December 2014

Predicting effective microRNA target sites in mammalian mRNAs
Vikram Agarwal, PhD, Bartel lab, Whitehead Institute

Epigenetic inheritance uncoupled from sequence-specific recruitment
Kaushik Ragunathan, PhD, Moazed lab, Harvard Medical School

Deciphering the post-transcriptional regulatory networks during vertebrate embryogenesis
Daniel Cifuentes, PhD, Giraldez lab, Yale University

November 2014 

Human Native Elongating Transcript Sequencing
Julia di Lulio, PhD, Churchman Lab, Harvard Medical School

TRIM28 regulates RNA polymerase II promoter-proximal pausing and pause release
Heeyoun Bunch, PhD, Calderwood lab, Harvard Medical School

Why it pays to communicate your science
Katie Pratt, PhD, Director of Communications,
Deep Carbon Observatory at University of Rhode Island

October 2014 

Hijacking an editing enzyme to reveal the targets of RNA-binding proteins
Aoife McMahon, PhD, Rosbash Lab, Brandeis University

Genome protection against transposons by the piRNA amplifier complex
Jordi Xiol, PhD, Moazed lab, Harvard Medical School

Linking cancer metabolism, DNA repair and epigenetics: SIRT6 provides some clues
Raul Mostoslavsky, PhD, Associate Professor
MGH Cancer Center/Harvard Medical School/Broad Institute

September 2014 

Negative feedback between DNA methylation and demethylation maintains epigenetic homeostasis in Arabidopsis
Ben Williams, PhD, Gehring Lab, Whitehead Institute

Targeting Chromatin: An Emerging Layer of Synthetic Control
Albert Keung, PhD, Khalil lab, Boston University

Spindle-localized RNAs activate Aurora-B kinase during mitosis
Michael Blower, PhD, Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School/MGH

May 2014 

Fluorescent in situ RNA sequencing: A powerful new transcriptomic tool
Evan Daugharthy, Church Lab, Harvard Medical School

Using engineered transcriptional networks for developing complex tissues and organoids from human pluripotent stem cells
Patrick Guye, Weiss lab, MIT

CRISPR-Cas: Development and Applications for mammalian genome engineering
Fei Ann Ran, Zhang lab, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

April 2014 

Diagnostic E. coli for Detecting Gut Enteropathy
S. Jordan Kerns, PhD, Silver Lab, Harvard Medical School

A 5' U is an emergent property of piRNA Ping-Pong and reflects a miRNA-like target preference of Aubergine protein
Wei Wang, Zamore lab, UMASS Medical School

Linking function to lncRNAs : from Mice to Molecules
John L. Rinn, PhD, Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School/Broad Institute

March 2014 

Post transcriptional mechanisms and evolution of germ line segregation in echinoderms
Zachary Swartz, Wessel Lab, Brown University

Regulation of zygotic genome activation during the maternal-to-zygotic transition
Ashley Bonneau, Giraldez Lab, Yale University

Somatic mutations that affect RNA splicing in human cancers
Angela Brooks, PhD, Meyerson lab, The Broad Institute

February 2014

Functional characterization of the p53-regulated lincRNA, lincRNA-p21
Nadya Dimitrova, PhD, Jacks Lab, MIT

How PIWI regulates transposons and genes in Drosophila 
Yuliya Sytnikova, PhD, Lau Lab, Brandeis University

siRNA-like small RNAs in bacteria: practical applications and functional implications
Linfeng Huang, PhD, Lieberman Lab, Harvard Medical School