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MHI Seminar Series presents MHI Keynote Speaker: Federica Accornero, PhD, Associate Professor, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI

The Carolina Club, George Watts Hill Alumni Center 150 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Summary of Seminar:  Gene expression fluctuations are critical for muscle homeostasis and the response to environmental insults. Yet, little is known about post-transcriptional mechanisms regulating such fluctuations while impacting muscle proteome. Genome-wide analysis of mRNA methyladenosine (m6A) revealed the dynamics of this modification during stress (PMIDs: 35013323, 33188779). We demonstrated that METTL3 (the m6A-forming enzyme; PMIDs: … Read more

MHI Seminar Series presents Hanrui Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Medicine/Cardiology, Columbia University, New York, NY

Summary of Seminar:  Over 300 genetic loci have been associated with coronary artery disease (CAD), but the functional mechanisms underlying many of these associations remain unclear. Among them, the LIPA locus stands out as a key candidate. This seminar will showcase a variant-to-function study of this critical locus, addressing how LIPA CAD risk alleles impact … Read more