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VRC November Event – Flash Talks & Poster Presentations

Monday, November 17, 2025 • 4:00 PM • LSC3

Join us for our next Vancouver RNA Club event featuring an exciting showcase of trainee-led RNA research from across our community. This special session includes a series of rapid-fire flash talks, each followed by a brief Q&A, as well as a poster presentation session highlighting a diverse range of ongoing projects.

We will conclude the evening with a social hour offering complimentary food and beverages.

Flash Talks

  1. Julia Brown (Hedtrich Lab) – A Novel Therapeutic: Gene Editing for Inherited Skin Diseases

  2. Hedieh Hashemi (Sagan Lab) – A twist in the tail: optimizing mRNA termini for improved protein production

  3. Soma Roy (Unrau Lab) – Guanidinium-Based Nucleic Acid Concentrator

  4. Zhen Jin (Vu Lab) – TBD

  5. Chadwick Hou (Wong Lab) – Investigating the biological effects of G4 destabilization on telomere maintenance in ALT cancers

  6. Aditi Kothiala (Jan Lab) – TBD

Poster Presentations

  1. Jordan Tom (Cheng Lab) – Optimizing LNP and Proteinase mRNA to Remodel Tumour Extracellular Matrix

  2. Yilin Liu (Vu Lab) – Translation regulation mediated by CCR4-NOT complex subunit CNOT4 is essential for the survival of myeloid leukemia cells and disease progression

  3. Hendrik Boog (Unrau Lab) – RNA replicators on a keychain: Connecting genome and enzymes before cells

  4. Manolya Sag (Sagan Lab) – miR-122 triggers the switch from translation to replication in the HCV life cycle

  5. Rachel Yutong Jiang (Brown Lab) – Examining the boundary between euchromatin and heterochromatin on the inactive X chromosome

  6. Lucy Feng (Jan Lab) – TBD

Award funding is generously sponsored by RNA Society.

Flash Talks (one presenter per lab; audience-voted)

  • 1st: $250

  • 2nd: $150

  • 3rd: $100

Poster Session (judged by a panel)

  • 1st: $100

  • 2nd: $75

  • 3rd: $50

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