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Mobile Genetic Elements 2017 – Meeting ScheduleAll talks are held in the Meigs Room, Swope Building.Thursday, August 31, 20172:00 PMCheck-in at Swope Conference Center, registration2:00 PMPre-meeting tours (sign-up needed)4:00 PMPoster setup5:00 PMBusiness meeting (Meigs Room, by invitation)6:00 PMDinnerSession 1: Bill Reznikoff, Chair7:00 PMWelcome: Phoebe Rice (U. Chicago), Bill Reznikoff (MBL)7:05 PMTransposable elements as catalysts of convergent molecularinnovationInvited speaker: Cedric Feschotte (Cornell University)7:40 PMThe impact of endogenous retroviruses on nuclear organizationin mammalian cellsJane Skok (New York University)8:00 PMReplicative transposition in eukaryotesInvited speaker: Fred Dyda (NIH/NIDDK)8:30 PMA novel group of self-synthesizing mobile elements in eukaryotesVladimir Kapitonov (NIH/NCBI)8:50 PMMixer (beer/wine/munchies, Meigs Room), poster previewsFriday, September 1, 20177:30 AMBreakfastSession 2: Phoebe Rice, Chair9:00 AMSerine transposonsInvited speaker: Reid Johnson (UCLA)9:30 AMCrystal structure of a new single stranded DNA binding proteinencoded by staphylococcal cassette chromosome mobile elementIgnacio Mir-Sanchis (University of Chicago)
9:50 PMRecruitment of CRISPR-Cas systems by Tn7-like transposonsJoe Peters (Cornell University)10:10 AM Coffee break10:40 AM Distributive conjugal transfer: A new paradigm for bacterialhorizontal gene transfer in mycobacteriaInvited speaker: Keith Derbyshire (Wadsworth Center)11:10 AM Domestication of a virus by AlphaproteobacteriaShannon Soucy (Dartmouth College)11:30 AM Protein splicing of a recombinase intein induced by ssDNA andDNA damageChristopher Lennon (SUNY at Albany)11:50 AM Lunch1:15 PMMBL Marine Resources Center tour – meet in front of the MRC4:00 PMPoster Session, Swope Center, Second Floor6:00 PMDinnerSession 3: Cedric Feschotte, Chair7:00 PMEpigenetic changes and somatic retrotransposition in cellularsenescence and agingInvited speaker: John Sedivy (Brown University)7:30 PMApplying the TIDAL program to characterize TransposonLandscapes across aging Drosophila genomesNelson Lau (Boston University)7:50 PMAdaptive evolution leads to cross-species incompatibility in thepiRNA transposon silencing machinerySwapnil Parhad (UMass Worcester)8:10 AMTransposon expression signatures in the starlet sea anemone(Nematostella vectensis) during developmentAlex Evsikov (University of South Florida)
8:30 PMA new general mechanism of recognition and silencing ofrepetitive DNAEugene Gladyshev (Harvard University)8:50 PMFree evening (at a local establishment)Saturday, September 2, 20177:30 AMBreakfast; pick-up box lunches if orderedSession 4: Irina Arkhipova, Chair8:50 AMThe birth and demise of composite transposons: the case ofresistance to the last resort antibiotic colistinInvited speaker: Michael Chandler (CNRS/Georgetown U.)9:20 AMIS26-mediated genome rearrangement in Klebsiella pneumoniaeduring chronic infectionErik Snesrud (Walter Reed Army Research Institute)9:40 AMStructural interrogation by SHAPE and molecular simulation of agroup II intron RNPXiaolong Dong (SUNY at Albany)10:00 AM Coffee break; Check-out10:30 AM Amino-methylation as an epigenetic mark in rotifersFernando Rodriguez (MBL)10:50 AM A non-canonical base-modifying methyltransferase of bacterialorigin in a eukaryoteIrina Yushenova (MBL)11:10 AM From deep phylogeny to species complexes: Life historycharacteristics and the evolution of genomic repetitive elementsin fernsAmanda Grusz (University of Minnesota Duluth)11:30 AM Characterization of non-canonical LTR retrotransposons in plantsShujun Ou (Michigan State University)11:50 AM Concluding remarks: Irina Arkhipova12:00 PM Lunch (if no box lunch selected)1:00 PMEnd of meeting
List of Poster PresentersA system for study of RecA-independent exchange applied to E. coli Rpnfamily paralogsElisabeth Raleigh (NEB)The effects of post-transcriptional modifications on group II intron mobilityJustin Waldern, Olga Novikova (SUNY at Albany)Mycobacterial intein in DnaB as stress-responsive elementDanielle Kelley (SUNY at Albany)Genomic insights into the pattern of transposable element proliferation inDrosophila S2 cellsShunhua Han (University of Georgia)Exploring the mechanisms of LINE-1 inhibition by nucleoside reversetranscriptase inhibitorsJocelyn Newton (Brown University)Drosophila PAF1 modulates PIWI/piRNA silencing of transposon targetsReazur Rahman, Nachen Yang (Brandeis U. & Boston U.)The Retrotransposon Storm: Endogenous retroviruses as infectious agents inthe brain?Richard Keegan (Stony Brook University)A novel genetic reporter of gypsy retrotransposon replicationYung-Heng Chang (Stony Brook University)LTR retriever: a highly accurate and sensitive program for identification ofLTR retrotransposonsShujun Ou (Michigan State University)Toward the next generation of repeats detection toolsHani Girgis (University of Tulsa)Functional properties of the unique N- and C-terminal domains indomesticated RVT reverse transcriptasesIrina Yushenova (MBL)Identifying extrachromosomal intermediates of transposition in bdelloidrotifersLaura Swain, Irina Yushenova, Irina Arkhipova (U. of Chicago & MBL)Transposable element dynamics and nervous system reduction in a tinyparasitoid waspBrandon Lê, Fernando Rodriguez (Brown University & MBL)
List of RegistrantsLast NameFirst Name Company NameE-Mail P.I.Bacot-Davis ValjeanUniversity at Albany, SUNYvaljean.fire@gmail.comPost DocBelfortMarleneUAlbany, SUNYmbelfort@albany.eduP.I.BhattShivamNew England Biolabsshivamb@hotmail.co.ukGrad ChangYung-Heng Stony Brook Universityforeverchang89@gmail.comPost DocDerbyshire KeithWadsworth Centerkeith.derbyshire@health.ny.gov P.I.DongXiaolongUniversity at Albany-SUNYxdong@albany.eduGrad exeiUniversity of South icCornell rsity of Illinoisjeffgard@uiuc.eduP.I.GirgisHaniUniversity of arvard Universityeugene.gladyshev@gmail.comPost DocGruszAmandaUniversity of Minnesota Duluth algrusz@d.umn.eduP.I.HanShunhuaUniversity of Georgiashhan@uga.eduGrad f/ OtherKeeganRichardStony Brook Universityrichard.keegan@stonybrook.edu Grad StudentKelleyDanielleSUNY Albanydkelley@albany.eduGrad StudentKreilingJillBrown Universityjill kreiling@brown.eduP.I.LauNelsonBoston University Med Schoolnclau@bu.eduFacultyLêBrandonBrown stopher SUNY-Albanycwlennon@albany.eduPost DocMir Sanchis IgnacioUniversity of Chicagoimirsanchis@uchicago.eduPost DocNewtonJocelynBrown Universityjocelyn newton@brown.eduGrad ail.comPost DocOuShujunMichigan State Universityoushujun@msu.eduGrad StudentParhadSwapnilUMass Med School Worcesterswapnil.parhad@umassmed.edu Grad StudentPetersClaireCornell Universityjoe.ithaca@gmail.comStaff/ OtherPetersJosephCornell s Universityreazur@brandeis.eduPost DocRaleighElisabethNew England Biolabsraleigh@neb.comStaff/ Other
ReznikoffBillMBLbreznikoff@mbl.eduStaff/ OtherRicePhoebeThe U. of Chicagoprice@uchicago.eduP.I.RiggsPaulNew England Biolabsriggs@neb.comP.I.RodriguezFernandoMarine Biological Laboratoryfrodriguez@mbl.eduPost DocSedivyJohnBrown Universityjohn sedivy@brown.eduFacultySkokJaneNew York University Med Schjane.skok@med.nyu.eduFacultySnesrudErikWalter Reed Army Researcherik.c.snesrud.ctr@mail.milStaff/ OtherSoucyShannonDartmouth Collegeshannon.soucy@dartmouth.edu Post DocSteinmetzEricLucigen Corp.esteinmetz@lucigen.comStaff/ OtherThomasAlexisUniversity of Chicagoalexist@uchicago.eduGrad StudentVan Duyne GregUniversity of Pennsylvaniavanduyne@mail.med.upenn.edu FacultyWaldernJustinSUNY Albanyjmwaldern@gmail.comGrad StudentYangNachenBrandeis Universitynyang@brandeis.eduPost DocMarine Biological Laboratoryiyushenova@mbl.eduPost DocYushenova IrinaWe thank Marine Biological Laboratory, Lucigen, New England Biolabs, andIntegrated DNA Technologies for sponsorship and support.
9:50 PM Recruitment of CRISPR-Cas systems by Tn7-like transposons. Joe Peters (Cornell University) . 10:10 AM Coffee break . 10:40 AM Distributive conjugal transfer: A new paradigm for bacterial horizontal gene transfer in mycobacteria . Invited speaker: Keith Derbyshire (Wadsworth Center) 11:10 AM Domestication of a virus by Alphaproteobacteria . Shannon Soucy (Dartmouth College)
