: Benoît Chabot
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Jean-Pierre Perreault labSpeaker: Marc-Antoine Turcotte, PhD candidate
Title: G-quadruplex inducing oligonucleotides as MAOB therapeutic agent for Parkinson’s disease
2023-2024

Session 6: 2024-Apr-8
Chairperson: Benoît Chabot
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Pascale Legault labSpeaker: Nazli Kocatug, PhD candidate
Title: Regulation of let-7 microRNA levels via a complex protein-protein interaction network
2023-2024

Session 6: 2024-Apr-8
Chairperson: Benoît Chabot
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

François Dragon labSpeaker: Frédérique Servant, MSc student
Title: The mystery of yeast RPS18A and RPS18B paralogs
2023-2024

Session 6: 2024-Apr-8
Chairperson: Benoît Chabot
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Ute Kothe labSpeaker: Sarah Schultz, PhD candidate
Title: Modifications in the T arm of tRNA globally determine tRNA maturation, function and cellular fitness
2023-2024

Session 5: 2024-Mar-11
Chairperson: Éric Massé
Food: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Pavan Kakumani labSpeaker: Claire Hynes, BSc student
Title: Functional characterization of CSDE1 missense variants in autism spectrum disorder
2023-2024

Session 5: 2024-Mar-11
Chairperson: Éric Massé
Food: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Athar Ansari labSpeaker: Athar Ansari, PI
Title: Beyond the canonical role of TFIIB in eukaryotic transcription
2023-2024

Session 5: 2024-Mar-11
Chairperson: Éric Massé
Food: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Karine Choquet labSpeaker: Karine Choquet, PI
Title: Genetic regulation of nascent RNA splicing revealed by direct RNA nanopore sequencing
2023-2024

Session 5: 2024-Mar-11
Chairperson: Éric Massé
Food: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Jacques-P. Tremblay labSpeaker: Kelly Godbout, PhD student
Title: Correcting pathogenic mutations by prime editing through RNA delivery
2023-2024

Session 4: 2024-Feb-5
Chairperson: Michelle Scott
Food: Benoit Laurent

Nehal Thakor labSpeaker: Nehal Thakor, PI
Title: Regulation of mRNA translation by eIF5B in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
2023-2024

Session 4: 2024-Feb-5
Chairperson: Michelle Scott
Food: Benoit Laurent

Aïda Ouangraoua labSpeaker: Bertrand Marchand, post-doctoral fellow
Title: Small parsimony approaches to reconstruct the evolution of RNA structures
2023-2024

Session 4: 2024-Feb-5
Chairperson: Michelle Scott
Food: Benoit Laurent

Leslie Parent labSpeaker: Rebecca Kaddis Maldonado, Research Faculty
Title: Co-transcriptional assembly of retroviral ribonucleoprotein complexes
2023-2024

Session 4: 2024-Feb-5
Chairperson: Michelle Scott
Food: Benoit Laurent

Taha Azad labSpeaker: Taha Azad, PI
Title: Novel RNA therapeutics for cancer therapeutics and infectious disease
2023-2024

Session 3: 2024-Jan-15
Chairperson: Evan Mercier
Food: Francois Bachand

Mousumi Majumder labSpeaker: Reid Opperman, MSc student
Title: The Effects of Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage in microRNA Overexpressing Breast Cancer
2023-2024

Session 3: 2024-Jan-15
Chairperson: Evan Mercier
Food: Francois Bachand

Christine Vande Velde labSpeaker: Asmita Ghosh, Postdoc fellow
Title: Relevance of the RNA binding protein G3BP1 to the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia
2023-2024

Session 3: 2024-Jan-15
Chairperson: Evan Mercier
Food: Francois Bachand

Evan Mercier labSpeaker: Evan Mercier, PI
Title: Multidrug efflux pumps in Acinetobacter baumannii and their roles in antimicrobial resistance
2023-2024

Session 3: 2024-Jan-15
Chairperson: Evan Mercier
Food: Francois Bachand

Maureen McKeague labSpeaker: Olivia Kovecses, PhD student
Title: Small activating RNA for drugging transcription factors in leukemia
2023-2024

Session 2: 2023-Dec-11
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent
Food: Eric Massé

Marc Fabian labSpeaker: Sam Kajjo, PhD candidate
Title: Uncovering a link between PABPC and mTOR-mediated translational suppression
2023-2024

Session 2: 2023-Dec-11
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent
Food: Eric Massé

Trushar Patel labSpeaker: Higor Pereira, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Title: Identification and Characterization of a G4s within the DENV 3' UTR and Its Impact on Viral Life Cycle
2023-2024

Session 2: 2023-Dec-11
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent
Food: Eric Massé

Francois Major labSpeaker: Mélanie Lemaire, PhD student
Title: Determining the functional structure of primary microRNA transcripts
2023-2024

Session 2: 2023-Dec-11
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent
Food: Eric Massé

Mathieu Flamand labSpeaker: Mathieu Flamand, PI
Title: Unraveling the roles of m6A readers in synaptic plasticity
2023-2024

Session 1: 2023-Nov-06
Chairperson: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell

Francois Bachand labSpeaker: Mélodie Latour, MSc student
Title: Welcome to the family: characterization of ZC3H14 as a new nuclear poly(A)-binding protein
2023-2024

Session 1: 2023-Nov-06
Chairperson: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell

Julie Claycomb labSpeaker: Julie Claycomb, PI
Title: Mapping small RNA pathway neighbourhoods within C. elegans germ granules
2023-2024

Session 1: 2023-Nov-06
Chairperson: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell

Martin Smith labSpeaker: Martin Smith, PI
Title: Fiction or function: detecting RNA secondary structures in the mammalian genome
2023-2024

Session 1: 2023-Nov-06
Chairperson: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell

Benoit Laurent labSpeaker: Viktoriia Bavykina, MSc student
Title: Transcriptomics in Action: Mapping Cellular Behavior in Engineered Biomaterials
2022-2023

Session 8: 2023-Jun-05
Chairperson: François Bachand

Sabine Cordes labSpeaker: Sabine Cordes, PI
Title: RNA and the Molecular genetics of Happiness
2022-2023

Session 8: 2023-Jun-05
Chairperson: François Bachand

Homa Ghalei labSpeaker: Jenny Warnock, Post-doctoral fellow
Title: Differential roles of the homologous AAA+ ATPases Rvb1 and Rvb2 in snoRNP assembly
2022-2023

Session 8: 2023-Jun-05
Chairperson: François Bachand

Hans-Joachim Wieden labSpeaker: Amanda Vazquez Gonzalez, PhD Student
Title: The Hidden Complexities of Bacterial Translation – Ribosome Rescue Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance
2022-2023

Session 8: 2023-Jun-05
Chairperson: François Bachand

Benjamin Blencowe labSpeaker: Jonathan Roth, Graduate student
Title: Systematic analysis of alternative exon-dependent interactome remodelling reveals multitasking functions of gene regulatory factors
2022-2023

Session 7: 2023-May-08
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

William Zerges labSpeaker: Melanie Alfonso, PhD student
Title: Chloroplast-localized translation for protein targeting to this photosynthetic organelle
2022-2023

Session 7: 2023-May-08
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Jérôme Waldispuhl labSpeaker: Javona White Bear, PhD student
Title: Structural characterization of natural antisense transcripts with nanopore sequencing
2022-2023

Session 7: 2023-May-08
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Éric Lécuyer labSpeaker: Grégoire de Bisschop, Postdoctoral fellow
Title: Image-based survey of RBP localization upon SARS-CoV-2 infection
2022-2023

Session 7: 2023-May-08
Chairperson: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

François Major labSpeaker: Simon Chasles, MSc. student
Title: Automatic recognition of complementary strands: Lessons regarding machine learning abilities in RNA folding
2022-2023

Session 6: 2023-Apr-04
Tuesday

Chairperson: Benoit Chabot

Michelle Scott lab
Université de Sherbrooke
Speaker: Kristina Song, M.Sc. student
Title: Unravelling new functions of box C/D snoRNAs through snoRNA-RBP interaction networks and RNA-seq analyses
2022-2023

Session 6: 2023-Apr-04
Tuesday

Chairperson: Benoit Chabot

Mark Bayfield lab
York University
Speaker: Farnaz Mansouri-Noori, Ph.D. student
Title: The LARP1 homolog Slr1p controls the stability and expression of proto-5’TOP mRNAs in fission yeast
2022-2023

Session 6: 2023-Apr-04
Tuesday

Chairperson: Benoit Chabot

Pascal Chartrand lab
Université de Montréal
Speaker: Yani Bouaziz, Ph.D. student
Title: The Role of Arx1/Alb1 in TLC1 RNA Nuclear Export and Telomerase Biogenesis in Budding Yeast
2022-2023

Session 6: 2023-Apr-04
Tuesday

Chairperson: Benoit Chabot

Mikhail Kashlev lab
Bethesda NIH, USA
Speaker: Smriti Singh, Post-doctoral fellow
Title: Regulation of promoter proximal pausing of human RNA polymerase II by Transcription factor IIS
2022-2023

Session 5: 2023-Mar-06
Chairperson: Éric Massé

Ly Vu labSpeaker: Ly Vu, PI
Title: The role of the CCR4-NOT (CNOT) RNA Deadenylation Complex in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
2022-2023

Session 5: 2023-Mar-06
Chairperson: Éric Massé

Jean-Pierre Perreault labSpeaker: Marc-Antoine Turcotte, Ph.D. student
Title: Exploring the Impact of Alpha-Synuclein Mutations on G-Quadruplex Targeting: Implications for Therapeutic Development
2022-2023

Session 5: 2023-Mar-06
Chairperson: Éric Massé

Maritza Jaramillo labSpeaker: Leonardo Cortazzo da Silva, M.Sc. student
Title: Reprogramming host and parasite eIF4A–dependent mRNA translation to control Leishmania infection
2022-2023

Session 5: 2023-Mar-06
Chairperson: Éric Massé

Nahum Sonenberg labSpeaker: Reese Ladak, M.Sc. student
Title: The role of 4EHP in regulating cGAS-STING-induced IFNβ expression
2022-2023

Session 4: 2023-Feb-13
Chairperson: Michelle Scott

Pavan Kumar Kakumani labSpeaker: Pavan Kakumani, PI
Title: CSDE1 promotes miR-451 biogenesis
2022-2023

Session 4: 2023-Feb-13
Chairperson: Michelle Scott

Ute Kothe labSpeaker: Sarah Schultz, Ph.D. student
Title: Using a thiolase to study how the methyltransferase TrmB binds tRNA
2022-2023

Session 4: 2023-Feb-13
Chairperson: Michelle Scott

Michael Charette labSpeaker: Courtney Geer, MSc. student
Title: SAM Supplementation Partially Rescues a Yeast Model of the Bowen-Conradi Syndrome Ribosomopathy
2022-2023

Session 4: 2023-Feb-13
Chairperson: Michelle Scott

Maureen McKeague labSpeaker: Maira Rivera Valdés, Postdoctoral Researcher
Title: RNA gymnastics: A method to detect RNA switching in vitro
2022-2023

Session 3: 2023-Jan-09
Chairperson: Daniel Lafontaine

Jonathan Perreault labSpeaker: Aurélie Devinck, PhD. Student
Title: Functional characterization of novel non-coding RNA structures in Pseudomonas using luminescence assay
2022-2023

Session 3: 2023-Jan-09
Chairperson: Daniel Lafontaine

Athanasios Zovoilis labSpeaker: Liam Mitchell, PhD. Student
Title: A to I analysis approaches for RNAs from repetitive elements
2022-2023

Session 3: 2023-Jan-09
Chairperson: Daniel Lafontaine

Daniel Zenklusen labSpeaker: Daniel Zenklusen, PI
Title: Single-molecule imaging suggests compact and spliceosome dependent organization of long introns
2022-2023

Session 3: 2023-Jan-09
Chairperson: Daniel Lafontaine

Marlene Oeffinger labSpeaker: Marlene Oeffinger, PI
Title: Nuclear mRNA metabolism drives selective basket assembly on a subset of nuclear pore complexes in S.cerevisiae
2022-2023

Session 2: 2022-Dec-12
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent

Mousumi Majumder labSpeaker: Braydon Nault, MSc. student
Title: More than the mitochondria. Investigating ATP synthase as a breast cancer marker
2022-2023

Session 2: 2022-Dec-12
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent

Melissa Leger-Abraham labSpeaker: Lee Izhaki-Thavor, PostDoc student
Title: Biological and structural characterization of DOZI from Plasmodium falciparum
2022-2023

Session 2: 2022-Dec-12
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent

Daniel Lafontaine labSpeaker: Shirin Jahangirnejad, PhD. student
Title: Investigating metabolic crosstalk of biochemical pathways involving riboswitches in Escherichia coli.
2022-2023

Session 2: 2022-Dec-12
Chairperson: Benoit Laurent

François Bachand labSpeaker: Zabih Mir Hassani, MSc. student
Title: Targeting a dedicated ribosomal protein chaperone to inhibit cancer cell proliferation
2022-2023

Session 1: 2022-Nov-07
Chairperson: Brendan Bell

Leslie Parent labSpeaker: Leslie Parent, PI
Title: Exploring the role of biomolecular condensates in retrovirus assembly
2022-2023

Session 1: 2022-Nov-07
Chairperson: Brendan Bell

Benoit Laurent labSpeaker: Benoit Laurent, PI
Title: Can we track brain aging with RNA?
2022-2023

Session 1: 2022-Nov-07
Chairperson: Brendan Bell

Yingfu Li labSpeaker: Jake Brill, MSc student
Title: In vitro selection of single-mutant RNA libraries reveals variants of a cis-acting hammerhead ribozyme with mutations to a previously identified essential nucleotide.
2022-2023

Session 1: 2022-Nov-07
Chairperson: Brendan Bell

Hanadi Sleiman labSpeaker: Jathavan (Jath) Asohan, PhD student
Title: Can Greasy Nanoparticles Treat 'Undruggable' Diseases?
2021-2022

Session 8: 2022-Jun-06
Chairman: François Bachand

Athar Ansari labSpeaker: Athar Ansari, PI
Title: Gene looping is the determinant of uaRNA and mRNA transcription in budding yeast
2021-2022

Session 8: 2022-Jun-06
Chairman: François Bachand

Chantelle Sephton labSpeaker: Chantelle Sephton, PI
Title: mTOR regulation of FUS activity at polyribosomes: Implications for synaptic dysfunction in ALS/FTD
2021-2022

Session 8: 2022-Jun-06
Chairman: François Bachand

Stephen Rader labSpeaker: Viktor Slat, PhD Student
Title: A comparative exploration of the splicing landscape in two unicellular red algae
2021-2022

Session 8: 2022-Jun-06
Chairman: François Bachand

Nehal Thakor labSpeaker: Veda Hegde MSc student
Title: Regulation of mRNA translation by tumor suppressor proteins PDCD4 and eIF3F
2021-2022

Session 7: 2022-May-09
Chairman: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Chantal Autexier labSpeaker: Alexandre Garus, Ph.D. student
Title: Unravelling the role of a poorly characterized region of dyskerin in H/ACA RNP biogenesis and telomerase function
2021-2022

Session 7: 2022-May-09
Chairman: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Peter Unrau labSpeaker: Iqra Yaseen, Ph.D. student
Title: Studying Cas9:gRNA Interactions using a FRET-based Fluorogenic RNA Aptamer-Protein System
2021-2022

Session 7: 2022-May-09
Chairman: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Martin Simard labSpeaker: Anisha Pal, Ph.D. student
Title: Deciphering the role of slicer argonautes (ALG-1/2) in miRNA biogenesis in animals
2021-2022

Session 7: 2022-May-09
Chairman: Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Pascal Chartrand labSpeaker: Kamélia Maguemoun, MSc student
Title: Single-molecule imaging of telomerase RNA to study telomerase recruitment at telomeres
2021-2022

Session 6: 2022-Apr-11
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Sherif Abou Elela labSpeaker: Cyrielle Petibon, Ph.D. Student
Title: Meiosis-specific transcription factor Rim101 causes differential splicing of duplicated ribosomal protein genes
2021-2022

Session 6: 2022-Apr-11
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Michelle Scott labSpeaker: Danny Bergeron, Ph.D. Student
Title: RNA-RNA interaction network unravels gene regulation by embedded snoRNAs
2021-2022

Session 6: 2022-Apr-11
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Patrick Provost labSpeaker: Idrissa Diallo, Ph.D. student
Title: A tRNA-derived fragment present in E. coli OMVs regulates host cell gene expression and proliferation
2021-2022

Session 6: 2022-Apr-11
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Andrew MacMillan labSpeaker: Jeff McDonald, M.Sc. Student
Title: Investigating 3´ Splice Site Recognition by the Pre-Spliceosome
2021-2022

Session 5: 2022-Mar-07
Chairman: Éric Massé

Neil Renwick labSpeaker: Jina Nanayakkara, Ph.D. candidate
Title: microRNA-based classification of neuroendocrine neoplasms
2021-2022

Session 5: 2022-Mar-07
Chairman: Éric Massé

Anne Gatignol labSpeaker: Ryan Goguen, Ph.D. student
Title: Optimization of functional anti-HIV-1 RNAs: a necessary step towards achieving a functional cure by gene therapy
2021-2022

Session 5: 2022-Mar-07
Chairman: Éric Massé

Marc-Etienne Huot labSpeaker: Alexia Caillier, Ph.D.
Title: eIf2α-regulated translation modulates the early adhesion of mesenchymal-like cells
2021-2022

Session 5: 2022-Mar-07
Chairman: Éric Massé

Daniel Lafontaine labSpeaker: Tithi Ghosh, Ph.D. student
Title: The lysC riboswitch acts as a regulatory nexus
2021-2022

Session 4: 2022-Feb-14
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Martin Sauvageau labSpeaker: David Ferland-McCollough, Research Associate
Title: Characterization of the lncRNA CRNDE in colorectal cancer
2021-2022

Session 4: 2022-Feb-14
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Andrew Mouland labSpeaker: Gabriel Guajardo Contreras, Ph.D. student
Title: HIV-1 en route!. Hitching a ride on late endosomes/lysosomes
2021-2022

Session 4: 2022-Feb-14
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Stéphane Richard labSpeaker: Claudia Dominici, Ph.D. student
Title: Muscle Stem Cell Polarity Requires QKI-mediated Alternative Splicing of Integrin Alpha-7 (Itga7)
2021-2022

Session 4: 2022-Feb-14
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

François Bachand labSpeaker: Maxime Duval, M.Sc. student
Title: A new role for the conserved RNA-binding protein Seb1 in co-transcriptional ribosomal RNA processing via the control of RNA polymerase I elongation rates
2021-2022

Session 3: 2022-Jan-10
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Claire Moore labSpeaker: Hui-Yun Liu, Postdoctoral Scholar
Title: Targeting the mRNA poly(A) site endonuclease CPSF73 inhibits breast cancer cell migration and invasion
2021-2022

Session 3: 2022-Jan-10
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Marc Fabian labSpeaker: William Brothers, PhD candidate
Title: RNP granule integrity regulates MARF1-mediated gene silencing
2021-2022

Session 3: 2022-Jan-10
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Pascale Legault labSpeaker: Pierre Dagenais, research assistant
Title: An integrative NMR-SAXS approach for structure determination of large RNAs in solution
2021-2022

Session 3: 2022-Jan-10
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Martin Bisaillon labSpeaker: Simon Boudreault, PhD candidate
Title: Oncolytic reovirus’ μ2 protein modulates cellular alternative splicing by reducing U5 snRNP protein levels
2021-2022

Session 2: 2021-Dec-06
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Anna Blakney labSpeaker: Anna Blakney, Assistant Professor
Title: Optimization of Self-Amplifying RNA Expression and Immunogenicity
2021-2022

Session 2: 2021-Dec-06
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Jonathan Perreault labSpeaker: Sabrine Najeh, PhD student
Title: Dual selection for aptazymes for biosensor development purpose
2021-2022

Session 2: 2021-Dec-06
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Samer Hussein labSpeaker: Valérie Watters, PhD student
Title: Isoform and localization choice of the long non-coding RNA Tuna during neuronal differentiation
2021-2022

Session 2: 2021-Dec-06
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Trushar Patel labSpeaker: Tyler Mrozowich, PhD student
Title: Investigating Non-coding RNA interactions in flaviviruses
2021-2022

Session 1: 2021-Nov-08
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Christine Vande Velde labSpeaker: Myriam Gagne, PhD student
Title: hnRNP A1B, a splice variant of HNRNPA1, has a potential function in RNA transport
2021-2022

Session 1: 2021-Nov-08
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Thomas Duchaine labSpeaker: Thomas Duchaine
Title: Distinct and opposing functions for CFIm59 and CFIm68 in mRNA alternative polyadenylation of Pten and in the PI3K/Akt signalling cascade
2021-2022

Session 1: 2021-Nov-08
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Eric Jan labSpeaker: Jibin Sadasivan, PhD student
Title: An insect viral protein disrupts stress granule formation by modulating Nup358/Ranbp2
2021-2022

Session 1: 2021-Nov-08
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Jocelyn Côté labSpeaker: Olivier Binda, visiting scientist
Title: A TUDOR Family Reunion
2020-2021

Session 8: 2021-Jun-07
Chairman: François Bachand

Athanasios Zovoilis labSpeaker: Luke Saville, PhD student
Title: Regulation of RNA self-cleavage by Hsf1 during response to neuro-toxicity
2020-2021

Session 8: 2021-Jun-07
Chairman: François Bachand

Pascal Chartrand labSpeaker: Nastaran Farajzadeh, PhD student
Title: Phosphorylation of RNA-binding protein She2 and its impact on mRNA localisation in yeast
2020-2021

Session 8: 2021-Jun-07
Chairman: François Bachand

Mikhail Kashlev labSpeaker: Mikhail Kashlev, PI
Title: NET-seq analysis of the mechanisms for regulation of transcription pausing by trans-acting factors and cis-acting signals in bacteria
2020-2021

Session 8: 2021-Jun-07
Chairman: François Bachand

Michael Charette labSpeaker: Michael Charette, PI
Title: Discovering the essential function of the Bowen-Conradi syndrome protein EMG1 in ribosome assembly
2020-2021

Session 7: 2021-May-10
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Daniel Lafontaine labSpeaker: Simon Jeanneau, MSc. Student
Title: Identification and characterization of hairpin-stabilized transcriptional pauses in Escherichia coli
2020-2021

Session 7: 2021-May-10
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Maritza Jaramillo labSpeaker: Maritza Jaramillo, PI
Title: Shaping the translational landscape of the host cell during Toxoplasma gondii infection
2020-2021

Session 7: 2021-May-10
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Marlene Oeffinger labSpeaker: Vivian Huynh, MSc student
Title: One for All, All for One: Determining RBP heterogeneity on nuclear mRNAs via isolation of native mRNP complexes
2020-2021

Session 7: 2021-May-10
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Paul Joyce labSpeaker: Nathalie Reid, PhD student
Title: Characterizing the S. pombe tRNA nucleotidyltransferases: Are two better than one?
2020-2021

Session 6: 2021-Apr-12
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Mark Bayfield labSpeaker: Kyra Kerkofs, Ph.D. student
Title: Characterization of a novel, atypical La protein in Tetrahymena thermophila (MLP1): Can a La protein missing a highly conserved domain still bind its target RNA?
2020-2021

Session 6: 2021-Apr-12
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Nahum Sonenberg labSpeaker: Mehdi Amiri, Ph.D. student
Title: Phosphorylation of eIF2α safeguards the naïve state of pluripotency
2020-2021

Session 6: 2021-Apr-12
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Samer Hussein labSpeaker: Emeline Lelong, Ph.D. student
Title: Unveiling the translatome of resistant prostate cancer
2020-2021

Session 6: 2021-Apr-12
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Stephane Richard labSpeaker: Claudia Dominici, Ph.D. student
Title: Quaking (QKI) regulates a network of alternative splicing in muscle stem cells that is required for muscle regeneration
2020-2021

Session 5: 2021-Mar-08
Chairman: Eric Massé

Imed Gallouzi labSpeaker: Amr Omer, PhD student
Title: Autophagy and heat-shock response impair stress granule assembly during cellular senescence
2020-2021

Session 5: 2021-Mar-08
Chairman: Eric Massé

Brendan Bell labSpeaker: Morgane Da Rocha, PhD student
Title: Deciphering the role of Nat10 in HIV latency
2020-2021

Session 5: 2021-Mar-08
Chairman: Eric Massé

Ben Blencowe labSpeaker: Andy Best, post-doc student
Title: A high-throughput small molecule screen for modulators of an Srrm4-dependent microexon splicing network commonly disrupted in autism spectrum disorder
2020-2021

Session 5: 2021-Mar-08
Chairman: Eric Massé

Maureen McKeague labSpeaker: Maureen McKeague
Title: Ribozyme switches for controlling biosynthesis and signalling pathways
2020-2021

Session 4: 2021-Feb-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Michelle Scott labSpeaker: Étienne Fafard-Couture, MSc student
Title: Deciphering the human snoRNome
2020-2021

Session 4: 2021-Feb-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Eric Lecuyer labSpeaker: Juan-Carlos Padilla, PhD student
Title: Investigating the mechanisms of RNA targeting to extracellular vesicles
2020-2021

Session 4: 2021-Feb-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Michael Strong labSpeaker: Zach Hawley, Postdoctoral Scientist at Biogen
Title: Evidence of a negative feedback network between TDP-43 and miR-181c-5p dependent on TDP-43 nuclear localization
2020-2021

Session 4: 2021-Feb-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Hans-Joachim Wieden labSpeaker: Dustin Smith, PhD student
Title: Use of Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Engineer Protein and RNA-based Biosensors
2020-2021

Session 3: 2021-Jan-11
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Jean-Pierre Perreault labSpeaker: Anaïs Vannutelli, PhD candidate
Title: The prediction of G4 in diverse species shows that their presence is not only a question of GC content
2020-2021

Session 3: 2021-Jan-11
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Ute Kothe labSpeaker: Sarah Schultz, Ph.D. candidate
Title: Who starts the game of tRNA modification? Defining the preferred order without a coin toss
2020-2021

Session 3: 2021-Jan-11
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Benoit Cousineau labSpeaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston
Title: Group II intron circularization: when splicing goes backwards
2020-2021

Session 3: 2021-Jan-11
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Trushar Patel labSpeaker: Maulik Badmalia, postdoctoral fellow
Title: Identification and Characterisation of G-quadruplex in HBV
2020-2021

Session 2: 2020-Dec-07
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Francois Major labSpeaker: Francois Major
Title: Reflexions about RNA structure, dynamics, and function
2020-2021

Session 2: 2020-Dec-07
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Éric Massé labSpeaker: Evelyne Ng Kwan Lim, M.Sc. student
Title: Coordination of cell division by small regulatory RNAs in Escherichia coli
2020-2021

Session 2: 2020-Dec-07
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Nehal Thakor labSpeaker: Keiran Vanden Dungen, M.Sc. student
Title: Depletion of eukaryotic initiation factor 5B (eIF5B) reprograms metabolomic profile of the glioblastoma cells
2020-2021

Session 2: 2020-Dec-07
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Thomas Duchaine labSpeaker: Alexandra Lewis, PhD student
Title: Uncovering the mechanisms of nuclear RNAi-mediated transcriptional silencing through proteomic analysis of the effector machinery
2020-2021

Session 1: 2020-Nov-09
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Martin Simard labSpeaker: Miguel Quévillon Huberdeau, PhD student
Title: A specific Argonaute phosphorylation is temporarily regulated and affect binding to microRNAs
2020-2021

Session 1: 2020-Nov-09
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Chantal Autexier labSpeaker: Jian Qin, PhD student
Title: Negative regulation of telomerase RNA levels and dyskerin SUMOylation by the nucleolar SUMO-specific protease SENP3
2020-2021

Session 1: 2020-Nov-09
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Francois Bachand labSpeaker: Carlo Yague-Sanz, Postdoctoral fellow
Title: Cotranscriptional RNA cleavage by Drosha homolog Pac1 triggers transcription termination in S. pombe
2020-2021

Session 1: 2020-Nov-09
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Marc Fabian labSpeaker: Sam Kajjo, PhD candidate
Title: A new system to investigate how PABP regulates the mammalian transcriptome
2019-2020

Session 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Athanasios Zovoilis labSpeaker: Luke Saville, Lab manager
Title: Increased processing of SINE non coding RNAs unveils a novel type of transcriptome de-regulation underlying amyloid beta neuro-pathology
2019-2020

Session 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Yingfu Li labSpeaker: Erin M. McConnell, Postdoctoral Fellow
Title: Towards the development of a rapid at-home test for SARS-CoV-2
2019-2020

Session 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Jean-Philippe Brosseau labSpeaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau, PI
Title: Neurofibromatosis Type I: Challenges and Opportunities
2019-2020

Session 8: 2020-Jun-01
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Stephane Richard labSpeaker: Jeesan Lee, PhD student
Title: Microexon Alternative Splicing by Quaking Modulates the Network of Rho GTPase Pathway in Microglia During CNS Demyelination
2019-2020

Session 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Samer Hussein labSpeaker: Gabriel Khelifi, PhD student
Title: The role of a long non-coding RNA in defining naïve pluripotency.
2019-2020

Session 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Maritza Jaramillo labSpeaker: Maritza Jaramillo
Title: Reprogramming of host mRNA translation during Leishmania donovani infection
2019-2020

Session 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Marlene Oeffinger labSpeaker: Pierre Bensidoun, PhD student
Title: Nuclear mRNA metabolism directs specialization of the nuclear pore complex in yeast
2019-2020

Session 7: 2020-May-04
Chairman: Benoit Laurent

Paul Joyce labSpeaker: ​Zara Aryanpour, MSc student
Title: Characterization of position 64 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae tRNA nucleotidyltransferase​.
2019-2020

Session 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell

Stephane Richard labSpeaker: Jeesan Lee, PhD student
Title: The function of the RNA binding protein Quaking (QKI) in microglia, the resident macrophage of the brain.
2019-2020

Session 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell

Benoit Chabot labSpeaker: Mathieu Deschênes, PhD student
Title: Spliceosome defects associated with senescence: More than meets the eye.
2019-2020

Session 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell

Nahum Sonenberg labSpeaker:
Title:
2019-2020

Session 6: SUSPENDED
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell

Chantal Autexier labSpeaker: Jian Qin, PhD student
Title: Regulation of dyskerin SUMOylation and telomerase RNA levels by nucleolar SUMO proteases
2019-2020

Session 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Imed Gallouzi labSpeaker: Souad Mubaid, PhD student
Title: Impact of posttranslational modification on the promyogenic function of HuR
2019-2020

Session 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Michael Charette labSpeaker: Dr Michael Charette, PhD,Assistant Professor
Title: The Bowen-Conradi Syndrome Ribosomopathy is Due in Part to a Loss of Protein-Protein Interactions.
2019-2020

Session 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Bill Zerges labSpeaker: Shiva Bakhtiari, PhD student
Title: Localized Translation for Photosystem Biogenesis
2019-2020

Session 5: 2020-Mar-09
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Vincent Burrus labSpeaker: Romain Durand, PhD student
Title: Salmonella Genomic Island 1 Hijacks the Genetic Regulatory Network of IncC Conjugative Plasmids
2019-2020

Session 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle Scott

Michelle Scott labSpeaker: Gaspard Reulet, Msc. Student
Title: Reducing the structure bias of RNA-Seq reveals a large number of non-annotated non-coding RNA
2019-2020

Session 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle Scott

Aïda Ouangraoua labSpeaker: Esaie Kuitche, PHD. student
Title: Alternative splicing-aware simulation of biological sequence evolution
2019-2020

Session 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle Scott

Sherif Abou Elela labSpeaker: Laurence Faucher-Giguère, Msc. Student
Title: H/ACA snoRNA, Potential Diagnostic Biomarker for High Grade Serous Carcinoma
2019-2020

Session 4: 2020-Feb-03
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Michelle Scott

Hans-Joachim Wieden labSpeaker: Davinder Kaur Dhalla,
Ph.D. student
Title: Investigating Amino Acid Alphabets to Extract Protein Design Principles.
2019-2020

Session 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Jean-Pierre Perreault labSpeaker: Anaïs Vannutelli, PHD. student
Title: Prediction of G-quadruplexes in each realm of life
2019-2020

Session 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Ute Kothe labSpeaker: Ute Kothe
Title: Target transcriptome of two pseudouridine synthases
2019-2020

Session 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Benoit Cousineau labSpeaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, PHD. Student
Title: New group II intron splicing pathway increases bacterial genetic diversity and intron dissemination
2019-2020

Session 3: 2020-Jan-13
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Trushar Patel labSpeaker: Darren Gemmill, Msc. Student
Title: Identification and characterization of Zika Viral non-coding region interactions with human proteins.
2019-2020

Session 2: 2019-Dec-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé

Francois Major labSpeaker: Mathieu Dupont, PhD candidate
Title: Overrepresented and conserved RNA blocks are functional motifs and can be identified without sequence alignment
2019-2020

Session 2: 2019-Dec-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé

Nehal Thakor labSpeaker: Nehal Thakor
Title: Non-canonical translation initiation: from mechanism to the survival of glioblastoma cells.
2019-2020

Session 2: 2019-Dec-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé

Thomas Duchaine labSpeaker: Hsin Wei Tseng, PhD candidate
Title: 3’-Un-Translated Regions (3’UTRs) and microRNA dysfunctions in ovarian cancer.
2019-2020

Session 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Martin Simard labSpeaker:Pierre-Marc Frédérick
Title:Characterization of a new ALG-1 interactor involved in the specific miRNA loading
2019-2020

Session 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Jérôme Waldispühl labSpeaker:Yash Patel
Title:Characterization of 3D RNA Structural Elements Involved in RBP-RNA Interaction
2019-2020

Session 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Francois Bachand labSpeaker: Carlo Yague-Sanz
Title:RNA Polymerase II Elongation Rate Affects the Co-transcriptional Selection of Alternative Polyadenylation Sites
2019-2020

Session 1: 2019-Nov-04
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Marc Fabian labSpeaker: William Brothers
Title: Transcriptome-wide analysis of MARF1 target mRNAs uncovers a novel role for mRNA decapping factors in regulating mRNA turnover
2018-2019

Session 8: 2019-Jun-03
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: François Bachand

Martin Bisaillon labSpeaker: Simon Boudreault, Ph.D. student
Title: Characterizing the viral modulation of cellular alternative splicing during reovirus infection
2018-2019

Session 8: 2019-Jun-03
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: François Bachand

Athanasios Zovoilis labSpeaker: Chris Isaac, M.Sc. student
Title: Dissecting the role of SINE non-coding RNAs in amyloid pathology: An integrative RNA genomics approach
2018-2019

Session 8: 2019-Jun-03
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: François Bachand

Chantal Autexier labSpeaker: Deanna MacNeil, Ph.D. student
Title: Regulation of Dyskerin Localization by SUMOylation of the C-terminal Nuclear Localization Signal
2018-2019

Session 7: 2019-May-06
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Daniel Lafontaine

Daniel Lafontaine labSpeaker: Jonathan Grondin, Ph.D. student
Title: Real-time Imaging of Cotranscriptional Folding and Translational Regulation
2018-2019

Session 7: 2019-May-06
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Daniel Lafontaine

Marlene Oeffinger labSpeaker: Lisbeth-Carolina Aguilar, Research Assistant
Title: Disruption of nuclear RNA homeostasis by stabilization of polyadenylated ncRNAs
2018-2019

Session 7: 2019-May-06
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Daniel Lafontaine

Paul Joyce labSpeaker: Shayesteh Kiani, M.Sc. student
Title: Exploring factors affecting the distribution of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase in yeast
2018-2019

Session 6: 2019-Apr-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell

Benoit Chabot labSpeaker:
Title:
2018-2019

Session 6: 2019-Apr-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell

Nahum Sonnenberg labSpeaker: Peng Wang, Postdoctoral fellow
Title: PPM1G and PP2A-B55α regulate cell proliferation and survival by targeting eIF4E/4E-BP1 dependent mRNA translation
2018-2019

Session 6: 2019-Apr-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell

Samer Hussein labSpeaker: Victoire Fort, PhD student
Title: Unravelling the function of G22 lncRNA in regulating pluripotent cell states
2018-2019

Session 6: 2019-Apr-08
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Brendan Bell

Stephane Richard labSpeaker: Ting Cai, PhD student
Title: Defining how PRMT5 regulates alternative splicing
2018-2019

Session 5: 2019-Mar-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Brendan Bell labSpeaker: Mikaël Poirier, MSc student
Title: Understanding HIV latency - Dynamic interplay between host cell transcription factors at the core promoter
2018-2019

Session 5: 2019-Mar-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Imed Gallouzi labSpeaker: Amr Omer, PhD student
Title: A novel role of G3BP1as a modulator of cellular senescence
2018-2019

Session 5: 2019-Mar-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Bill Zerges labSpeaker: James Dhaliwal, PhD student
Title: Proteomic analyses of Oxidized RNA Bodies in yeast
2018-2019

Session 4: 2019-Feb-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Michelle Scott

Michelle Scott labSpeaker: Joël Simoneau, M.Sc. student
Title: Investigating the RNA-seq in silico pipeline signatures
2018-2019

Session 4: 2019-Feb-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Michelle Scott

Aïda Ouangraoua labSpeaker: Safa Jammali, Ph.D. student
Title: SplicedFamAlign: CDS-to-gene spliced alignment and identification of transcript orthology groups
2018-2019

Session 4: 2019-Feb-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Michelle Scott

Jérôme Waldispühl labSpeaker: Carlos Gonzalez Oliver, PhD student
Title: Flexible graph alignment and vector embedding for RNA-small molecule binding prediction
2018-2019

Session 4: 2019-Feb-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Michelle Scott

Hans-Joachim Wieden labSpeaker: Harland Brandon, PhD Student
Title: Molecular Mimicry and the Ribosome: The conserved ATPase YchF interacts with tRNA and the ribosome
2018-2019

Session 3: 2019-Jan-14
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Jean-Pierre Perreault labSpeaker: Marc-Antoine Turcotte, M.Sc. student
Title: G-quadruplexes of the transcriptome associated to Parkinson disease
2018-2019

Session 3: 2019-Jan-14
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Ute Kothe labSpeaker: Dominic Czekay, M.Sc. student
Title: Specificity and structural requirements of H/ACA guide RNA – substrate RNA interactions
2018-2019

Session 3: 2019-Jan-14
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Benoit Cousineau labSpeaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, Ph.D. student
Title: Group II intron intergenic trans-splicing produces chimeric proteins with novel functions
2018-2019

Session 3: 2019-Jan-14
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Trushar Patel labSpeaker: Tyler Mrozowich, M.Sc. candidate
Title: Biophysical Characterization of Flaviviral Non-Coding Terminal Regions
2018-2019

Session 2: 2018-Dec-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé

Francois Major labSpeaker: Guillaume Poirier-Morency, M.Sc. student
Title: miRBooking 2.0: An Enzymatic Model for the Microtargetome
2018-2019

Session 2: 2018-Dec-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé

Nehal Thakor labSpeaker: Kamiko Bressler, M.Sc. candidate
Title: Eukaryotic initiation factor 5B (eIF5B) cooperates with eIF1A and eIF5 to regulate uORF-mediated translation of ATF4
2018-2019

Session 2: 2018-Dec-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé

Éric Massé labSpeaker: Marc Gruell, Post-doctoral fellow
Title: A new role for an old actor: RyhB and cell division
2018-2019

Session 2: 2018-Dec-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: Éric Massé

Thomas Duchaine labSpeaker: Vinay Mayya, PhD candidate
Title: RNA-binding protein and miRISC cooperativity in mRNA translation repression, deadenylation and decay
2018-2019

Session 1: 2018-Nov-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Francois Bachand labSpeaker: Yann Vanrobaeys, M.Sc. student
Title: Gene expression analysis of slow transcription elongation complex reveals stress responses in fission yeast
2018-2019

Session 1: 2018-Nov-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Jérôme Waldispühl labSpeaker: Roman Sarrazin-Gendron, M.Sc. student
Title: Automated and customized prediction of RNA 3D base pair modules from sequence
2018-2019

Session 1: 2018-Nov-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Martin Simard labSpeaker: Alexandra Dallaire, Ph.D. student
Title: Somatic and Germline microRNAs form distinct silencing complexes to regulate their target mRNAs differently
2018-2019

Session 1: 2018-Nov-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Marc Fabian labSpeaker: Hana Fakim, Ph.D. student
Title: Structural and functional insights into MARF1-mediated mRNA decay
2017-2018

Session 8: 2018-Jun-04
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: François Bachand

Daniel Zenklusen labSpeaker: Srivathsan Adivarahan
Title: Investigating features of mRNP organization using super-resolution microscopy
2017-2018

Session 8: 2018-Jun-04
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: François Bachand

Chantale Autexier labSpeaker: Jian Qin
Title: Mechanisms regulating dyskerin SUMOylation
2017-2018

Session 8: 2018-Jun-04
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: François Bachand

Martin Bisaillon labSpeaker: Simon Boudreault
Title: Reovirus Infection Alters Host Cell Alternative Splicing Landscape
2017-2018

Session 8: 2018-Jun-04
Chairman: Benoit Chabot
Food: François Bachand

Daniel Lafontaine labSpeaker: Auréliane Michaud
Title:
2017-2018

Session 7: 2018-May-07
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: Daniel Lafontaine

Éric Massé labSpeaker: Marie-Claude Carrier
Title: Post-transcriptional regulation of oppA mRNA by MicF sRNA : unveiling a non-canonical mechanism of action.
2017-2018

Session 7: 2018-May-07
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: Daniel Lafontaine

Michelle Scott lab &
Jean-Pierre Perreault lab
Speaker: Jean-Michel Garant, Ph.D. student
Title: RNA G-quadruplexes prediction with the objective to investigate RNA translation regulation.
2017-2018

Session 7: 2018-May-07
Chairman: François Bachand
Food: Daniel Lafontaine

Pascale Legault labSpeaker: Jonathan Bouvette, Ph.D. student
Title: High-yield production of recombinant human Dicer from suspension-grown HEK293-EBNA1 cells
2017-2018

Session 6: 2018-Apr-09
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

François Bachand labSpeaker: Caroline Telekawa, M.Sc. student
Title: Global profiling and functional characterization of post-translational modifications of the fission yeast RNA exosome
2017-2018

Session 6: 2018-Apr-09
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Hanadi Sleiman labSpeaker: Danny Bousmail, Ph.D. student
Title: Precision spherical nucleic acids: synthesis and biological applications
2017-2018

Session 6: 2018-Apr-09
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Marlene Oeffinger labSpeaker: Pierre Bensidoun, Ph.D. student
Title: Investigating the fine tuning of nuclear pore composition for regulating rRNA and mRNA export in yeast
2017-2018

Session 6: 2018-Apr-09
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine
Food: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Mark Bayfield labSpeaker: Jennifer Porat, B.Sc. student
Title: Characterization of the S. pombe tRNA methyltransferase Trm1p
2017-2018

Session 5: 2018-Mar-05
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Jean-Pierre Perreault labSpeaker: Rachel Jodoin, Ph.D. Student
Title: RNA G-quadruplex formation in the 5’UTR of mRNAs associated with colorectal cancer
2017-2018

Session 5: 2018-Mar-05
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Éric Lécuyer labSpeaker: Philip Bouvrette
Title: CeFra-seq reveals broad asymmetric mRNA and noncoding RNA distribution profiles in Drosophila and human cells
2017-2018

Session 5: 2018-Mar-05
Chairman: Éric Massé
Food: Sherif Abou Elela

Stéphane Richard labSpeaker: Sofiane Y. Mersaoui, Ph.D.
Title: Helicase to resolve R-loops: DDX5 the new genome housekeeper
2017-2018

Session 4: 2018-Feb-05
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Raymund Wellinger

Pierre-Étienne Jacques & François Bachand labsSpeaker: Marc-Antoine Robert
Title: Transcription termination at coding and noncoding genes in fission yeast
2017-2018

Session 4: 2018-Feb-05
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Raymund Wellinger

Pascal Chartrand labSpeaker: Vasile Burgoci
Title: Mis-splicing of myogenic lncRNA in myotonic dystrophy
2017-2018

Session 4: 2018-Feb-05
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Raymund Wellinger

Imed Gallouzi labSpeaker: Amr Omer, PhD student
Title: Stress granules modulate senescence by disrupting PAI-1-mediated induction of Cyclin D1/Rb pathway
2017-2018

Session 4: 2018-Feb-05
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon
Food: Raymund Wellinger

Aïda Ouangraoua labSpeaker: Aïda Ouangraoua
Title: Evolution of RNA splicing isoforms
2017-2018

Session 3: 2018-Jan-08
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Paul Joyce labSpeaker: Michael Chung
Title: Biochemical and biophysical characterization of human tRNA nucleotidyltransferase variants
2017-2018

Session 3: 2018-Jan-08
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Brendan Bell labSpeaker: Aurélie Delannoy
Title: PICH115 : a host cell factor that links TAT transactivation to transcription initiation of HIV
2017-2018

Session 3: 2018-Jan-08
Chairman: Michelle Scott
Food: Martin Bisaillon

Nehal Thakor labSpeaker: Dr. Joe Ross, post doctoral fellow
Title: Eukaryotic initiation factor 5B (eIF5B) regulates apoptosis in glioblastoma cells via modulating expression of anti-apoptotic proteins
2017-2018

Session 2: 2017-Dec-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger
Food: Éric Massé

Ute Kothe labSpeaker: Emily Soon, Res. Assistant
Title: Transfer RNA methyltransferase TrmA is a dual-function enzyme that folds and modifies tRNA
2017-2018

Session 2: 2017-Dec-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger
Food: Éric Massé

Benoit Cousineau labSpeaker: Félix LaRoche-Johnston, PhD studet
Title: Evolutionary patterns of group II introns
2017-2018

Session 2: 2017-Dec-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger
Food: Éric Massé

William Zerges labSpeaker: James Dhaliwal, PhD Student
Title: Oxidized RNA localizes to cytoplasmic foci in diverse organisms
2017-2018

Session 2: 2017-Dec-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger
Food: Éric Massé

Michael Charette labSpeaker: Michael Charette, PI
Title: Mis-Assembly of the Machine: Ribosome Assembly Defects and Dysregulation in Bowen-Conradi Syndrome and in Cancer
2017-2018

Session 1: 2017-Nov-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell

Thomas Duchaine labSpeaker: Ariel Donayo
Title: Oncogenic biogenesis of the miR-17-92 polycistron
2017-2018

Session 1: 2017-Nov-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell

François Bachand labSpeaker: Kiersten Dionne
Title: Human ZNF277, a chaperone protein for RPS2?
2017-2018

Session 1: 2017-Nov-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell

Jérôme Waldispuhl labSpeaker: Jérôme Waldispuhl
Title: Analysis and Synthesis of RNA Structures: Genesis of a computational platform to manipulate the RNA code
2017-2018

Session 1: 2017-Nov-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell
Food: Brendan Bell

Hans-Joachim Wieden labSpeaker: Luc Roberts, PhD Student
Title: IGR IRESs and the bacterial ribosome
2016-2017

Session 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Hanadi Sleiman lab
McGill University
Speaker: Michael Dore
Title: Biomimetic methods for making functional RNA amphiphiles
2016-2017

Session 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Anne Gatignol lab
McGill University
Speaker: Olivier Del Corpo, MSc. student
Title: Identification and optimization of U1 interference RNAs targeting HIV RNA for development as HIV gene therapies
2016-2017

Session 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Chantale Autexier lab
McGill University
Speaker: Hélène Bensoussan
Title: When dyskerin met SUMO
2016-2017

Session 8: 2017-Jun-05 - 16:30 Eastern Time
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Michelle Scott lab
Université de Sherbrooke
Speaker: Gabrielle Deschamps-Francoeur
Title: CoCo: RNA-seq Read Assignment Correction for Embedded Genes and Multimapped Reads
2016-2017

Session 7: 2017-May-08
Chairman: François Bachand

Eric Massé labSpeaker: Marie-Claude Carrier
Title: Competition between a chaperone protein and a small RNA dictates the regulation of oppA in Escherichia coli
2016-2017

Session 7: 2017-May-08
Chairman: François Bachand

Jonathan Perreault labSpeaker: Katia Smail
Title: Function-based motif screening to discover non-coding RNAs regulating RNA-methyltransferases
2016-2017

Session 7: 2017-May-08
Chairman: François Bachand

Raymund Wellinger labSpeaker: Yulia Vasianovich (Post-Doc)
Title: Fluorescent imaging of yeast telomerase protein components using a signal amplification approach
2016-2017

Session 7: 2017-May-08
Chairman: François Bachand

Bill Zerges labSpeaker: James Dhaliwal
Title: Oxidized RNA localizes to cytoplasmic foci in diverse organisms
2016-2017

Session 6: 2017-Apr-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Daniel Lafontaine lab
Université de Sherbrooke
Speaker: Jean-François Nadon, PhD candidate
Title: Transcriptional traffic lights: using photochemistry to control RNA elongation
2016-2017

Session 6: 2017-Apr-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Thomas Duchaine lab
McGill University
Speaker: Alexandra Lewis, PhD candidate
Title: A family of nuclear-Argonaute interacting proteins suppresses nuclear RNAi in C. elegans
2016-2017

Session 6: 2017-Apr-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

François Bachand lab
Université de Sherbrooke
Speaker: Judit Hunyadkürti, PhD
Title: Functional characterization of human Senetaxin (SETX) homologs in the fission yeast S. pombe
2016-2017

Session 6: 2017-Apr-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Nahum Sonenberg lab
McGill University
Speaker: Clément Chapat, PhD
Title: The cap-binding protein 4EHP effects translation silencing by microRNAs
2016-2017

Session 5: 2017-Mar-06
Chairman: Éric Massé

Sherif Abou Elela labSpeaker: Delong Zhou
Title: Finding the codes for cancer specific regulation of alternative splicing​
2016-2017

Session 5: 2017-Mar-06
Chairman: Éric Massé

Eric Lécuyer labSpeaker: Ashley Chin
Title: Identifying RNA binding proteins involved in regulating epithelial cell polarity
2016-2017

Session 5: 2017-Mar-06
Chairman: Éric Massé

Mark Bayfield labSpeaker: Ana Vakiloroayaei
Title: The RNA chaperone La promotes pre-tRNA maturation via indiscriminate binding of hypomodified targets
2016-2017

Session 4: 2017-Feb-06
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Eric Massé labSpeaker: Mélanie Geffroy
Title: Leader peptide translation is directly involved in riboswitch regulation
2016-2017

Session 4: 2017-Feb-06
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Michelle Scott labSpeaker: Vincent Boivin, M.Sc. student
Title: Seeking the true abundance of different RNA species in the cell
2016-2017

Session 4: 2017-Feb-06
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Marlene Oeffinger labSpeaker: Dr. Daniel Scott
Title: Nol12: a multifunctional RNA/DNA endonuclease linking ribosome biogenesis, apoptosis and DNA damage
2016-2017

Session 4: 2017-Feb-06
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Ute Kothe labSpeaker: Erin Kelly, M.Sc. student
Title: RNA modification by H/ACA small Ribonucleoproteins
2016-2017

Session 3: 2017-Jan-09
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Hans-Joachim Wieden labSpeaker: Senthil Kumar Duraikannu Kailasam, Postdoctoral Fellow
Title: Molecular dynamics simulation guided rational design of a L-Ribonucleic acid aptamer
2016-2017

Session 3: 2017-Jan-09
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Martin Bisaillon labSpeaker: Carolin Brand
Title: West Nile virus RNA replication complex – identification of a new antiviral target?
2016-2017

Session 3: 2017-Jan-09
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Benoit Cousineau labSpeaker: Felix Laroche-Johnston
Title: Bacterial group II introns: novel circularization pathway may lead to genic trans-splicing of cellular mRNAs
2016-2017

Session 3: 2017-Jan-09
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Pascal Chartrand labSpeaker: Maxime Lalonde, Ph.D. student
Title: ell cycle-dependent spatial segregation of telomerase from sites of DNA damage Pascal Chartrand
2016-2017

Session 2: 2016-Dec-05
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Luc Desgroseillers labSpeaker: Yulemi Gonzalez Quesada
Title: Role of Staufen1 dsRBD2 in the control of cell proliferation
2016-2017

Session 2: 2016-Dec-05
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Jean-Pierre Perreault labSpeaker: Samuel Rouleau, Ph.D. student
Title: G-Quadruplexes regulate the biogenesis and function of cancer related microRNAs
2016-2017

Session 2: 2016-Dec-05
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Benoit Chabot labSpeaker: Muhammad Sohail, Post-Doc
Title: Alternative Splicing Modulation and Growth Inhibition of Colorectal Cancer Cells by a Novel Class of Compounds
2016-2017

Session 2: 2016-Dec-05
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

François Major labSpeaker: Julie Robitaille, M.Sc. student
Title: Characterizing Structural Determinants of microRNA Primary Transcripts
2016-2017

Session 1: 2016-Nov-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

François Bachand labSpeaker: Caroline Telekawa, MSc student
Title: Mapping a network of post-translational modifications on the RNA exosome; a functional study
2016-2017

Session 1: 2016-Nov-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Stephane Richard labSpeaker: Isabel Friedmann, MSc student
Title: Defining RNA targets for QUAKING
2016-2017

Session 1: 2016-Nov-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Pascale Legault labSpeaker: Nicolas Girard, PhD student
Title: The VS ribozyme as a tool to explore the engineering potential of RNA
2016-2017

Session 1: 2016-Nov-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Martin Simard labSpeaker: Pascale Michaud, PhD student
Title: Contribution of distinct microRNA-induced silencing complex during animal development
2015-2016

Session 9: 2016-06-06
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Martin BisaillonSpeaker: Simon Boudreault, M.Sc. student
Title: Reovirus Infection Alters Host Cell Alternative Splicing Landscape​
2015-2016

Session 9: 2016-06-06
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Patrick ProvostSpeaker: Abderrahim Benmoussa, PhD student
Title: Insights into a natural source of dietary microRNAs
2015-2016

Session 9: 2016-06-06
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Hans-Joachim WiedenSpeaker: Andrew Hudson, Post-doctoral fellow
Title: Portable intrinsic terminator libraries for genetic engineering in diverse bacteria
2015-2016

Session 9: 2016-06-06
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratorySpeaker: Dr. Adam Arkin
Title: Discovery and design of mRNA determinants of expression control
2015-2016

Session 9: 2016-06-06
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Éric LécuyerSpeaker: Sahar Soltanieh, Post-doctoral fellow
Title: Defining the RNA Binding Protein repertoire of human stress granules
2015-2016

Session 8: 2016-05-09
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Michelle ScottSpeaker: Fabien Dupuis-Sandoval, M.Sc. student
Title: Study of alternative snoRNAs characterization methods by deep sequencing
2015-2016

Session 8: 2016-05-09
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Claudia KleinmanSpeaker: Claudia Kleinman
Title: New tools to probe the dynamic transcriptional landscape of cells
2015-2016

Session 8: 2016-05-09
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Jérôme WaldispühlSpeaker: Vladimir Reinharz, Ph.D. student
Title: Combining structure probing data on RNA mutants with evolutionary information reveals RNA-binding interfaces
2015-2016

Session 8: 2016-05-09
Chairman: Michelle Scott

François MajorSpeaker: Yifei Yan, Ph.D. student
Title: Base pairings beyond the seed contribute to slicer activity of the human Ago2 in a domain-interdependent manner
2015-2016

Session 7: 2016-04-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Lea HarringtonSpeaker: Mélanie Criqui, Ph.D. student
Title: Involvement of the DNA damage response in the unstable differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells with short telomeres
2015-2016

Session 7: 2016-04-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Chantale AutexierSpeaker: Josephine (Tsz Wai) Chu, Ph.D student
Title: Telomere recruitment-defective human telomerase ‘insertion in fingers domain’ variants may contribute to premature aging disease phenotypes
2015-2016

Session 7: 2016-04-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Raymund WellingerSpeaker: Nancy Laterreur, M.Sc./Res. Professional
Title: Yeast telomerase and RNase P/MRP: when two worlds come together
2015-2016

Session 7: 2016-04-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Pascal ChartrandSpeaker: David Guérit, Post-Doc
Title: Development of live cell imaging assay for human telomerase RNA
2015-2016

Session 6: 2016-03-07
Chairman: François Bachand

François BachandSpeaker: Anne-Marie Landry-Voyer, PhD student
Title: Human PDCD2L is a nuclear export signal-containing protein that promotes late stages of small ribosomal subunit production
2015-2016

Session 6: 2016-03-07
Chairman: François Bachand

Marlene OeffingerSpeaker: Marc Delubac, PhD student
Title: The role of Nol12 in mammalian ribosome biogenesis and its implication in Alzheimer's disease
2015-2016

Session 6: 2016-03-07
Chairman: François Bachand

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Malik Ghulam Mustafa
Title: Differential expression and translation of duplicated ribosomal protein genes define the composition of yeast ribosom and its response to stress
2015-2016

Session 5: 2016-02-01
Chairman: Éric Massé

Eric MasséSpeaker: Alex Eyraud, Post-doc fellow
Title: Uncovering the targetome of the small RNA SgrS
2015-2016

Session 5: 2016-02-01
Chairman: Éric Massé

Ute KotheSpeaker: Laura Keffer-Wilkes, PhD student
Title: TruB, U and Psi: A fitness story
2015-2016

Session 5: 2016-02-01
Chairman: Éric Massé

Sébastien FaucherSpeaker: Nilmini Mendis, PhD student
Title: The role of a small regulatory sRNA in the heat shock response of Legionella pneumophila in water
2015-2016

Session 5: 2016-02-01
Chairman: Éric Massé

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Pierre Turcotte, MSc student
Title: Regulation mechanism of the Escherichia coli lysine riboswitch
2015-2016

Session 4: 2016-01-11
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Peter UnrauSpeaker: Sunny Jeng, undergraduate student
Title: Concerted fluorophore binding to RNA Mango provides superior binding and ligand discrimination
2015-2016

Session 4: 2016-01-11
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Dipankar SenSpeaker: Nisreen Shumayrikh, Ph.D. student
Title: Heme-utilizing ribozymes and DNAzymes
2015-2016

Session 4: 2016-01-11
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Rachel Jodoin
Title: The G-Quadruplex Translation Regulation of BAG-1; an mRNA Involved in Colorectal Cancer
2015-2016

Session 4: 2016-01-11
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Stephane RichardSpeaker: Naomi Li, PhD Candidate
Title: Sam68 functions as a transcriptional coactivator of the p53 tumor suppressor
2015-2016

Session 3: 2015-12-07
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Nehal ThakorSpeaker: Nehad Thakor, Professor
Title: Internal Initiation of Translation: A Phenomenon That Provides Critical Cell Survival Switch During Cancer Progression
2015-2016

Session 3: 2015-12-07
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Martin Simard and Jacques HuotSpeaker: Liang Zhong, PhD candidate
Title: miR-31 mediates E-selectin-dependent metastasis of colon cancer cells
2015-2016

Session 3: 2015-12-07
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Jocelyn CôtéSpeaker: Emma Bondy-Chorney, PhD candidate
Title: RNA-binding protein Staufen1 Regulates Multiple Alternative Splicing Events in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
2015-2016

Session 3: 2015-12-07
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Stephen RaderSpeaker: Kirsten Reimer
Title: What do donuts have to do with RNA splicing?
2015-2016

Session 2: 2015-11-02
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Peter UnrauSpeaker: Shanker Shyam Sundhar Panchapakesan, Ph.D. student
Title: Development of a native purification methodology for RNP complexes using RNA Mango
2015-2016

Session 2: 2015-11-02
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Eric JanSpeaker: Craig Kerr, Ph.D. student
Title: Insights into the in vivo role of the Dicistrovirus intergenic region IRES
2015-2016

Session 2: 2015-11-02
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Jonathan PerreaultSpeaker: Mohammad Reza Naghdi, Ph.D. student
Title: RiboGap: A database to easily find intergenic sequences and regulatory elements
2015-2016

Session 1:2015-10-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Andrew MoulandSpeaker: Shringar Rao, PhD student
Title: RNA surveillance and HIV-1
2015-2016

Session 1:2015-10-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Brendan BellSpeaker: Emmanuelle Wilhelm, PhD student
Title: A new histone deacetylase complex binds to the HIV core promoter to regulate viral transcription
2015-2016

Session 1: 2015-10-05
Chairman: Brendan Bell

University of LavalSpeaker: Mamadou Diallo, Msc PhD
Title: Do mutations in the HIV-1 LTR region impact the disease progression?
2014-2015

Session 9: 2015-06-01
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Ute KotheSpeaker: Evan Caton, Ph.D. student
Title: Biochemical Characterization of S. cerevisiae H/ACA small nucleolar Ribonucleoproteins
2014-2015

Session 9: 2015-06-01
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Martin BisaillonSpeaker: Marie-Pier Tremblay, M.Sc. student
Title: Modification of alternative splicing events induced by HBx protein of Hepatitis B virus
2014-2015

Session 9: 2015-06-01
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Angela PearsonSpeaker: Angela Pearson, Ph.D.
Title: Alternative polyadenylation in herpes simplex virus replication
2014-2015

Session 8:2015-05-04
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Jean-Pierre Perreault and Michelle ScottSpeaker: Jean-Michel Garant
Title: G4RNA, an RNA G-Quadruplex Database
2014-2015

Session 8:2015-05-04
Chairman: Michelle Scott

François MajorSpeaker: Mathieu Dupont
Title: Computationally grasping RNA dynamics
2014-2015

Session 8:2015-05-04
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Pierre-Étienne JacquesSpeaker: Pierre-Étienne Jacques
Title: Taking advantage of public genomic data through GenAP
2014-2015

Session 7: 2015-04-13
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Raymund WellingerSpeaker: Emmanuel Bajon, Ph.D. Student
Title: Yeast telomerase is single again; again
2014-2015

Session 7: 2015-04-13
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Chantal AutexierSpeaker: Deanna MacNeill, M.Sc. Student
Title: Telomerase Regulation through Post-translational Modifications of Dyskerin
2014-2015

Session 7: 2015-04-13
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Pascal ChartrandSpeaker: Maxime Lalonde, Ph.D. Student
Title: Linking sister chromatid cohesion and telomeric transcription
2014-2015

Session 7: 2015-04-13
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Francois BachandSpeaker: Duy Nguyen, Post-Doc
Title: A polyadenylation-dependent 3' end maturation pathway is required for the synthesis of the human telomerase RNA
2014-2015

Session 6: 2015-03-02
Chairman: Francois Bachand

Léa Brakier-GingrasSpeaker: Neylen Del Toro, PhD Student
Title: Changes in the fidelity of translation of ribosomes in senescent cells
2014-2015

Session 6: 2015-03-02
Chairman: Francois Bachand

Stephane RichardSpeaker: Jingwen Song, PhD Student
Title: Sam68 regulates S6K1 alternative splicing during adipogenesis
2014-2015

Session 6: 2015-03-02
Chairman: Francois Bachand

Peter MoffettSpeaker: Chantal Brosseau, PhD Student
Title: The roles of Argonaute proteins in RNAi-mediated defense against plant RNA viruses
2014-2015

Session 6: 2015-03-02
Chairman: Francois Bachand

Eric LécuyerSpeaker: Fabio Alexis Lefebvre, PhD student
Title: The Migrant Transcripts : Emerging Roles of Extracellular Vesicles in RNA-mediated Intercellular Signaling
2014-2015

Session 5: 2015-02-02
Chairman: Eric Masse

Gerardo FerbeyreSpeaker: Fred Lessard, Post-Doc
Title: Senescence as a result of impaired ribosome biogenesis
2014-2015

Session 5: 2015-02-02
Chairman: Eric Masse

Hans-Joachim WiedenSpeaker: Justin Vigar, MSc student
Title: Functional screening of a non-canonical translation initiation element using phenotypic sorting and high-throughput sequencing
2014-2015

Session 5: 2015-02-02
Chairman: Eric Masse

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Adrien Chauvier, Ph.D. student
Title: Deciphering the molecular mechanism of the thiC riboswitch
2014-2015

Session 5: 2015-02-02
Chairman: Eric Masse

Sylvain MoineauSpeaker: Alexander Hynes, Post-Doc
Title: Prokaryotic adaptive immunity: the 'adaptation' stage in CRISPR-Cas systems
2014-2015

Session 4: 2015-01-12
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Jonathan PerreaultSpeaker: Balasubramanian Sellamuthu
Title: New SAM riboswitch variants extend the structural complexity as well as regulatory and phylogenetic scope of the SAM-II/V classes
2014-2015

Session 4: 2015-01-12
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Pascale LegaultSpeaker: Eric Bonneau
Title: NMR strategies for structural characterization of large RNA molecules; insights into the Neurospora VS ribozyme
2014-2015

Session 4: 2015-01-12
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Jerry PelletierSpeaker: Jennifer Chu
Title: Probing the mechanism of action of silvestrol through genetic engineering of a eIF4A allele
2014-2015

Session 4: 2015-01-12
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Charith Raj Adkar Purushothama
Title: Viroids invade plants by silencing the defence genes
2014-2015

Session 3: 2014-12-01
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Mark BayfieldSpeaker: Jyotsna Vinayak, M.Sc. student
Title: Investigating new RNA binding modes for the human La protein
2014-2015

Session 3: 2014-12-01
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Delong Zhou, M.Sc. student
Title: Identification of the pre-mRNA targets of the cancer associated RNA binding proteins RBFOX2 and QKI
2014-2015

Session 3: 2014-12-01
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Andrew J. MoulandSpeaker: Valerie Le Sage, Ph.D. student
Title: Subversion of the nuclear pore complex by HIV-1
2014-2015

Session 3: 2014-12-01
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Sylvain MelocheSpeaker: Éric Vaillancourt-Jean, Ph.D. student
Title: Novel substrates of ERK1/2 involved in alternative splicing regulation
2014-2015

Session 2: 2014-11-03
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Sébastien RodrigueSpeaker: Dominick Matteau
Title: Combining RNAseq, 5’-RACE and ChIP-exo to characterize promoter architecture in bacteria
2014-2015

Session 2: 2014-11-03
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Sébastien LemieuxSpeaker: Tariq Daouda
Title: Untranslated, really? The secret role of non-coding RNAs in the adaptive immune system
2014-2015

Session 2: 2014-11-03
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Carl ErnstSpeaker: Carl Ernst
Title: Regulation of mRNA expression in gene dosage disorders
2014-2015

Session 2: 2014-11-03
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

William ZergesSpeaker: Yu Zhan
Title: Oxidized RNA in the chloroplast; its control and compartmentalization
2014-2015

Session 1: 2014-10-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Christine Vande VeldeSpeaker: Guillaume Caron, MSc student
Title: Impact of ALS-causing mutations in TDP-43 on RNA granule dynamics
2014-2015

Session 1: 2014-10-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Brendan BellSpeaker: Taharima Habib
Title: PICH115: a novel host cell factor that regulates HIV transcription
2014-2015

Session 1: 2014-10-06
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Luc GaudreauSpeaker: Benoît Guillemette
Title: A random sequence screen to decipher key functional residues in the H3 N-terminal tail
2013-2014

Session 9: 2014-06-02
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Stephen RaderSpeaker: Kirsten Reimer
Title: Recombinant expression of the Sm complex from C. merolae
2013-2014

Session 9: 2014-06-02
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Eric JanSpeaker: Anthony Khong
Title: Modulation of stress granules and P bodies during dicistrovirus infection
2013-2014

Session 9: 2014-06-02
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Raymund WellingerSpeaker: Emmanuel Bajon, Ph.D. Student
Title: Telomerase is single again: is this bad in the end?
2013-2014

Session 9: 2014-06-02
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Anne GatignolSpeaker: Samantha Burugu, MSc. Student
Title: When HIV comes along, PACT-PKR relationship gets complicated
2013-2014

Session 8:2014-05-05
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Alexandre Cloutier
Title: Permanent alterations of alternative splicing by transiently depleting RNPS1
2013-2014

Session 8:2014-05-05
Chairman: Michelle Scott

François MajorSpeaker: Nathanael Weill
Title: Modeling miRNA-induced gene expression regulation
2013-2014

Session 8:2014-05-05
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Éric LecuyerSpeaker: Julie Bergalet
Title: Defining the role and the mechanism of RNA localization to the mitotic apparatus
2013-2014

Session 8:2014-05-05
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Ute KotheSpeaker: Laura Keffer-Wilkes
Title: Cellular function of TruB: pseudouridylation and...
2013-2014

Session 7: 2014-04-07
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Brendan BellSpeaker: Emmanuelle Wilhelm
Title: PICH115: a novel co-factor for Tat trans-activation of HIV transcription?
2013-2014

Session 7: 2014-04-07
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Steven ZimmerlySpeaker: Salim Ahmed, MSc Student
Title: In vivo coupling between group IIC intron insertion and transcriptional termination.
2013-2014

Session 7: 2014-04-07
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Marlene OeffingerSpeaker: Carolina Aguilar, MSc Student
Title: Uncovering parallel ribosome biogenesis pathways during pre-60S subunit maturation.
2013-2014

Session 6: 2014-03-03
Chairman: François Bachand

Daniel Lafontaine & Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Marc-Andre Comeau, PhD. Student
Title: Characterisation of an RNA motif that modulates yeast RNase III activity
2013-2014

Session 6: 2014-03-03
Chairman: François Bachand

Thomas DuchaineSpeaker: Vinay Mayya
Title: Quantitative approaches in miRNA-mediated silencing
2013-2014

Session 6: 2014-03-03
Chairman: François Bachand

Jonathan PerreaultSpeaker: Jonathan Perreault
Title: RNAstem and RiboGap: Bioinformatic Tools to Help Discover Noncoding RNAs
2013-2014

Session 5: 2014-02-03
Chairman: Éric Massé

Michelle ScottSpeaker: Michelle Scott
Title: Differential processing for human box C/D snoRNAs
2013-2014

Session 5: 2014-02-03
Chairman: Éric Massé

Paul JoyceSpeaker: Matthew Leibovitch
Title: Relating changes in the localization of Arabidopsis tRNA nucleotidyltransferase to changes in its structure, stability and activity.
2013-2014

Session 5: 2014-02-03
Chairman: Éric Massé

Hans-Joachim WiedenSpeaker: Dylan Girodat, Msc Student
Title: Charting the Thermodynamic Landscape of Nucleotide Binding in EF-Tu.
2013-2014

Session 4: 2014-01-13
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Daniel ZenklusenSpeaker: To be determined
Title: To be determined
2013-2014

Session 4: 2014-01-13
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Martin SimardSpeaker: Gabriel Bossé, Ph.D Student
Title: Identification of a new modulator of microRNA turnover.
2013-2014

Session 4: 2014-01-13
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Éric MasséSpeaker: David Lalaouna
Title: How to catch a predator. A sponge's story.
2013-2014

Session 3: 2013-12-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Mark BayfieldSpeaker: Ana Vakiloroayaei, Ph D student
Title: Investigating how the RNA chaperone La engages folded versus unfolded RNA substrates
2013-2014

Session 3: 2013-12-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Chantal AutexierSpeaker: Philippe Rousseau
Title: Inactive C-terminal Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Insertion Splicing Variants are Dominant-negative Inhibitors of Telomerase
2013-2014

Session 3: 2013-12-02
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Rachel Jodoin, Ph D student
Title: A new scoring system for the RNA G-quadruplexes
2013-2014

Session 2: 2013-11-04
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Luc DesgroseillersSpeaker: Xin Zhang
Title: Stau2 expression in response to DNA damages
2013-2014

Session 2: 2013-11-04
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Bill ZergesSpeaker: Yu Zhan
Title: Control of oxidative damage to RNA in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas
2013-2014

Session 2: 2013-11-04
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Pascale LegaultSpeaker: Alexandre Desjardins, PhD student
Title: Multimeric assembly of Lin28 proteins on let-7 miRNAs precursors
2013-2014

Session 2: 2013-11-04
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

François BachandSpeaker: Gheorghe Pal, MSc student
Title: Auto-regulation of PABPN1, the gene mutated in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
2013-2014

Session 1: 2013-10-07
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Nahum SonenbergSpeaker: Tommy Alain, Ph.D.
Title: Translation control of innate immunity and viral oncolysis.
2013-2014

Session 1: 2013-10-07
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Imed GallouziSpeaker: Imed Gallouzi, Ph.D.
Title: HuR and miR-1192 regulate myogenesis by modulating the translation of HMGB1 mRNA.
2013-2014

Session 1: 2013-10-07
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Philip JohnsonSpeaker: Oren Reinstein, PhD student
Title: Thermodynamic and Strucural Analysis of High Affinity Off-target Ligand Binding by the Cocaine Binding Aptamer
2012-2013

Session 9: 2013-06-03
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Chantal AutexierSpeaker: Ricky Kwan, MSc student
Title: The Investigation of EWS as a Telomerase Associated Protein
2012-2013

Session 9: 2013-06-03
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Eric JanSpeaker: Qian Ren, PhD Student
Title: Insights into alternative reading frame selection by a tRNA-like domain of a viral internal ribosome entry site
2012-2013

Session 9: 2013-06-03
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Cyrielle Petibon, MSc student
Title: Finding the secret code for the production of the S9 twin genes
2012-2013

Session 9: 2013-06-03
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Stephen RaderSpeaker: Liz Dunn, PhD Student
Title: U6 snRNA Structure in the Free U6 snRNP Reveals Mechanistic Insights into Spliceosome Activation
2012-2013

Session 8:2013-05-06
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Ute Wieden-KotheSpeaker: Jenna Friedt
Title: What R can do for U: The Role of Arg181 in Pseudouridine Formation by TruB
2012-2013

Session 8:2013-05-06
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Eric LecuyerSpeaker: Dr. Carole Iampietro
Title: Chk2-dependent regulation of mRNA nuclear retention as a novel facet of the DNA damage response
2012-2013

Session 8:2013-05-06
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Francois MajorSpeaker: Stephen Leong
Title: Predict RNA 2D and 3D Structure over the Internet Using MC-Tools
2012-2013

Session 8:2013-05-06
Chairman: Michelle Scott

Tony RussellSpeaker: Ashley Moore, PhD Student
Title: snoPatrol: Characterization of snoRNAs in the protist Euglena gracilis
2012-2013

Session 7: 2013-04-08
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Andrew MoulandSpeaker: Christina Crossie, Graduate Student
Title: HIV-1 RNA Trafficking
2012-2013

Session 7: 2013-04-08
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Pascale LegaultSpeaker: Patricia Bouchard, PhD Student
Title: Structure determination of a highly-stable kissing-loop interaction from the Neurospora VS ribozyme
2012-2013

Session 7: 2013-04-08
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Marlene OeffingerSpeaker: Pierre Zindy, Post-Doc Student
Title: The human protein Nol12-ribosome biogenesis meets DNA damage and senescence
2012-2013

Session 7: 2013-04-08
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Bhushan NagarSpeaker: Irene Xie, Undergraduate Student
Title: Structural characterization of IFIT1 and IFIT3
2012-2013

Session 6: 2013-03-04
Chairman: Francois Bachand

Luc DesGroseillersSpeaker: Mehdi Ghram, PhD student
Title: Staufen1 and its beloved mRNAs : for a walk along the cycle.
2012-2013

Session 6: 2013-03-04
Chairman: Francois Bachand

Xavier RoucouSpeaker: Benoit Vanderperre, PhD Student
Title: Direct identification of alternative open reading frames translation products in human expands the proteome.
2012-2013

Session 6: 2013-03-04
Chairman: Francois Bachand

Thomas DuchaineSpeaker: Mathieu Flamand, PhD Student
Title: A non-canonical site unveils multiple cooperative mechanisms in microRNA-mediated silencing.
2012-2013

Session 5: 2013-02-04
Chairman: Eric Masse

Jonathan PerreaultSpeaker: Jonathan Perreault, professor
Title: Finding noncoding RNAs in bacteria
2012-2013

Session 5: 2013-02-04
Chairman: Eric Masse

Francois BachandSpeaker: Jean-Francois Lemay, PhD Student
Title: Let the termination ... meet the degradation
2012-2013

Session 5: 2013-02-04
Chairman: Eric Masse

Paul JoyceSpeaker: Prit-Kamal Sandhu, graduate student
Title: Restoring catalytic activity but not thermostability suppresses a temperature-sensitive mutation in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene encoding tRNA nucleotidyltransferase
2012-2013

Session 5: 2013-02-04
Chairman: Eric Masse

Tony RussellSpeaker: Ashley Moore, PhD Student
Title: snoPatrol: Characterization of snoRNAs in the protist Euglena gracilis
2012-2013

Session 4: 2013-01-14
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Hans-Joachim WiedenSpeaker: Coatham Mackenzie
Title: Flipping the switch: the ribosome modulates the gtpase activity of HflX
2012-2013

Session 4: 2013-01-14
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Francois BachandSpeaker: Anne-Marie Landry-Voyer
Title: Characterization of an extra-ribosomal complex between the ribosomal protein S2 and the protein arginine methyltransferase, PRMT3
2012-2013

Session 4: 2013-01-14
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Pascal ChartrandSpeaker: Karen Shahbabian
Title: Coordinated assembly of localization and translational control factors on mRNA during transcription
2012-2013

Session 4: 2013-01-14
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Eric Masse & Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Maxime Simoneau-Roy
Title: A trans-acting riboswitch, the thiB riboswitch of Escherichia coli might be
2012-2013

Session 3: 2012-12-03
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Mark BayfieldSpeaker: Lidia Sinavaskaia
Title: Fitting in a missing piece of the LARP puzzle: Characterization of the S. pombe La-Related Protein SLR1
2012-2013

Session 3: 2012-12-03
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Samuel Rouleau
Title: Targeting specific G-Quadruplexes with oligonucleotides
2012-2013

Session 3: 2012-12-03
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Michelle ScottSpeaker: Michelle Scott
Title: Non-canonical roles for snoRNAs
2012-2013

Session 2: 2012-11-05
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Bill ZergesSpeaker: James Dhaliwal
Title: A chloroplast stress granule protein mitigates RNA oxidative damage in Chlamydomonas
2012-2013

Session 2: 2012-11-05
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Raymund WellingerSpeaker: Nancy Laterreur
Title: The telomerase RNA has many structural secrets up its sleeve
2012-2013

Session 2: 2012-11-05
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Sébastien H. Eschbach
Title: The SAM-I riboswitch: A tale with a twist
2012-2013

Session 1:2012-10-15
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Steven ZimmerlySpeaker: Dewan Billal
Title: A reverse transcriptase-related protein mediates phage resistance through an abortive infection mechanism that appears to target the ribosome
2012-2013

Session 1:2012-10-15
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Laurène Bastet
Title: Two ncRNA in crime: The CoB12 riboswitch and the small RNA OmrB shut down the expression of btuB
2012-2013

Session 1:2012-10-15
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Kalle GehringSpeaker: Jingwei Xie
Title: Functional insight into MLLE domain containing proteins
2012-2013

Session 1:2012-10-15
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Nahum SonenbergSpeaker: Nathaniel Robichaud
Title: Translational Control of Cancer: eIF4E Phosphorylation and Metastasis
2011-2012

Session 9: 2012-06-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

François BachandSpeaker: Valerie Grenier-St-Sauveur
Title: Nabbing the role of fission yeast Nab2 in gene regulation.
2011-2012

Session 9: 2012-06-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Anne GatignolSpeaker: Eileen Shaw
Title: The PKR activator, PACT, becomes a PKR inhibitor during HIV replication.
2011-2012

Session 9: 2012-06-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Imed GallouziSpeaker: Jennifer Ma
Title: The role and regulation of STAT3 in cachexia-induced muscle wasting.
2011-2012

Session 9: 2012-06-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Martin PelchatSpeaker: Yasnee Beeharry
Title: Conserved features of an RNA promoter recognized by the human RNA Polymerase II.
2011-2012

Session 8:2012-05-07
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Sébastien RodrigueSpeaker: Sébastien Rodrigue
Title: Transcriptome and proteome dynamics of a light-dark synchronized bacterial cell cycle
2011-2012

Session 8:2012-05-07
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Bhushan NagarSpeaker: Yazan Abbas
Title: Structural Analysis of an Interferon-Inducible Protein
2011-2012

Session 8:2012-05-07
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Rachid MazrouiSpeaker: Cristina Gareau
Title: Characterization of Fragile X Mental Retardation protein-granules formation and dynamics in drosophila
2011-2012

Session 8:2012-05-07
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Bill ZergesSpeaker: Matthew Peters
Title: Translation is compartmentalized for photosystem II biogenesis
2011-2012

Session 7: 2012-04-02
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Thomas DuchaineSpeaker: Ariel Donayo
Title: Deconstructing the miR-17~92 miRNA cluster
2011-2012

Session 7: 2012-04-02
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Andrew MoulandSpeaker: Fernando Valiente-Echeverria
Title: HIV-1-mediated blockade to stress granule assembly
2011-2012

Session 7: 2012-04-02
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Stephen RaderSpeaker: Cassie Fayowski, Matt Halstead and Anthony Daniele
Title: U1, C. merolae lost: the mysterious tale of the disappearing snRNP
2011-2012

Session 7: 2012-04-02
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Éric LécuyerSpeaker: Dr. Neal Cody
Title: Transcriptome profiling reveals a broad role for the Drosophila Muscleblind protein in mRNA localization
2011-2012

Session 6: 2012-03-12
Chairman: François Bachand

Chantal AutexierSpeaker: Josephine Chu
Title: Role of the human telomerase ‘insertion in fingers domain’ in cancer and premature aging disease
2011-2012

Session 6: 2012-03-12
Chairman: François Bachand

Kalle GehringSpeaker: Nozhat Safaee
Title: Crystal structure of the parallel double-stranded helix of poly(A) RNA
2011-2012

Session 6: 2012-03-12
Chairman: François Bachand

Paul JoyceSpeaker: Matthew Leibovitch
Title: Altered cellular distribution of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase in plants
2011-2012

Session 6: 2012-03-12
Chairman: François Bachand

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Jérôme Barbier
Title: Genomic instability and the evolution of alternative splicing profiles
2011-2012

Session 5: 2012-02-06
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Pascal ChartrandSpeaker: Emilio Cusanelli
Title: A tail of TERRA
2011-2012

Session 5: 2012-02-06
Chairman: Gilles Boire

François MajorSpeaker: Maria Abella
Title: Analysis of the alternative riboswitch RNA 2D structures: The case of attenuators
2011-2012

Session 5: 2012-02-06
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Katalin A. HudakSpeaker: Meherzad Kutky
Title: Pokeweed antiviral protein inhibits HIV-I transcription
2011-2012

Session 5: 2012-02-06
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Steven ZimmerlySpeaker: Bonnie McNeil
Title: Alternative splicing of a group II intron in Clostridium tetani
2011-2012

Session 4: 2012-01-16
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Brendan BellSpeaker: Catherine Kamtchueng
Title: Alternative splicing of the apoptotic isoform TAF6delta, a co-factor of transcription
2011-2012

Session 4: 2012-01-16
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Barbara PapadopoulouSpeaker: Serge Cloutier
Title: Co- and post-translational regulation of the Leishmania eukaryotic initiation factor eIF2alpha subunit in response to stress and during the parasite’s intracellular development
2011-2012

Session 4: 2012-01-16
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Hans-Joachim WiedenSpeaker: Kirsten Rosler
Title: Molecular dynamics simulations in conjunction with biochemical studies identify a conserved Histidine as essential for ATP-hydrolysis in the universally conserved NTPase YchF
2011-2012

Session 4: 2012-01-16
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Ute KotheSpeaker: Laura Keffer-Wilkes
Title: Come together over U – Pseudouridine Synthases meet RNA
2011-2012

Session 3: 2011-12-05
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Christopher FrancklynSpeaker: Susan Robey-Bond
Title: The Role of a Mutation in Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase in Usher-like Syndrome Deafness
2011-2012

Session 3: 2011-12-05
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Marlene OeffingerSpeaker: Christian Trahan
Title: Checking out the 'hood': targeted crosslinking to study protein structures and interactions
2011-2012

Session 3: 2011-12-05
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Eric JanSpeaker: Hilda Au
Title: Characterization of the tRNA mimic within a viral internal ribosome entry site
2011-2012

Session 3: 2011-12-05
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Pascale LegaultSpeaker: Alexandre Desjardins
Title: Deciphering the molecular determinants of the complex formed by the microRNA let-7g and the pluripotency factor Lin28
2011-2012

Session 2: 2011-11-07
Chairman: Eric Massé

Christopher FrancklynSpeaker: Susan Robey-Bond
Title: The Role of a Mutation in Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase in Usher-like Syndrome Deafness
2011-2012

Session 2: 2011-11-07
Chairman: Eric Massé

Mark BayfieldSpeaker: Rawaa Hussain
Title: RNA binding and chaperone activity of human La-related proteins. Same function, different targets?
2011-2012

Session 2: 2011-11-07
Chairman: Eric Massé

Martin SimardSpeaker: Alejandro Vasquez
Title: MicroRNA on the vesicular road
2011-2012

Session 2: 2011-11-07
Chairman: Eric Massé

François DragonSpeaker: Vincent Lemay
Title: Split personalities: The case of ribosomal protein S18
2011-2012

Session 1:2011-10-17
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Nahum SonenbergSpeaker: Maritza Jaramillo Patinod
Title: Translational control through the phosphorylation of eIF4E: Friend or Foe of the innate immune response?
2011-2012

Session 1:2011-10-17
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Laurène Bastet
Title: The dark side of the CoB12 riboswitch: from the switch to the regulation mechanism
2011-2012

Session 1:2011-10-17
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Paul LaskoSpeaker: Chiara Gamberi
Title: A tale of two tails. How polarity is established in Drosophila
2011-2012

Session 1:2011-10-17
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Title: EarthQuaking the ovarian tumor microenvironment
2010-2011

Session 9: 2011-06-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Bhushan NagarSpeaker: Filipp Frank
Title: Structural Analysis of 5'-mRNA-Cap Interactions with the Human AGO2 MID Domain
2010-2011

Session 9: 2011-06-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Ute KotheSpeaker: Rajashekhar Kamalampeta
Title: The role of proteins Nop10 and Gar1 for Cbf5-catalyzed pseudouridine formation
2010-2011

Session 9: 2011-06-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Andrew MoulandSpeaker: Lara Ajamian
Title: UPF1: La CRM de la CRM of HIV-1 RNA export
2010-2011

Session 9: 2011-06-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Brendan BellSpeaker: Aurélie Delannoy
Title: Study of the Modus Operandi of the cellular killer Taf6delta
2010-2011

Session 9: 2011-06-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Eric JanSpeaker: Qian Ren
Title: Alternative reading frame selection mediated by a viral tRNA-mimic internal ribosome entry site
2010-2011

Session 8:2011-05-02
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Martin BisaillonSpeaker: Maude Tremblay-Létourneau
Title: Virtual high-throughput screening identifies mycophenolic acid as a novel RNA capping inhibitor
2010-2011

Session 8:2011-05-02
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Sherif Abou Elela && Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Marc-André Comeau
Title: Regulation of RNase III mediated RNA metabolism
2010-2011

Session 8:2011-05-02
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Steven ZimmerlySpeaker: Bonnie McNeil
Title: Alternative splicing of a group II intron in Clostridium tetani
2010-2011

Session 8:2011-05-02
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Ute KotheSpeaker: Rajashekhar Kamalampeta
Title: The role of proteins Nop10 and Gar1 for Cbf5-catalyzed pseudouridine formation
2010-2011

Session 8:2011-05-02
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Mark BayfieldSpeaker: Amir Naeeni
Title: Functional analysis of the conserved RNA chaperone activity of La proteins
2010-2011

Session 7: 2011-04-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Martin SimardSpeaker: Gabriel Bossé
Title: C. elegans genetics uncovers a key regulator of the microRNA levels
2010-2011

Session 7: 2011-04-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Thomas DuchaineSpeaker: Ahilya Sawh
Title: A Truncated Dicer Tilts the Balance of RNAi Pathways in C. elegans
2010-2011

Session 7: 2011-04-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Luc DesgroseillersSpeaker: Véronique Trépanier
Title: Staufen-associated mRNAs during mitosis
2010-2011

Session 7: 2011-04-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Anne GatignolSpeaker: Robert Scarborough
Title: Design and Evaluation of SOFA HDV-Rzs Targeting HIV
2010-2011

Session 7: 2011-04-04
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Bill ZergesSpeaker: James Dhaliwal
Title: RNA quality control requires an RNA-binding protein of (chloroplast) stress granules
2010-2011

Session 6: 2011-03-07
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Mark BayfieldSpeaker: Amir Naeeni
Title: Functional analysis of the conserved RNA chaperone activity of La proteins
2010-2011

Session 6: 2011-03-07
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Steven ZimmerlySpeaker: Steven Zimmerly
Title: Novel mechanisms of group II intron splice-site recognition in Clostridium tetani
2010-2011

Session 6: 2011-03-07
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Bill ZergesSpeaker: James Dhaliwal
Title: RNA quality control requires an RNA-binding protein of (chloroplast) stress granules
2010-2011

Session 6: 2011-03-07
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Francois MajorSpeaker: Véronique Lisi
Title: Identification of microRNA/Transcription Factor Auto-Regulatory Loops and their Role in Proliferation and Hematopoiesis
2010-2011

Session 5: 2011-02-07
Chairman: François Bachand

Raymund WellingerSpeaker: Jean-François Noël
Title: Telomerase RNA 3' end formation in S. cerevisiae
2010-2011

Session 5: 2011-02-07
Chairman: François Bachand

Gerardo FerbeyreSpeaker: Mathieu Vernier
Title: Regulation of E2Fs and senescence by PML nuclear bodies
2010-2011

Session 5: 2011-02-07
Chairman: François Bachand

Chantal AutexierSpeaker: Sanjida Khondaker
Title: The role of Alternatively-Spliced Variants of the Mouse Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase in Telomerase Regulation
2010-2011

Session 5: 2011-02-07
Chairman: François Bachand

Pascal ChartrandSpeaker: Faissal Ouenzar
Title: Telomerase RNA trafficking and DNA damage response
2010-2011

Session 4: 2011-01-10
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Eric MasséSpeaker: Julie-Anna Benjamin
Title: Antagonist regulation of an mRNA by a small RNA and a regulatory binding protein
2010-2011

Session 4: 2011-01-10
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Audrey Dubé
Title: New insights into riboswitch regulatory mechanisms
2010-2011

Session 4: 2011-01-10
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Rachid MazrouiSpeaker: Cristina Gareau
Title: p21WAF1/CIP1 upregulation through the Stress Granules-associated CUGBP1 confers chemoresistance
2010-2011

Session 4: 2011-01-10
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Paul JoyceSpeaker: Mark Goring
Title: Temperature-sensitivity suppressor mutations in tRNA nucleotidyltransferase: replacing dogma with data
2010-2011

Session 4: 2011-01-10
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Barbara PapadopoulouSpeaker: Prasad Padmanabhan
Title: Antisense RNA-mediated ribosomal RNA degradation in the parasitic protozoan Leishmania and its link to apoptosis
2010-2011

Session 3: 2010-12-06
Chairman: Eric Massé

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Michel Lévesque
Title: Optimization of the design for efficient production of SOFA-HDV ribozymes
2010-2011

Session 3: 2010-12-06
Chairman: Eric Massé

Benoit CousineauSpeaker: Cecilia Quiroga
Title: Factors involved in cis and trans-splicing of Ll.LtrB group II intron
2010-2011

Session 3: 2010-12-06
Chairman: Eric Massé

Martin PelchatSpeaker: Martin Pelchat
Title: Functional relationship between hepatitis delta virus and viroids
2010-2011

Session 3: 2010-12-06
Chairman: Eric Massé

Hans-Joachim WiedenSpeaker: Evan Mercier
Title: Modulating P-loop entropy in EF-Tu affects GTP binding
2010-2011

Session 2: 2010-11-01
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

François BachandSpeaker: Caroline Lemieux
Title: Gene regulation by polyadenylation-dependent pre-mRNA decay
2010-2011

Session 2: 2010-11-01
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Imed GallouziSpeaker: Anne Cammas
Title: Posttranscriptional regulation of nucleophosmin is required for muscle fiber formation
2010-2011

Session 2: 2010-11-01
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Marlene OeffingerSpeaker: Marlene Oeffinger
Title: Understanding dynamic maturation of ribosomes and its link to cell division
2010-2011

Session 2: 2010-11-01
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Stéphane RichardSpeaker: Stéphane Richard
Title: The role of sam68 in regulating metabolism
2010-2011

Session 1:2010-10-13
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Caroline DiorioSpeaker: Caroline Diorio
Title: Alternative splicing events and breast cancer survival: preliminary results
2010-2011

Session 1:2010-10-13
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Lulzim Shkreta
Title: The DNA damage response pathway regulates the alternative splicing of the apoptotic mediator Bcl-x
2010-2011

Session 1:2010-10-13
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Marc TherrienSpeaker: Dariel Ashton-Beaucage
Title: The EJC and Splicing Factors Act on RAS1/MAPK Signaling by Altering the Splicing of mapk/rl
2010-2011

Session 1:2010-10-13
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Jocelyn CotéSpeaker: Gabriel Sanchez
Title: Functional Relationship between SMN and CARM1: implications for SMA
2009-2010

Session 8:2010-06-07
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Leyla Aksouh
Title: Nuclear degradation regulates the cell cycle dependent expression and localization of the septin checkpoint kinase HSL1
2009-2010

Session 8:2010-06-07
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Luc DesgroseillersSpeaker: Maria Sanchez-Carbente
Title: DEAD-box 3 RNA helicase associates with specific mRNA population in brain: insight on mRNA transport
2009-2010

Session 8:2010-06-07
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Brendan BellSpeaker: Emmanuelle Wilhelm
Title: Getting to the core of HIV latency: CTGC promoter motifs are essential for Tat-activated transcription
2009-2010

Session 8:2010-06-07
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Hans-Joachim WiedenSpeaker: Alvin Altamirano
Title: The functional characterization of the universally conserved P-loop NTPase YchF
2009-2010

Session 7: 2010-05-03
Chairman: François Bachand

Rachid MazrouiSpeaker: Cristina Gareau
Title: Stress Granules formation: a possible mechanism for chemoresistance
2009-2010

Session 7: 2010-05-03
Chairman: François Bachand

François MajorSpeaker: Paul Dallaire
Title: A microRNA hidden amongst the YRNAs
2009-2010

Session 7: 2010-05-03
Chairman: François Bachand

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Laetitia Michelle
Title: Exon-Junction Complex proteins regulate Bcl-x alternative splicing
2009-2010

Session 7: 2010-05-03
Chairman: François Bachand

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Mathieu Lavoie
Title: Probing the target bias of the RNA degradation machinery
2009-2010

Session 6: 2010-04-12
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Ute KotheSpeaker: Ute Kothe
Title: Insight into the mechanism of TruB-catalyzed pseudouridine synthesis
2009-2010

Session 6: 2010-04-12
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Alexandre Cloutier
Title: Finding the regulatory factor for Bcl-x: a question of life and death
2009-2010

Session 6: 2010-04-12
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Pascal ChartrandSpeaker: Amélie Forget
Title: Co-transcriptional recruitment of the translational repressor Puf6p on nascent ASH1 mRNA
2009-2010

Session 6: 2010-04-12
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Kalle GehringSpeaker: Guennadi Kozlov
Title: Structural studies of the role of the MLLE domain of Poly(A) binding protein in miRNA-mediated mRNA deadenylation
2009-2010

Session 5: 2010-03-08
Chairman: Eric Massé

François BachandSpeaker: Caroline Lemieux
Title: A novel function for Pab2 in the quality control of pre-mRNA splicing
2009-2010

Session 5: 2010-03-08
Chairman: Eric Massé

Hans-Joachim WiedenSpeaker: Jeffrey Fischer
Title: Is the universally conserved GTPase HflX a ribosome associated factor?
2009-2010

Session 5: 2010-03-08
Chairman: Eric Massé

Raymund WellingerSpeaker: Isabelle Dionne
Title: Telomerase RNA: what kind of RNA is that ?
2009-2010

Session 5: 2010-03-08
Chairman: Eric Massé

Pascale LegaultSpeaker: Vanessa Delfosse
Title: Purine riboswitch structure: a unique evolutionary-excluded structural mimicry
2009-2010

Session 4: 2010-02-01
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Patrick St-Pierre
Title: The regulatory nature of riboswitches determines the ligand binding mechanism
2009-2010

Session 4: 2010-02-01
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

François BachandSpeaker: Olivier St-André
Title: Pab2: the moodkiller of fission yeast meiosis
2009-2010

Session 4: 2010-02-01
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Martin BisaillonSpeaker: Frédéric Picard-Jean
Title: Can the immunosuppressive agent Mizoribine interfere with the RNA capping apparatus?
2009-2010

Session 4: 2010-02-01
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Bill ZergesSpeaker: Yu Zhan
Title: Functional analyses of chloroplast stress granules
2009-2010

Session 3: 2010-01-11
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Imed GallouziSpeaker: Imed Gallouzi
Title: The early steps of muscle fiber formation require HuR-mediated expression of the Alarmin HMGB1
2009-2010

Session 3: 2010-01-11
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Jean-Denis Beaudoin
Title: G-quadruplex structure: a translation repressor broadly found in the transcriptome
2009-2010

Session 3: 2010-01-11
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Martin BisaillonSpeaker: Issur Moheshwarnath
Title: In vitro reconstitution of the Flaviviral RNA capping machinery
2009-2010

Session 2: 2009-12-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Steven ZimmerlySpeaker: Chen Wang
Title: A reverse transcriptase-related protein mediates phage abortive
2009-2010

Session 2: 2009-12-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Thomas DuchaineSpeaker: Edlyn Wu
Title: MicroRNA mediated silencing in the early embryo of C elegans
2009-2010

Session 2: 2009-12-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Benoit Heppell
Title: A helical domain of the SAM riboswitch pre-folds the ligand binding site
2009-2010

Session 2: 2009-12-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

François DragonSpeaker: Vincent Lemay
Title: Identification of novel snR30 partners
2009-2010

Session 1:2009-11-02
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Hans-Joachim WiedenSpeaker: Evelina DeLaurentiis
Title: Identification of structural determinants critical for the function of LepA
2009-2010

Session 1:2009-11-02
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Andrew MoulandSpeaker: Anne Monette
Title: HIV-1 induces cytoplasmic retention of hnRNP A1 by disrupting nuclear import
2009-2010

Session 1:2009-11-02
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Anne GatignolSpeaker: Jean-François Gélinas
Title: Ribonucleoproteic complex formed around PKR during HIV replication
2009-2010

Session 1:2009-11-02
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Eric MasséSpeaker: Hubert Salvail
Title: The small regulatory RNA RyhB is essential for enterobactin production in E. coli.
2008-2009

Session 8:2009-06-01
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Rachid MazrouiSpeaker: Sophie Mokas
Title: Uncoupling Stress Granule Assembly and Inhibition of Translation Initiation
2008-2009

Session 8:2009-06-01
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Anne GatignolSpeaker: Sylvanne Daniels
Title: HIV-encoded elements disrupt RNA interference activity
2008-2009

Session 8:2009-06-01
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

LGFUSSpeaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Title: High-Throughput Quantification of Splicing Isoforms in Clinical Samples
2008-2009

Session 8:2009-06-01
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Jérôme Mulhbacher
Title: Use Of Guanine Riboswitches As New Antibiotic Target For Treatment Of S. aureus And C. difficile Infections
2008-2009

Session 7: 2009-05-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Mathieu Lavoie
Title: A Genome-Wide Approach for Defining Substrate Specificity of a Ribonuclease III
2008-2009

Session 7: 2009-05-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Kenneth HastingsSpeaker: Brendan Yeats
Title: Unexpected Features of Spliced Leader related RNAs of Ciona intestinalis
2008-2009

Session 7: 2009-05-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Eric MasséSpeaker: Hubert Salvail
Title: Translational activation of shikimate import by the small RNA RyhB: molecular and physiological insights
2008-2009

Session 7: 2009-05-04
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Masad DamhaSpeaker: Glen Deleavey
Title: Fluorinated Nucleosides: Modifying siRNA to Improve Stability and Activity
2008-2009

Session 6: 2009-04-06
Chairman: Eric Massé

Barbara PapadopoulouSpeaker: Prasad Padmanabhan
Title: Life without RNAi: How Leishmania does silence gene expression?
2008-2009

Session 6: 2009-04-06
Chairman: Eric Massé

Léa Brakier-GingrasSpeaker: Johanie Charbonneau
Title: The Efficiency of a Programmed -1 Ribosomal Frameshift of HIV-1 Is Not Affected by Changes Altering the Rate of Cap-dependent Translation Initiation
2008-2009

Session 6: 2009-04-06
Chairman: Eric Massé

Martin SimardSpeaker: Alejandro Vasquez Rifo
Title: Function and Genetic interaction of the C. elegans alg-1 and alg-2 genes
2008-2009

Session 6: 2009-04-06
Chairman: Eric Massé

Luc DesgroseillersSpeaker: Karine Boulay
Title: The control of Staufen 1 expression by APC/C-Cdh1 complex is required for mitosis progression
2008-2009

Session 5: 2009-03-09
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Pascale LegaultSpeaker: Ao Yang
Title: NMR and biophysical studies of the interactions between human FCP1 and general transcription factor TFII
2008-2009

Session 5: 2009-03-09
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Bill ZergesSpeaker: Oussama Rifai
Title: Is there an ER in the chloroplast? Isolation and characterization of novel membranes on which chloroplast mRNAs are translated
2008-2009

Session 5: 2009-03-09
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Imed GallouziSpeaker: Christopher Von Roretz
Title: Role-reversal of HuR in apoptosis: Implication of caspases and the stress kinase PKR
2008-2009

Session 5: 2009-03-09
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Simon Blouin
Title: Dissecting the folding pathway of a lysine-binding riboswitch
2008-2009

Session 4: 2009-02-02
Chairman: François Bachand

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Laetitia Michelle
Title: RNA-Binding Proteins of the Exon-Junction Complex regulate Bcl-x alternative splicing: connecting NMD defects to apoptosis?
2008-2009

Session 4: 2009-02-02
Chairman: François Bachand

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Raja Chinnappan
Title: Real-time monitoring riboswitch-controlled gene expression using molecular beacons
2008-2009

Session 4: 2009-02-02
Chairman: François Bachand

Hans-Joachim WiedenSpeaker: Evan Mercier
Title: Structural dynamics and nucleotide exchange in Elongation Factor Tu
2008-2009

Session 4: 2009-02-02
Chairman: François Bachand

Martin BisaillonSpeaker: Moheshwarnath Issur
Title: Determining cap donor/acceptor specificities of the mRNA capping machinery
2008-2009

Session 3: 2009-01-12
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

François DragonSpeaker: Christian Trahan
Title: Effects of dyskeratosis congenita mutations on telomerase assembly
2008-2009

Session 3: 2009-01-12
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Pascal ChartrandSpeaker: Franck Gallardo
Title: Following the intracellular dynamic of the yeast telomerase RNA in living cells
2008-2009

Session 3: 2009-01-12
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Francois BachandSpeaker: Jean-François Lemay
Title: A Novel Function for the Nuclear Poly(A)-Binding Protein
2008-2009

Session 3: 2009-01-12
Chairman: Daniel Lafontaine

Subburaj IlangumaranSpeaker: Subburaj Ilangumaran
Title: Cytolytic T Lymphocyte Activation without Antigen: Instances, Implications & Mechanisms
2008-2009

Session 2: 2008-12-01
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Eric MasséSpeaker: Eric Massé
Title: Small RNA-induced mRNA degradation in bacteria
2008-2009

Session 2: 2008-12-01
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Mathieu Catala
Title: Yeast RNase III is required for the degradation of cell cycle dependent messenger RNAs
2008-2009

Session 2: 2008-12-01
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Patrick St-Pierre
Title: Characterization of the siRNAs associated with peach latent mosaic viroid infection
2008-2009

Session 2: 2008-12-01
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Reymund WellingerSpeaker: Nancy Laterreur
Title: Discovery of a conserved RNA element important for telomerase function
2008-2009

Session 1:2008-11-03
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Kalle GehringSpeaker: Marie Ménade
Title: Binding studies of the translational stimulator paip1 protein in complex with the recently identified eIF3 subunit p44 involved in eIF3-paip1 interaction
2008-2009

Session 1:2008-11-03
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Martin BisaillonSpeaker: Marie soulière
Title: Study of a Decapping Enzyme Provides Evidence for a Two-metal Ion Mechanism
2008-2009

Session 1:2008-11-03
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Benoit Heppell
Title: Peripheral elements of the SAM riboswitch influence ligand binding affinity
2008-2009

Session 1:2008-11-03
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Brendan BellSpeaker: Marie-Eve Stébenne
Title: Regulation of expression of death-inducing TAF6delta via alternative splicing
2007-2008

Session 8:2008-06-02
Chairman: Eric Massé

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Jean-Francois Lemay
Title: Single-molecule FRET reveals implication of core mutation in the folding dynamics of the adenine riboswitch
2007-2008

Session 8:2008-06-02
Chairman: Eric Massé

Chantal AutexierSpeaker: Johans Fakhoury
Title: Heterologous Mouse and Human Telomerase Complexes are Defective in Telomere Maintenance
2007-2008

Session 8:2008-06-02
Chairman: Eric Massé

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Ghada Ghazal
Title: Co-transcriptional Cleavage by yeast RNase III provides a regulatory mechanism for 3’end mRNA processing
2007-2008

Session 8:2008-06-02
Chairman: Eric Massé

Martin SimardSpeaker: Samir Bouasker
Title: Biochemical studies of the Argonautes proteins in C. elegans
2007-2008

Session 7: 2008-05-05
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Kalle GehringSpeaker: Nozhat Safaee
Title: Structural studies of the complex of eIF4G and PABP: an interaction responsible for circularization of mRNA and translation stimulation
2007-2008

Session 7: 2008-05-05
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Rachid MazrouiSpeaker: Sophie Mokas
Title: Mechanisms of stress granules formation
2007-2008

Session 7: 2008-05-05
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Simon Blouin
Title: RNA peripheral elements are intimately linked to the lysine riboswitch gene regulation process
2007-2008

Session 7: 2008-05-05
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Ken HastingsSpeaker: Ken Hastings
Title: SL trans-splicing in the chordates: high-throughput sequence analysis of SL trans-spliced mRNAs of the ascidian tunicate Ciona intertinalis
2007-2008

Session 6: 2008-04-07
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Jean-Denis Beaudoin
Title: Potassium ions modulate a G-quadruplex-ribozyme's activity
2007-2008

Session 6: 2008-04-07
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Pascal ChartrandSpeaker: Zhifa Shen
Title: Co-transcriptional recruitment of She2p to the ASH1 mRNA promotes the localization of this transcript to the bud of yeast cells
2007-2008

Session 6: 2008-04-07
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Patrick ProvostSpeaker: Marjorie Perron
Title: Biological interaction between Dicer and p63
2007-2008

Session 6: 2008-04-07
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Martin BisaillonSpeaker: Issur Moheshwarnath
Title: Probing into the structural determinants of the capping machinery
2007-2008

Session 5: 2008-03-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Thomas DuchaineSpeaker: Neetha Makil
Title: The ERI complex: a formidable silencing machine
2007-2008

Session 5: 2008-03-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Francois BachandSpeaker: Caroline Lemieux
Title: Cotranscriptional recruitment of the yeast Nuclear poly(A)-binding protein Pab2 to active genes and association with translating mRNPs
2007-2008

Session 5: 2008-03-03
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Eric MasséSpeaker: Guilaume Desnoyers
Title: Small RNA-mediated discoordination of an operon
2007-2008

Session 4: 2008-02-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Francois CorbinSpeaker: Véronique Lauzière
Title: Blood platelets: a new model to study the fragile X mental retardation protein ?
2007-2008

Session 4: 2008-02-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Jacek MajewskiSpeaker: David Benovoy
Title: Identifying alternative splicing events using the Affymetrix Human Exon Array
2007-2008

Session 4: 2008-02-04
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Jérôme Mulhbacher
Title: Guanine riboswitch inhibitors as promising new antibiotics familly against S. aureus and C. difficile
2007-2008

Session 3: 2008-01-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Alain Dandijou
Title: To be determined
2007-2008

Session 3: 2008-01-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Lea Brakier-GingrasSpeaker: Karine Gendron
Title: Cap-independent translation in HIV-1
2007-2008

Session 3: 2008-01-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Martin bisaillonSpeaker: Marie Soulière
Title: Kinetic and thermodynamic characterization of the capping enzyme from PBCV-1
2007-2008

Session 3: 2008-01-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

LGFUSSpeaker: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
Title: Methods for reprogramming cancer specific alternative splicing
2007-2008

Session 2: 2007-12-03
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

François MajorSpeaker: Marc Parisien
Title: The HIV-1 –1 Frameshifting Element Structure
2007-2008

Session 2: 2007-12-03
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Stephane RichardSpeaker: Marc-Etienne Huot
Title: Defining the Sam68 ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP) and its regulation by Epidermal Growth Factor
2007-2008

Session 2: 2007-12-03
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Jacek MajewskiSpeaker: David Benovoy
Title: Identifying alternative splicing events using the Affymetrix Human Exon Array
2007-2008

Session 2: 2007-12-03
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Benoit Heppell
Title: The importance of a long-range Watson-Crick base pair in naturally occuring SAM riboswitches
2007-2008

Session 1:2007-11-05
Chairman: François Bachand

Bill ZergesSpeaker: Jim Uniake
Title: Localization of protein synthesis for photosystem II assembly and repair
2007-2008

Session 1:2007-11-05
Chairman: François Bachand

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Lulzim Shkreta
Title: Impact of anticancer drugs on the alternative splicing of Bcl-x and other apoptotic genes
2007-2008

Session 1:2007-11-05
Chairman: François Bachand

Andrew MoulandSpeaker: Anne Monette
Title: The effects of hnRNP proteins on the regulation of HIV-1 expression
2006-2007

Session 8:2007-06-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Chantal AutexierSpeaker: Yasmin D’Souza
Title: The role of telomerase processivity in telomere length regulation
2006-2007

Session 8:2007-06-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Pascale LegaultSpeaker: Patricia Bouchard
Title: Structure-Function Studies of Substrate Recognition by the Neurospora VS Ribozyme
2006-2007

Session 8:2007-06-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Ghada Ghazal
Title: RNase III regulates the expression of polycistronic RNA in yeast
2006-2007

Session 8:2007-06-04
Chairman: Raymund Wellinger

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Jules Gagnon
Title: Looking for Rnt1p needles in the genome haystack
2006-2007

Session 7: 2007-05-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Anne GatignolSpeaker: Kaitlin Soye
Title: Decreasing HIV-1 replication by delta Ribozymes by targeting viral and cellular RNA
2006-2007

Session 7: 2007-05-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

François BachandSpeaker: François Bachand
Title: Using Fission Yeast to Unravel Polyadenylation Control
2006-2007

Session 7: 2007-05-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Mathieu Lavoie
Title: Yeast RNase III uses a flexible network of hydrogen bonds for substrate recognition
2006-2007

Session 7: 2007-05-07
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Kalle GehringSpeaker: Nadeem Siddiqui
Title: Poly(A)-nuclease interacts with the PABC domain from poly(A)-binding protein
2006-2007

Session 6: 2007-04-02
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Eric MasseSpeaker: Eric Masse
Title: Adaptation to iron starvation through a small regulatory RNA
2006-2007

Session 6: 2007-04-02
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Luc DesgroseillersSpeaker: Maria Del Rayo Sanchez Carbente
Title: The RNA helicase DEAD-box3 : an organizer of RNA granules in neurons
2006-2007

Session 6: 2007-04-02
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Patrick ProvostSpeaker: Dominique Ouellet
Title: Does HIV-1 harbor functional microRNAs?
2006-2007

Session 5: 2007-03-12
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Andrew MoulandSpeaker: Lara Ajamian
Title: Control of HIV-1 RNA Expression
2006-2007

Session 5: 2007-03-12
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Thomas DuchaineSpeaker: Thomas Duchaine
Title: RNAi-mediated loops maintain the genome's integrity
2006-2007

Session 5: 2007-03-12
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Léa Brakier-GingrasSpeaker: Johanie Charbonneau
Title: Changes in the translation initiation rate affect the frameshift efficiency of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
2006-2007

Session 5: 2007-03-12
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

LGFUSSpeaker: Takis Prinos
Title: Annotation of alternatively spliced isoforms in ovarian cancer
2006-2007

Session 4: 2007-02-05
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Jean-François Lemay
Title: When riboswitches decide to play alone: a ligand-independent riboswitch activation produced by a single-point mutation
2006-2007

Session 4: 2007-02-05
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Pascal ChartrandSpeaker: Frank Gallardo
Title: Following the maturation and trafficking of the yeast telomerase RNA
2006-2007

Session 4: 2007-02-05
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Brendan BellSpeaker: Marie-Eve Stébenne
Title: Towards the mechanism of pro-apoptotic TAF6 splicing
2006-2007

Session 4: 2007-02-05
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Asef Mufti
Title: Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication by SOFA-HDV ribozyme
2006-2007

Session 3: 2007-01-08
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Martin BisaillonSpeaker: Cédric Reymond
Title: Folding of the HDV ribozyme
2006-2007

Session 3: 2007-01-08
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Gerardo FerbeyreSpeaker: Vincent De Guire
Title: An E2F/miR-20a auto-regulatory feed-back loop
2006-2007

Session 3: 2007-01-08
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Jean-François Fisette
Title: Inbreeding between hnRNP family members
2006-2007

Session 3: 2007-01-08
Chairman: Brendan Bell

Martin SimardSpeaker: Martin Simard
Title: Juggling with the C. elegans RNA silencing pathways
2006-2007

Session 2: 2006-12-04
Chairman: Eric Massé

Barbara PapadopoulouSpeaker: Michaela Müller
Title: Extinct Short Retroposons are involved in Regulation of Gene Expression in Leishmania
2006-2007

Session 2: 2006-12-04
Chairman: Eric Massé

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Atef Nehdi
Title: HDV: from the Ribozyme to the virus
2006-2007

Session 2: 2006-12-04
Chairman: Eric Massé

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Mathieu Catala
Title: Involvement of RNase III in yeast cell cycle regulation
2006-2007

Session 2: 2006-12-04
Chairman: Eric Massé

Paul RoySpeaker: Grégory Léon
Title: Insertion of group II intron retroelements into antibiotic resistance cassettes of integron
2006-2007

Session 1:2006-11-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Jacek MajewskiSpeaker: Jacek Majewski
Title: Differences and heritability of splicing among individuals
2006-2007

Session 1:2006-11-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Edward KhandjianSpeaker: Maud Gravel & Barthélemy Tournier
Title: The Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein: RNA long distance call in neuron
2006-2007

Session 1:2006-11-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Imed GallouziSpeaker: Rachid Mazroui
Title: Molecular mechanisms of assembly and desassembly of stress granules
2006-2007

Session 1:2006-11-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Daniel LafontaineSpeaker: Benoît Heppell
Title: Folding of the SAM riboswitch
2005-2006

Session 8:2006-06-05
Chairman: Roscoe Klinck

Benoit CousineauSpeaker: Kamila Belhocine
Title: Trans-splicing of a bacterial group II intron and the origin of spliceosomal RNAs
2005-2006

Session 8:2006-06-05
Chairman: Roscoe Klinck

Pascale LegaultSpeaker: Geneviève Desjardins
Title: Structural Studies of the Neurospora VS ribozyme
2005-2006

Session 8:2006-06-05
Chairman: Roscoe Klinck

Brendan BellSpeaker: Isaac Nzaramba
Title: Mechanisms of HIV latency: role of the HIV core promoter
2005-2006

Session 8:2006-06-05
Chairman: Roscoe Klinck

Martin BisaillonSpeaker: Marie Soulière
Title: Kinetics and mechanism of action of a capping enzyme
2005-2006

Session 7: 2006-05-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Chantal AutexierSpeaker: Johans Fakhoury
Title: The role of the telomerase reverse transcriptase in the divergent regulation of mouse and human telomere function
2005-2006

Session 7: 2006-05-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Anne GatignolSpeaker: Guerline Clerzius
Title: Regulation of HIV-1 expression and replication by TRBP and PKR, two dsRNA binding proteins
2005-2006

Session 7: 2006-05-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Atef Nehdi
Title: Study of the molecular mechanism of delta ribozyme using SELEX
2005-2006

Session 7: 2006-05-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

GenomeSpeaker: Roscoe Klinck
Title: Events in alternative Splicing
2005-2006

Session 6: 2006-04-03
Chairman: Raymond Wellinger

Patrick ProvostSpeaker: Vincent Boissonneault
Title: Regulation of BACE expression by microRNAs
2005-2006

Session 6: 2006-04-03
Chairman: Raymond Wellinger

Pascal ChartrandSpeaker: Vincent De Guire
Title: A self-regulatory pathway between miR-20 and E2F transcription factors
2005-2006

Session 6: 2006-04-03
Chairman: Raymond Wellinger

François BachandSpeaker: François Bachand
Title: Regulation of the translational machinery by protein methylation
2005-2006

Session 6: 2006-04-03
Chairman: Raymond Wellinger

Léa Brakier-GingrasSpeaker: Mélissa Léger
Title: Characterisation of the interaction between the frameshift stimulatory signal of HIV-1 and the ribosome
2005-2006

Session 5: 2006-03-06
Chairman: Gilles Boire

François DragonSpeaker: Sahar Soltanieh
Title: DEAD-box protein Dbp4 is an auxiliary factor required for SSU processome function.
2005-2006

Session 5: 2006-03-06
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Ghada Ghazal
Title: A new angle of Rnt1p's mode of action.
2005-2006

Session 5: 2006-03-06
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Éric MasséSpeaker: Éric Massé
Title: Specific targeting and mechanism of a small regulatory RNA.
2005-2006

Session 5: 2006-03-06
Chairman: Gilles Boire

Imed GallouziSpeaker: Imed Gallouzi
Title: The disruption of Transportin-2-mediated HuR import is a key step in skeletal muscle differentiation.
2005-2006

Session 4: 2006-02-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Paul H. RoySpeaker: Gregory Leon
Title: Potential role of bacterial group II class C introns in integron multiresistance cassette formation and evolution.
2005-2006

Session 4: 2006-02-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Martin SimardSpeaker: Martin Simard
Title: microRNA and siRNA complexes in C. elegans
2005-2006

Session 4: 2006-02-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Marco Di FruscioSpeaker: Marco Di Fruscio
Title: Developmental consequences in Drosophila following the loss of the RNA binding protein Kep1
2005-2006

Session 4: 2006-02-06
Chairman: Benoit Chabot

Craig C. MelloSpeaker: Thomas Duchaine
Title: Functional proteomics reveals the biochemical niche of C. elegans DCR-1 in multiple small-RNA mediated pathways.
2005-2006

Session 3: 2006-01-09
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

GenomeSpeaker: Degen Zhuo
Title: A Signature for the Mammalian Young Spliceosomal Introns
2005-2006

Session 3: 2006-01-09
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Jean-François Fisette
Title: Bringing splice sites together using G force
2005-2006

Session 3: 2006-01-09
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Bill ZergesSpeaker: Jim Uniacke
Title: Chloroplast mRNA localization during oxidative stress
2005-2006

Session 3: 2006-01-09
Chairman: Sherif Abou Elela

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Natacha Dreumont
Title: Post-transcriptional regulation of drug resistance genes in yeast
2005-2006

Session 2: 2005-12-05
Chairman: Éric Massé

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Timothée Revil
Title: The democracy of a splicing decision
2005-2006

Session 2: 2005-12-05
Chairman: Éric Massé

Stephane RichardSpeaker: Erique Lukong
Title: Cellular implications of Sam68 phosphorylation
2005-2006

Session 2: 2005-12-05
Chairman: Éric Massé

Sherif Abou ElelaSpeaker: Dongling Ge
Title: Rnt1p, a Modulator of Glucose Sensing System in Yeast
2005-2006

Session 2: 2005-12-05
Chairman: Éric Massé

Chabot/Wellinger/Abou ElelaSpeaker: Julie Parenteau
Title: Construction of an intronless Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strain
2005-2006

Session 1:2005-11-07
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Luc DesgroseillersSpeaker: Laurent Chatel-Chaix
Title: Staufen participates to Gag multimerization during HIV-1 assembly in live cells
2005-2006

Session 1:2005-11-07
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Jean-Pierre PerreaultSpeaker: Francis Brière
Title: Improving sequence specific nucleic acid enzymes by the SOFA module
2005-2006

Session 1:2005-11-07
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Daniel LaFontaineSpeaker: Benoit Heppell
Title: The SAM riboswitch: Fluorescence studies using 2-aminopurine
2005-2006

Session 1:2005-11-07
Chairman: Martin Bisaillon

Benoit ChabotSpeaker: Rebeca Martinez
Title: hnRNPA/B and F/H: the fruit of the loop
2004-2005

Session 8:2005-06-06
Chairman: Perreault

Abou ElelaSpeaker: Jules Gagnon
Title: Decoding the non coding RNA with Rnt1p.
2004-2005

Session 8:2005-06-06
Chairman: Perreault

LegaultSpeaker: Pascale Legault
Title: Effect of Mg2+-ion binding on the structure of the VS Ribozyme Stem-Loop V.
2004-2005

Session 8:2005-06-06
Chairman: Perreault

AutexierSpeaker: Delphine Marie-Egyptienne
Title: A human-tetrahymena pseudoknot chimeric telomerase RNA reconstitutes a nonprocessive enzyme in vitro that is defective in telomere elongation.
2004-2005

Session 8:2005-06-06
Chairman: Perreault

DesgroseillersSpeaker: Marjolaine Maher-Laporte
Title: Identification and characterisation of molecular components of Staufen2 containing RNA granules in neurons.
2004-2005

Session 7: 2005-05-02
Chairman: Massé

BellSpeaker: Brendan Bell
Title: Gene expression in programmed cell death: the TAF6delta pathway.
2004-2005

Session 7: 2005-05-02
Chairman: Massé

FrancklynSpeaker: Ethan Guth
Title: Mechanism of aminoacyl transfer in class II Escherichia coli histidyl-tRNA synthetase (HisRS)
2004-2005

Session 7: 2005-05-02
Chairman: Massé

JoyceSpeaker: Azat Zakarian
Title: Yeast tRNA nucleotidyltransferase gene expression.
2004-2005

Session 6: 2005-04-04
Chairman: Chabot

ZergesSpeaker: James Uniacke
Title: Localization of mRNAs in the chloroplast for thylakoid membrane biogenesis and repair.
2004-2005

Session 6: 2005-04-04
Chairman: Chabot

SonenbergSpeaker: to be announced
Title: to be announced
2004-2005

Session 6: 2005-04-04
Chairman: Chabot

LafontaineSpeaker: Daniel Lafontaine
Title: To switch or not to switch: characterisation of an adenine riboswitch.
2004-2005

Session 6: 2005-04-04
Chairman: Chabot

MasséSpeaker: Eric Massé
Title: Role of the RNA chaperone Hfq in RNA-RNA interactions.
2004-2005

Session 5: 2005-03-07
Chairman: Klinck

ChabotSpeaker: Daniel Garneau
Title: Life and death decisions implicating hnRNP F/H
2004-2005

Session 5: 2005-03-07
Chairman: Klinck

GatignolSpeaker: Guerline Clerzius
Title: Virus-Host Interactions - regulation of HIV-1 Expression and Replication by Cellular RNA binding proteins
2004-2005

Session 5: 2005-03-07
Chairman: Klinck

DamhaSpeaker: David Sabatino
Title: TNovel approaches to the synthesis of branched and dendritic nucleic acids
2004-2005

Session 5: 2005-03-07
Chairman: Klinck

WellingerSpeaker: Stéphanie Larose
Title: RNase III Mediated Downregulation of the Telomerase Ribonucleoprotein Complex
2004-2005

Session 4: 2005-02-07
Chairman: Bisaillon

RoySpeaker: Dominic Bernard
Title: Inhibition of a nondiscriminating aspartyl-tRNA synthetase by aspartol-AMP : What's happening ?
2004-2005

Session 4: 2005-02-07
Chairman: Bisaillon

CousineauSpeaker: Karine Fiola
Title: Effects of delta ribozyme expression in Lactococcus lactis.
2004-2005

Session 4: 2005-02-07
Chairman: Bisaillon

ProvostSpeaker: Pierre Plante
Title: Identification of a metabolic pathway regulated by RNA interference in fission yeast.
2004-2005

Session 3: 2005-01-10
Chairman: Abou Elela

MoulandSpeaker: Kathy Lévesque
Title: HIV-1 RNA Trafficking Mediated by hnRNP A2
2004-2005

Session 3: 2005-01-10
Chairman: Abou Elela

BisaillonSpeaker: Martin Bisaillon
Title: Thermodynamics of ligand binding by the yeast mRNA-capping enzyme.
2004-2005

Session 3: 2005-01-10
Chairman: Abou Elela

BurkeSpeaker: Dominic Lambert
Title: The catalytic core of the hammerhead ribozyme
2004-2005

Session 3: 2005-01-10
Chairman: Abou Elela

ChartrandSpeaker: Guillaume Poirier
Title: Khd1p controls the translation of the yeast ASH1 mRNA by interacting with eIF4G
2004-2005

Session 2: 2004-12-06
Chairman: Wellinger

Abou ElelaSpeaker: Mathieu Catala
Title: A new link between rRNA transcription and processing in yeast.
2004-2005

Session 2: 2004-12-06
Chairman: Wellinger

DesgroseillersSpeaker: Luc Furic
Title: Bearing a Staufen1 binding site in your 3'UTR diminishes Life Expectation.
2004-2005

Session 2: 2004-12-06
Chairman: Wellinger

ChabotSpeaker: Jean-François Fissete
Title: Can hnRNP F/H proteins control 5' splice site selection?
2004-2005

Session 2: 2004-12-06
Chairman: Wellinger

PerreaultSpeaker: Lucien Junior Bergeron
Title: Target-dependent On/Off switch increases ribozyme fidelity.
2004-2005

Session 1:2004-11-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

MajorSpeaker: Paul Dallaire
Title: Hscan and hsxb1: computer tools for finding new microRNAs.
2004-2005

Session 1:2004-11-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

RichardSpeaker: André Galarneau
Title: Identification of a bipatite quaking response element.
2004-2005

Session 1:2004-11-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

GallouziSpeaker: Rachid Mazroui
Title: Posttranscription regulation and cell stress responses.
2004-2005

Session 1:2004-11-01
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Perreault

Boire and PerreaultSpeaker: Jonathan Perreault
Title: hYRNA: a novel class of retrotransposons.
2003-2004

Session 8:7/6/04
Chairman: Wellinger

Chartrand LabSpeaker: Nicolas Paquin
Title: How does Khd1p regulate the translation of the yeast bud-localized ASH1 mRNA?
2003-2004

Session 8:7/6/04
Chairman: Wellinger

Autexier LabSpeaker:Michael Taboski
Title: Expression profiles of human telomerase reverse transcriptase mRNA spliced variants.
2003-2004

Session 8:7/6/04
Chairman: Wellinger

Genome Quebec/Canada ProjectSpeaker: Klinck
Title: Antisense modulation of alternative splicing
2003-2004

Session 7: 3/5/04
Chairman: Perreault

John M. BurkeSpeaker: Christina Pecore
Title: Cobalt hexaammine mediates a novel type of photocrosslink in the hairpin ribozyme
2003-2004

Session 7: 3/5/04
Chairman: Perreault

Paul JoyceSpeaker: Xunying Shan
Title: Characterization of yeast tRNA nucleotidyltransferase
2003-2004

Session 7: 3/5/04
Chairman: Perreault

Francklyn LabSpeaker: Ethan Guth (10 minutes talk)
Title: The aminoacylation mechanism of the Escherichia coli histidyl-tRNA synthetase as determined by rapid chemical quench flow, substrate thio substitution, and mutagenesis.
2003-2004

Session 7: 3/5/04
Chairman: Perreault

Francklyn LabSpeaker: Karen Champagne (10 minutes talk)
Title: A Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase-like Domain Involved in the Regulation of ATP-Phosphoribosyl Transferase from Lactococcus lactis.
2003-2004

Session 7: 3/5/04
Chairman: Perreault

Massé LabSpeaker: Éric Massé
Title: Effect of a small antisense RNA on the iron metabolism.
2003-2004

Session 6: 5/4/04
Chairman: Chabot

PerreaultSpeaker: Jonathan Ouellet
Title: Revealing the folding pathway of delta ribozyme via crosslinking and in silico experiments.
2003-2004

Session 6: 5/4/04
Chairman: Chabot

BisaillonSpeaker: Martin Bisaillon
Title: An unexpected substrate for a viral RNA capping enzyme.
2003-2004

Session 6: 5/4/04
Chairman: Chabot

ProvostSpeaker: Isabelle Plante
Title: Identification of a novel Dicer substrate.
2003-2004

Session 6: 5/4/04
Chairman: Chabot

DesgroseillersSpeaker: Samuel Dugré-Brisson
Title: Protein synthesis modulation by human Staufen.
2003-2004

Session 5: 1/3/04
Chairman: Abou Elela

Brakier-GingrasSpeaker: François Bélanger
Title: Functional interaction between the 900 tetraloop and helix 24 of 16S rRNA within the bacterial ribosome.
2003-2004

Session 5: 1/3/04
Chairman: Abou Elela

CousineauSpeaker: Kamila Belhocine
Title: Dissemination of a group II intron in the bacterial kingdom.
2003-2004

Session 5: 1/3/04
Chairman: Abou Elela

ChabotSpeaker: Timothée Revil
Title: Splicing of Bcl-x: a life and death decision.
2003-2004

Session 4: 2/2/04
Chairman: Perreault

Paul RoySpeaker: Grégory Léon
Title: Study of a group II class C intron within the chromosomal integron of Nitrosomonas europea: potential role in cassette formation and integron evolution.
2003-2004

Session 4: 2/2/04
Chairman: Perreault

ZergesSpeaker: Anguel Stefanov
Title: Translational control for photosystem II biogenesis: why are there so many regulators ?
2003-2004

Session 4: 2/2/04
Chairman: Perreault

Abou ElelaSpeaker: Dongling Ge
Title: Fishing mRNA substrates of Rnt1p
2003-2004

Session 4: 2/2/04
Chairman: Perreault

DamhaSpeaker: Robert Donga
Title: Investigating the structure and properties of "RNA-X": a ribonucleic acid implicated in spliceosome catalysis
2003-2004

Session 3: 12/1/04
Chairman: Tanguay

GallouziSpeaker: Robert Tanguay
Title: A minor alternative transcript of the fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase gene produices a protein despite being subjected to nonsense-medioated mRNA decay.
2003-2004

Session 3: 12/1/04
Chairman: Tanguay

DragonSpeaker: Vincent Lemay
Title: Using an RNA aptamer to purify the small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein snR30.
2003-2004

Session 3: 12/1/04
Chairman: Tanguay

Di FruscioSpeaker: Marco Di Fruscio
Title: Kep2 knock-out, a STAR protein in action.
2003-2004

Session 3: 12/1/04
Chairman: Tanguay

SonenbergSpeaker: Marcelo López-Lastra
Title: Hepatitus C virus replication in peripheral blood lymphocytes.
2003-2004

Session 2: 1/12/03
Chairman: Wellinger

BisaillonSpeaker: Bisaillon Martin
Title: Binding of a broad-spectrum antiviral to the hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase.
2003-2004

Session 2: 1/12/03
Chairman: Wellinger

GallouziSpeaker: Sergio Di-Marco
Title: Role of HuR in the posttranscriptional regulation of key mediators of cytokine induced cancer cachexia.
2003-2004

Session 2: 1/12/03
Chairman: Wellinger

MoulandSpeaker: Jean-François Clément
Title: RNAi against the double-stranded RNA Binding Protein Staufen: Effects on HIV-1 Replication
2003-2004

Session 2: 1/12/03
Chairman: Wellinger

DesgroseillersSpeaker: George Elvire
Title: Proteomics of RNA granules in developing brain identify megagranin, a master regulator of RNA granules.
2003-2004

Session 1:10/11/03
Chairman: Bisaillon

WellingerSpeaker: Alain Dandjinou
Title: A secondary structure of the yeast telomerase RNA.
2003-2004

Session 1:10/11/03
Chairman: Bisaillon

GehringSpeaker: Kalle Gehring
Title: PABC, a link between mRNA metabolosm and the ubiquitin system.
2003-2004

Session 1:10/11/03
Chairman: Bisaillon

ChteinbergSpeaker: Félix Doyon
Title: Structural diversity of the DT region in supressor and mitochondrial tRNAs.
2003-2004

Session 1:10/11/03
Chairman: Bisaillon

MajorSpeaker: Philippe Thibault
Title: A new RNA CSP modeling approach using the Mc-Sym binary relation database engine: implementation overview and practical results.
2002-2003

Session 8:2/6/03
Chairman: Wellinger

Dragon Speaker: François Dragon
Title: Defining the role of DEAD-box protein Dbp4, a putative RNA helicase
2002-2003

Session 8:2/6/03
Chairman: Wellinger

GatignolSpeaker: Ghislaine Laraki
Title : Interactions Between Two Double-stranded RNA-binding Proteins TRBP and PACT.
2002-2003

Session 8:2/6/03
Chairman: Wellinger

Wellinger Speaker: Alain Danjinou
Title: Telomerase RNA Structure/Function Relationship: Can a Mini-RNA Do the job?
2002-2003

Session 8:2/6/03
Chairman: Wellinger

Autexier Speaker: Delphine Marie-Egyptienne
Title: Functional Conservation of Telomerase Components.
2002-2003

Session 8:2/6/03
Chairman: Wellinger

Chartrand Speaker: Catherine Olivier
Title: Molecular Basis of the Interaction of She2p with RNA, a Protein Essential for the Proper Lacalization of the ASH1 mRNA in Yeast.
2002-2003

Session 7: 5/5/03
Chairman: Abou Elela

Brakier-Gingras Speaker : Mélissa Léger
Title: The bacterial ribosome responds like the eukaryote ribosome to the framshift stimulatory signal of HIV.
2002-2003

Session 7: 5/5/03
Chairman: Abou Elela

Abou Elela Speaker: Ghada Ghazal
Title: Determinants or Antideterminants? That's Rnt1p's Question.
2002-2003

Session 7: 5/5/03
Chairman: Abou Elela

Francklyn Speaker: Chris Francklyn
Title: Biochemical and structural analysis of tRNA recognition by tRNA synthetases.
2002-2003

Session 7: 5/5/03
Chairman: Abou Elela

Provost Speaker: Patrick Provost
Title: "Dicer".
2002-2003

Session 6: 7/4/03
Chairman: Chabot

DesGroseillers Speaker: Karine Boulay
TitTitlele : Interaction between Staufen and ribosomes.
2002-2003

Session 6: 7/4/03
Chairman: Chabot

Tanguay Speaker: Natacha Dreumont
Title: Transcription, processing and surveillance of FAH transcripts. Update 2003.
2002-2003

Session 6: 7/4/03
Chairman: Chabot

Chabot Speaker: Benoit Chabot
Title: HnRNP A1/A2 as targets against cancer.
2002-2003

Session 6: 7/4/03
Chairman: Chabot

Richard Speaker: Daniel Larocque
Title: Quaking RNA binding proteins and MBP mRNA trafficking in oligodendrocytes.
2002-2003

Session 5: 3/3/03
Chairman: Perreault

Bisaillon Speaker: Martin Bisaillon
Title: Metal ion binding properties of the Hepatitis C Virus RNA polymerase.
2002-2003

Session 5: 3/3/03
Chairman: Perreault

Day Speaker: François D'Anjou
Title: Silencing of pro-protein convertase 2 (SPC2) expression using designed delta ribozyme in stable mouse endocrine cell lines.
2002-2003

Session 5: 3/3/03
Chairman: Perreault

Major Speaker: François Major
Title: Structural analysis of the (kissing loop region of tRNA-ASP) using minimum cycle basis decomposition.
2002-2003

Session 5: 3/3/03
Chairman: Perreault

Burke Speaker: Ken Hampel
Title : Structure-function studies of the hammerhead and hairpin ribozymes.
2002-2003

Session 4: 10/2/03
Chairman: Cousineau

Di Fruscio Speaker: Di Fruscio
Title: RNA binding proteins in Drosophila development.
2002-2003

Session 4: 10/2/03
Chairman: Cousineau

Boire Speaker: Francis Briere
Title: Characterization of cellular proteins interacting with hY3 RNA?
2002-2003

Session 4: 10/2/03
Chairman: Cousineau

Cousineau Speaker: Karine Fiola
Title: The effect of ribozymes on L. lactis targets.
2002-2003

Session 4: 10/2/03
Chairman: Cousineau

Joyce Speaker: Paul Joyce
Title: Candida glabrata tRNA nucleotidyltransferase: Where? When? and How?
2002-2003

Session 3: 13/01/03
Chairman: Chabot

Zerges Speaker: Bill Zerges
Title: How and why do three nuclear gene products regulate translation of mRNAs of a single chloroplast gene?
2002-2003

Session 3: 13/01/03
Chairman: Chabot

Damha Speaker: Sandra Carriero
Title: Template-mediated chemical synthesis of nucleic acid lariats.
2002-2003

Session 3: 13/01/03
Chairman: Chabot

Gehring Title:Nadeem Siddiqui
Title: Something about the PABC domain from a Trypanosomal poly(A) binding protein.
2002-2003

Session 2: 2/12/02
Chairman: Abou Elela

Abou Elela Speaker: Mathieu Catala
Title: Looking for the way Rnt1p shuttles back and forth to the moon.
2002-2003

Session 2: 2/12/02
Chairman: Abou Elela

Mouland Speaker: Laurent Chatel-Chaix
Title: Staufen associates with HIV-1 Gag and specifically interacts with genomic, but not spliced, 9kb RNA. Correlation with a putative role in viral assembly and RNA encapsidation.
2002-2003

Session 2: 2/12/02
Chairman: Abou Elela

Desgroseillers Speaker: George Elvira
Title: The zinc-finger protein Zfr associates with Staufen2 in neurons.
2002-2003

Session 1:6/11/02
Chairman: Perreault

Perreault Speaker: Lucien Jr. Bergeron:
Title: Targeting a natural RNA using deltaribozyme.
2002-2003

Session 1:6/11/02
Chairman: Perreault

Lafontaine Speaker: Daniel Lafontaine
Title: Study of RNA junction by comparative gel electrophoresis.
2002-2003

Session 1:6/11/02
Chairman: Perreault

Chteinberg Speaker: Ekaterina Zagriadskaia
Title : Importance of the reverse-Hoogsteen base pair T54-A58 for the general tRNA architecture.
2001-2002

Session 8:3/6/02
Chairman: Wellinger

AutexierCharacterization of the hTERT C-terminus by Sylvain Huard
2001-2002

Session 8:3/6/02
Chairman: Wellinger

Wellinger, Abou ElelaTracing the Origin of the Yeast Telomerase RNA by Stéphanie Larose
2001-2002

Session 8:3/6/02
Chairman: Wellinger

ChabotWho mimics whom ? Drawing parallels between the roles of A1 and RNA-duplex formation in alternative splicing by Faiz Nasim
2001-2002

Session 8:3/6/02
Chairman: Wellinger

PerreaultRibozyme delta : When the 2'-OH group makes the difference! by Karine Fiola
2001-2002

Session 7: 6/5/02
Chairman: Abou Elela

Tanguay Cytoplasmic NMD for a naturally occuring nonsense mutation of the FAH gene by Natacha Dreumont
2001-2002

Session 7: 6/5/02
Chairman: Abou Elela

FrancklynAmino acid and tRNA selection by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases by Dr Francklyn
2001-2002

Session 7: 6/5/02
Chairman: Abou Elela

Abou ElelaMapping the architecture of Rnt1p's associated proteins to rRNA cleavage and modification by Yeung Yam
2001-2002

Session 6: 8/4/02
Chairman: Chabot

Chabot Tug-of-war with the spliceosome by Jonathan Villemaire
2001-2002

Session 6: 8/4/02
Chairman: Chabot

DesGroseillersIdentification of Staufen-bound RNAs by Luc Furic
2001-2002

Session 6: 8/4/02
Chairman: Chabot

Brakier-GingrasCharacterization of a programmed -1 ribosomal frameshift in HIV-1 group O by Martin Baril
2001-2002

Session 5: 4/3/02
Chairman: Perreault

ChteinbergGU-receptors of double helices mediate tRNA movement in ribosome by Serguei Chteinberg
2001-2002

Session 5: 4/3/02
Chairman: Perreault

MajorSearching RNA 3-D Motifs: A new method based on graph theory helped us to find a new motif in the large ribosomal subunit by François Major
2001-2002

Session 5: 4/3/02
Chairman: Perreault

PerreaultUV Crosslinking using 4-Thiouridine in the antigenomic trans delta ribozyme by Jonathan Ouellet
2001-2002

Session 4: 4/2/02
Chairman: Cousineau

CousineauAre group II introns infectious ? by Dr. Benoit Cousineau
2001-2002

Session 4: 4/2/02
Chairman: Cousineau

DamhaFlexibility in oligonucleotides? Anticipating new antisense antidotes with Ribonuclease H by Maria Mangos
2001-2002

Session 4: 4/2/02
Chairman: Cousineau

GheringZinc is required for structural stability of the C-terminus of initiation factor aIF2beta by Pablo Gutierrez
2001-2002

Session 3: 15/1/02
Chairman: Chabot

DragonThe U3 processome is a large nucleolar RNP that functions in pre-ribosomal RNA processing by Francois Dragon
2001-2002

Session 3: 15/1/02
Chairman: Chabot

Sonenberg Characterization of an IRES element in HIV-1 by Ann Brasey
2001-2002

Session 3: 15/1/02
Chairman: Chabot

ChabotWhen splicing does not work, blame SRp30c by Martin Simard
2001-2002

Session 2: 3/12/01
Chairman: Abou Elela

MoulandCharacterization of the interaction between the double-stranded-RNA binding protein Staufen and the HIV-1 ribonucleoparticle. by Laurent Chatel-Chaix
2001-2002

Session 2: 3/12/01
Chairman: Abou Elela

Abou ElelaFinding Rnt1p Substrates: Let the Computers do the Work! by Julien Gervis-Bird
2001-2002

Session 2: 3/12/01
Chairman: Abou Elela

DesgroseillersIs Staufen also a nuclear protein? by Catherine Martel
2001-2002

Session 1:5/11/01
Chairman: Boire

Damha2',5'-linked Ribonucleic Acids - A brother or a cousin of RNA? by Rami Hannoush
2001-2002

Session 1:5/11/01
Chairman: Boire

BoireProteins interacting with Ro: from yeast to HeLa and back by Gilles Boire
2001-2002

Session 1:5/11/01
Chairman: Boire

AchesonEffect of intron size and secondary structure on alternative splicing in polyomavirus by Nicholas H. Acheson
2000-2001

Session 9: 4/6/01
Chairman: Wellinger

ChabotLining up A1 binding sites for a zippy ride by Stephen Hutchison
2000-2001

Session 9: 4/6/01
Chairman: Wellinger

AutexierMutagenesis and functional analysis of the N-terminus of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase by Tara Moriarty
2000-2001

Session 9: 4/6/01
Chairman: Wellinger

WellingerThe multifunctional eukaryotic RNase III affects yeast telomerase RNA by Stéphanie Larose (Wellinger and Abou Elela labs)
2000-2001

Session 8:7/5/01
Chairman: Abou Elela

TanguayNon-sense mRNA decay in tyrosinemia by Natacha Dreumont
2000-2001

Session 8:7/5/01
Chairman: Abou Elela

FrancklynDefining the Molecular Basis of tRNA Aminoacylation Specificity by Chris Francklyn
2000-2001

Session 8:7/5/01
Chairman: Abou Elela

Abou ElelaThe Pilgrimage of Rnt1p and its Followers to the Nucleolus by Mathieu Catala
2000-2001

Session 7: 2/4/01
Chairman: Chabot

ChabotSelection of alternative 5' splice sites in the presence of high-affinity binding sites for hnRNP A1: The rules of the game. by Faiz-ul H. Nasim
2000-2001

Session 7: 2/4/01
Chairman: Chabot

DesgroseillersIsoform-specific association of Staufen2 with ribosomes in neurons. by Thomas Duchaine
2000-2001

Session 7: 2/4/01
Chairman: Chabot

Brakier-GingrasInstant evolution of the 900 tetraloop of 16S ribosomal RNA by Francois Bélanger
2000-2001

Session 6: 5/3/01
Chairman: Perreault

PerreaultCharacterization of the initiation site for a viroid replicatoin by Martin Pelchat (Perreault Lab)
2000-2001

Session 6: 5/3/01
Chairman: Perreault

BurkeFunctional involvment of G8 in the hairpin ribozyme mechanism by Robert Pinard (Burke lab)
2000-2001

Session 6: 5/3/01
Chairman: Perreault

MajorUsing three-dimensional modeling to understand the mechanism of HDV ribozyme by Nancy Bourassa
2000-2001

Session 5: 5/2/01
Chairman: Cousineau

LaughreaDifferential impacts of stem-loop B mutations on HIV replication and genomic RNA dimerization, and evidence for new RNA sites implicated in genomic RNA dimerization. by Ni Shen
2000-2001

Session 5: 5/2/01
Chairman: Cousineau

Damha Synthetic Branched Oligonucleotides Inhibit in vitro pre- mRNA Splicing in S. cerevisiae. by Sandra Carriero
2000-2001

Session 5: 5/2/01
Chairman: Cousineau

MoulandEvaluation of Staufen's RNA-Binding Capacity to HIV-1 RNA: A Possible Role in the Viral Lifecycle by Laurent Chatel-Chaix
2000-2001

Session 4: 8/1/01
Chairman: Chabot

ChabotA1: A small protein for large introns by Mélanie Cordeau
2000-2001

Session 4: 8/1/01
Chairman: Chabot

AubryIn search of the role for KRAB multifinger proteins: From the nuclear targeting to the identification of functional partners. by Muriel Aubry
2000-2001

Session 4: 8/1/01
Chairman: Chabot

SonenbergPoly(A) Binding Protein (PABP) Interacting Proteins by Avak Kavahjian
2000-2001

Session 3: 4/12/00
Chairman: Boire

MoulandHIV-1 RNA Processing by Andrew Mouland
2000-2001

Session 3: 4/12/00
Chairman: Boire

DesgroseillersMultiple determinants in human RNA-binding protein Staufen are involved in ribosome and rough endoplasmic reticulum association by Ming Luo
2000-2001

Session 3: 4/12/00
Chairman: Boire

BoireFunctional links between RoBPI and Ro RNPs by François Bolduc
2000-2001

Session 2: 6/11/00
Chairman: Abou Elela

Official Opening2000 Official Opening Session meeting
2000-2001

Session 1:2/10/00
Chairman: Perreault

ChteinbergNovel Structural Compensations in Transfer RNA by Sergey Steinberg
2000-2001

Session 1:2/10/00
Chairman: Perreault

CousineauRetrohoming and retrotransposition of a bacterial group II intron by Benoit Cousineau
2000-2001

Session 1:2/10/00
Chairman: Perreault

PerreaultStability of delta ribozyme, the fruit of evolution by JP perreault
1999-2000

Session 10:12/06/2000
Chairman: Wellinger

Boire1) ARo proteins: Ro60, La, RoBPI... and counting
Francis Briere
1999-2000

Session 10:12/06/2000
Chairman: Wellinger

Wellinger/Abou Elela3) Does Rnt1p process the RNA component of telomerase?
Stephanie Larose
1999-2000

Session 10:12/06/2000
Chairman: Wellinger

Chabot4) Splice with spice: use DMSO!
Lucie Bolduc
1999-2000

Session 10:12/06/2000
Chairman: Wellinger

Autexier2) Functional analysis of endogenous and reconstituted human telomerase
Francois Bachant
1999-2000

Session 9: 01/05/2000
Chairman: Abou Elela

Perreault1) A new function for the self-catalytic hammerhead sequences.
Dr. Martin Pelchat
1999-2000

Session 9: 01/05/2000
Chairman: Abou Elela

Mouland labNovel cis-sequences mediate cytoplasmic trafficking of HIV-1 RNAs
Dr. Andrew Mouland
1999-2000

Session 9: 01/05/2000
Chairman: Abou Elela

FrancklynDeveloping a detailed kinetic mechanism for aminoacylation by histidyl-tRNA synthetase
Dr. Michael L. Bovee
1999-2000

Session 8:03/04/2000
Chairman: Lavigueur

Lavigueur3) Characterization of a splicing silencer element modulating the utilization of exon eleven 3' splice site in the p53 tumor suppressor gene
Melanie Laverdiere
1999-2000

Session 8:03/04/2000
Chairman: Lavigueur

Desgroseillers1) Staufen stimulates translation of repressed transcripts
George Elvira
1999-2000

Session 8:03/04/2000
Chairman: Lavigueur

Brakier-Gingras2) Interaction between E. coli ribosomal protein S7 and 16S ribosomal RNA
Francis Robert
1999-2000

Session 8:03/04/2000
Chairman: Lavigueur

Chabot4) hnRNP A1 can bind telomeric DNA and telomerase RNA simultaneously
Dr. Benoit Chabot
1999-2000

Session 7: 06/03/2000
Chairman: Perreault

Gehring1) Molecular Mimicry of DNA by Fluorarabinose Nucleic Acids in FluoroANA-RNA Hybrid Duplexes: A Potential New Antisense Strategy
Jean-Francois Trempe
1999-2000

Session 7: 06/03/2000
Chairman: Perreault

Burke2) Directed Intracellular Localization of Ribozymes Increases Antiviral Activity
Michele Shields
1999-2000

Session 7: 06/03/2000
Chairman: Perreault

Perreault3) Viroids: Small RNAs Doing Big Things......
Fabien Coté
1999-2000

Session 7: 06/03/2000
Chairman: Perreault

Major4) Could Prion Protein Diseases be Vestiges of the RNA-World?
Isabelle Barrette
1999-2000

Session 6: 07/02/2000
Chairman: Abou Elela

Chabot2) Finally, a function for hnRNP A1B
Marco Blanchette
1999-2000

Session 6: 07/02/2000
Chairman: Abou Elela

Schmitt3) An endoribonuclease that helps to controls the yeast cell cycle
Mark Schmitt
1999-2000

Session 6: 07/02/2000
Chairman: Abou Elela

Abou Elela4) Random mutagenesis of Rnt1 N-terminal domain a functional approach for structure analysis
Bruno Lamontagne
1999-2000

Session 6: 07/02/2000
Chairman: Abou Elela

Laughrea1) Stem-loop B destruction affects HIV-1 genomic RNA dimerization as much as Kissing-loop Hairpin destructioin
Ni Shen
1999-2000

Session 5: 17/01/2000
Chairman: Chabot

Coulombe3) Transcription initiation by mammalian polymerase II
Dr Benoit Coulombe
1999-2000

Session 5: 17/01/2000
Chairman: Chabot

Wellinger2) A link between telomere replication and the conventional replication machinery
Julie Parenteau
1999-2000

Session 5: 17/01/2000
Chairman: Chabot

Aubry4) ZNF74 zinc finger gene as a candidate for DiGeorge/Velocardiofacial symdrome: its potential dual function in transcription and RNA processing
Dr. Muriel Aubry
1999-2000

Session 5: 17/01/2000
Chairman: Chabot

Sonenberg1) A cell cycle-dependent internal ribosome entry site
Stéphane Pyronnet
1999-2000

Session 4: 06/12/1999
Chairman: Boire

Desgroseillers1) Cloning by function of the yeast homologue of Ro RNP binding protein I (RoBPI)
Ming Luo
1999-2000

Session 4: 06/12/1999
Chairman: Boire

Labbé2)Identification of a Sensing and Transport System in Fission Yeast Reveals Opposite Regulation of Copper and Iron Metabolic Genes.
Simon Labbé
1999-2000

Session 4: 06/12/1999
Chairman: Boire

Boire3) The RNA-binding activity of human Staufen is the major determinant for rough endoplasmic reticulum association
Jim Boulanger
1999-2000

Session 3: 01/11/1999
Chairman: Abou Elela

Abou Elela2) Rnt1 meets Gar1: when blind dates work out
Annie Tremblay
1999-2000

Session 3: 01/11/1999
Chairman: Abou Elela

Francklyn3)tRNA Identity and the Motif 2 Loop of Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase
Susan A. Hawko
1999-2000

Session 3: 01/11/1999
Chairman: Abou Elela

Chabot1) The adenovirus E1B protein: a novel regulator of RNA splicing?
Stephen Hutchison
1999-2000

Session 2: 04/10/1999
Chairman: Perreault

Burke3) New tertiary structure hypothesis: A specific interdomain G-C base pair is required for the catalytic function of the hairpin ribozyme and domain is probably bent.
Dr. Robert Pinard
1999-2000

Session 2: 04/10/1999
Chairman: Perreault

Lapointe4) Magnesium dependent alternate foldings of active and inactive Escherichia coli tRNAGlu revealed by chemical probing.
Dr. Eric Madore
1999-2000

Session 2: 04/10/1999
Chairman: Perreault

Perreault1) Folding of delta ribozyme
Dr. Sirinart Ananouranich
1999-2000

Session 2: 04/10/1999
Chairman: Perreault

Paquin/Cedergren group2) Hammerhead inhibition by terbieum: the role of nucleotide 15.3.
By Cesar Gomez
1999-2000

Session 1:20/09/1999
Chairman: Chabot

Steitz2) A tale of two spliceosomes
Dr. Joan A. Steitz
1999-2000

Session 1:20/09/1999
Chairman: Chabot

Beckman1) Interaction analysis (sIA) using analytical ultracentrifugation.
Mr. Chris Lee
1998-1999

Session 8:7/6/99
Chairman: R. Wellinger

Wellinger 3) Becoming more human: the yeast model
By Catherine LeBel
1998-1999

Session 8:7/6/99
Chairman: R. Wellinger

Chabot 2) hnRNP A1, an RNA-binding protein involved in telomere biogenesis
By Frédéric Dallaire and Stéphan Fiset
1998-1999

Session 8:7/6/99
Chairman: R. Wellinger

Belhumeur 4) The nuclear GTPase Gsp1p and transcriptional silencing in yeast
By Martin Clément
1998-1999

Session 8:7/6/99
Chairman: R. Wellinger

Autexier 1) Functional RNA-protein interactions of telomerase
By Chantal Autexier
1998-1999

Session 7: 10/5/99
Chairman: S. Abou Elela

Major 2) Modeling 3-D structures of cyclic RNA using a constraint-based approach
By S. Lemieux
1998-1999

Session 7: 10/5/99
Chairman: S. Abou Elela

Gehring 3) Four-stranded polycytidylic acid structures: selection against a 2' hydroxyl
By Kalle Gehring
1998-1999

Session 7: 10/5/99
Chairman: S. Abou Elela

Perreault 1) Structural studies of a trans-acting delta ribozyme
By Daniel Lafontaine
1998-1999

Session 7: 10/5/99
Chairman: S. Abou Elela

Brakier-Gingras 4) Effects of error-inducing drugs and ribosomal mutations on a programmed-1 frameshift
By Marie-Noëlle Brunelle
1998-1999

Session 6: 12/4/99
Chairman: J.P. Perreault

Cedergren 1) Ribonomics: The distribution of RNA motifs in sequence databases
By Veronique Bourdeau
1998-1999

Session 6: 12/4/99
Chairman: J.P. Perreault

Abou Elela 3) The N-terminal domain that distinguishes yeast from bacterial RNase III is not essential for dsRNA cleavage and exhibits novel dimerization pattern
By Bruno Lamontagne
1998-1999

Session 6: 12/4/99
Chairman: J.P. Perreault

Perreault 2) Localization, replication and structure of the peach latent mosaic viroid
By Frederic Bussiere
1998-1999

Session 5: 8/3/99
Chairman: G. Boire

Rokeach 3) Characterization of the Ro Ribonucleoprotein Complex in the Nematode
By Jean-Claude Labbé
1998-1999

Session 5: 8/3/99
Chairman: G. Boire

Chabot 1) A New Intronic Sequence Implicated in 3' Splice Site Modulation
By Martin Simard
1998-1999

Session 5: 8/3/99
Chairman: G. Boire

Boire 2) Ro Binding Protein I: Characterization and Links to the Small Autoantigenic Ro RNPs
By Dr. Gille Boire
1998-1999

Session 4: 1/2/99
Chairman: B. Chabot

Aubry 1) Nucleic Acid Interactions of ZNF74, a Prototype of the KRAB Multiginger Subfamily and Candidate for Digeorge Syndrome
By Dr. Muriel Aubry
1998-1999

Session 4: 1/2/99
Chairman: B. Chabot

Desgroseillers 2) Staufen and mRNA Transport in Mammalian Cells
By Thomas Duchaine
1998-1999

Session 4: 1/2/99
Chairman: B. Chabot

Sonenberg 3) Characterization of the poly(A) binding protein (pabp) interacting protein-1 (paip-1)
By Guylaine Roy
1998-1999

Session 3: 11/1/99
Chairman: S. Abou Elela

  Special Talks by Dr. Lian Good from the center for genomic research
Karolinska institute, Sweden
Peptide nucleic acids (PNA) and RNA studies
1998-1999

Session 2: 7/12/98
Chairman: B. Chabot

Special Talks by Dr. M. Fournier from University of Massachusetts
The Small Nucleolar RNAs: Major Excitement at a New Frontier of the RNA World
1998-1999

Session 2: 7/12/98
Chairman: A. Lavigueur

Lavigueur 3) Alternative splicing of p53
By Dr. Alain Lavigueur
1998-1999

Session 2: 7/12/98
Chairman: A. Lavigueur

Laughrea 2) Dimerization Signal of HIV RNA: Functional and Structural Studies
By Dr. Michael Laughrea
1998-1999

Session 2: 7/12/98
Chairman: A. Lavigueur

Chabot 1) Intronic elements modulating the alternative splicing of A1 pre-mRNA
By Marco Blanchette
1998-1999

Session 1:5/10/98
Chairman: J.P. Perreault

Cedergren 2) Characterization of a Hammerhead Ribozyme from Schisostome
by Dr. Alejandro Vazquez
1998-1999

Session 1:5/10/98
Chairman: J.P. Perreault

Perreault 1) Substrate Specificity for Delta Ribozyme Cleavage
by Dr. Sirinart Ananouranich
1998-1999

Session 1:5/10/98
Chairman: J.P. Perreault

Burke 3) Investigation of the Interdomain Doching of the Hairpin Ribozyme by Photo-Affinity Crosslinking
by Dr. Robert Pinard

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