| Tuesday, May 30, 2023,
13:00-14:00 |
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The
Neuroscience
Program presents
"Genome regulation through R-loops"
| Speaker:
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Kavitha Sarma, PhD
Associate Professor, Gene Expression &
Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald
Caplan Cancer Center
The Wistar Institute
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| Location:
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MS Teams and uOttawa RGN Room 1421
Contact: Nancy MacDonald at nmacdonald@toh.ca for the Teams link
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Drs. David Picketts, and Pierre Mattar
Learning Objectives
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An introduction to RNA containing chromatin structures and how
they are regulated
- Evidence for R-loop accumulation as a new molecular feature of
ADNP syndrome and other neurodevelopmental disorders
- Genome organization changes that can occur as a consequence of
R-loop during normal development and in disease.
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