NCIBC RNA

Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication

Symposium 2025 - RNA Biology, Structure, and AI-Driven Innovations
Monday, April 28, 2025

Lied Commons, 301 N 12th St, Lincoln, NE 68588

REGISTER HERE: https://go.unl.edu/yejx

TimeEvent/Speaker
Opening Activities 
8:30 - 9:00 AMCheck-in & Light Breakfast
9:00 - 9:05 AMWelcome from Dr. Jiantao Guo
Session 1 
9:05 - 10:00 AM

Qi Zhang, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC-Chapel Hill

“RNA in Action: Bring RNA Structure to Life”

10:00 - 10:55 AM

Tao Pan, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago

"New roles of tRNA and snoRNA in translation"

10:55 - 11:15 AMBreak
Session 2 
11:15 - 12:10 PM

Catherine Eichhorn, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

“TBD”

12:10 - 1:05 PM

Julia Salzman, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Data Science and of Biochemistry, Stanford University

TBD”

Lunch & Poster Session 
1:05 - 2:05 PMLunch
2:05 - 3:05 PMScientific Poster Session
Session 3 
3:05 - 4:00 PM

Shi-Jie Chen, Curators' Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics,  Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Data Science and Informatics, University of Missouri-Columbia

“Advancing RNA-Based Therapeutics: From Structure Prediction to Drug Design”

4:00 - 4:55 PM

Joseph Yesselman, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

“TBD”

4:55 - 5:05 PMBreak
Closing Activities 
5:05 - 5:20 PMClosing Remarks & Final Discussion