Agenda
DAY 1: Defining Clinical Gaps and the Radiation-Responsive Transcriptome (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET)
| 1:00 – 1:10 PM | Welcome and NCI Vision Speaker: NCI Leadership, Dr. Paula Jacobs |
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| 1:10 – 2:00 PM | Keynote Presentation: Breaking the Ceiling of Precision Radiation Speaker: Dr. Max Diehn (Stanford University) |
Session 1: RNA Networks in Cellular Stress and Radiation Responses | |
| Chair: Dr. Frank Slack (Harvard University) | |
| 2:00 – 2:30 PM | Towards ncRNA medicine in cancer Dr. Frank Slack (Harvard University) |
| 2:30 – 2:50 PM | Non-coding RNAs and ncDNAs in response to radiation Dr. George Calin (MD Anderson) |
| 2:50 – 3:10 PM | Application of microRNA genetics in clinical radiation oncology Dr. Joanne Weidhaas (UCLA) |
| 3:10 – 3:20 PM | Break |
Session 2: RNA Regulation of the DNA Damage Response | |
| Chair: Dr. Dipanjan Chowdhury (DFCI) | |
| 3:20 – 3:50 PM | RNA-directed control of p53 output by TIRR: transcript lifetime as a tumor-suppressive variable Dr. Dipanjan Chowdhury (DFCI) |
| 3:50 – 4:10 PM | Suppression of Transcription-Replication Conflicts by Concerted RNA Methylation and MutLa Recognition of R-loops Li Lan (Duke) |
| 4:10 – 4:30 PM | rDNA breaks activate dsRNA pattern recognition through sense-antisense transcription Roger Greenberg (UPenn) |
| 4:30 – 5:00 PM | Day 1 Wrap-Up & Open Discussion Moderators: Day 1 Chairs Panelists: Day 1 Speakers |
DAY 2: TBA
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