GSA Early Career Scientist Symposium
Cracking the Repetitive DNA Code
Friday October 27, 2017
"Cracking the Repetitive DNA Code" is a GSA trainee-organized symposium that highlights research characterizing the structure and functions of the repetitive genome. This one-day event will include talks and posters on topics such as centromeres, rDNA arrays, and telomeres, as well as, copy number variation, transposable elements, and major/minor satellites. We aim to showcase conceptual and technological innovations in the repetitive DNA field, and to bring together a diverse group of local researchers, with an emphasis on providing speaking and networking opportunities for early career scientists.
Over half of the human genome is repetitive, posing experimental challenges for geneticists
and bioinformaticians alike.
Programme
Center for Genomics and Systems Biology
12 Waverly Place, NYC
Attendance is open and free for all.
Register below for a reminder.
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For more information contact:
Stephanie Lauer sll405 (at) nyu (dot) edu
9:00 - 9:10 Introduction by GSA representative
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9:10 - 10:50 Oral Presentation Session I
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10:50 - 11:20 Coffee Break
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11:20 - 12:50 Oral Presentation Session II
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13:00 - 15:00 Lunch (Provided) and Poster Presentations
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15:00 -16:50 Oral Presentation Session III
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16:50 - 17:00 Closing Remarks
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17:00 - 19:00 Happy Hour and Networking
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Speakers
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Oral Presentation Session I
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​Kameron Azarm
Mechanisms regulating persistent telomere cohesion in aging and ALT cells.
Jonathan Nelson, Ph.D.
The dynamics of rDNA copy number during aging in the Drosophila male germline.
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Andrea Schorn, Ph.D.
LTR-retrotransposon control by tRNA-derived small RNAs
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Session Keynote: Takehiko Kobayashi, Ph.D.
Studies of the Ribosomal DNA Repeats
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Oral Presentation Session II
Simona Giunta, Ph.D.
Mechanisms to maintain centromere stability in human cells
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Jason Palladino
Separating the contribution of chromatin versus that of repetitive DNA in centromere specification
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​Mamta Tahiliani, Ph.D.
Chromosomal rearrangements at hypomethylated Satellite 2 sequences are associated with impaired progression of the replication fork and increased fork stalling
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Session Keynote: Beth Sullivan, Ph.D.
Alpha Satellite DNA Biology
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Oral Presentation Session III
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Jullien Flynn
Rates and patterns of mutation in simple satellite repeats in six different strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
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Pedro Rocha, Ph.D.
4Tran: The impact of endogenous retroviruses on the nuclear organization of the mammalian genome
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Shintaro Yamada, Ph.D.
Mouse meiotic double-strand breaks are underrepresented but nonetheless occur frequently within repeated sequences
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Session Keynote: Amanda Larracuente, Ph.D.
Satellite DNA evolution in Drosophila
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Organized by: Dr. Sarah Deng, Stephanie Lauer, Andrés Mansisidor, and Danni Wang
From the Sfeir, Gresham, and Hochwagen Labs at New York University