Dear RNA enthusiasts,

Our final meRNA meeting for the year!  Please mark your calendars two great Melbourne speakers featuring 3’ UTRs in innate immunity and a structural perspective of a 5’ UTR in SARS-CoV-2. All welcome!

Date:           Monday 13^th December 2021

Time:           1:00 – 2:00pm

Location:     Zoom meeting (details below)

We will be featuring two speakers:

Speaker:     Sarah Straub (PhD Student, Hertzog Lab, Hudson Institute of Medical Research)

Topic:        “Dynamic 3’-UTR lengths in IFN beta-treated macrophages and their role in mediating protein-protein interactions.”

Speaker:   Naveen Vankadari (Research Fellow, Wilce Lab, Monash University)

Topic:        “The interplay of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 and 5′-UTR incites viral translational regulation by a bipartite mechanism: Implications for potential therapeutics.”

Zoom meeting details:

Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:

Please click this URL to start or join. https://monash.zoom.us/j/83572893145?pwd=Uzlzc1pkR1p1L1BRV2VBRWFjdGx2QT09

    Or, go to https://monash.zoom.us/join and enter

Meeting ID: 835 7289 3145  and passcode: 683240