In Beijing, the capital of China, Research Intern Lev Zavileisky presented a poster presentation at the “Cellular Symposia: Functional RNAs” international conference. Lev focused on scientific results on the tumor-specific regulation of unproductive splicing. Many aspects of RNA biology were discussed at the conference, including the functions and processing of coding and non-coding RNAs, post-transcriptional regulation, as well as new tools for analyzing RNA functions.
At the sixth Postgenom 2024 International Conference in the Moscow region, Professor Peter Sergiev made a plenary report on the methylation of small nuclear RNAs and its role in splicing, Assistant Professor Dmitry Ivankov in his presentation spoke about Alfafold’s success and its relation to the understanding of the protein folding physics. Assistant Professor Artem Isaev, who heads the Laboratory of Metagenome Analysis, presented the systems of antiviral abortive immunity of bacteria. PhD student Polina Strelnikova from the Life Sciences program took part in a competition for young scientists at a conference with a joint paper on the targeted analysis of plasma proteins in frozen whole blood samples of patients with COVID-19. PhD student Anastasia Bolikhova from the Life Sciences program gave a poster presentation.
Research Scientist Lidia Putlyaeva shared her research results at the sixth National Congress on Regenerative Medicine in St. Petersburg. Lidia spoke about the lifetime sensors of the epigenetic landscape as a new tool for searching for functional subpopulations of cells and received a letter of appreciation from the organizing committee for a brilliant oral presentation.
At DNA Saturday at Skoltech, Associate Professor Ekaterina Khrameeva spoke about how regulators allow genes to create cells specific to an organ, and how a two-meter DNA molecule is packaged in a complex way into compact structures. After the lecture, the guests had the opportunity to conduct an experiment on extracting banana DNA under the guidance of Associate Professor of the Practice Vera Rybko, who is the deputy director for the center’s development. More than 340 enthusiasts gathered at the event.