# 2021 RNA Editing Gordon Research Conference & Seminar

> **NIH NIH R13** · GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES · 2020 · $9,490

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract:
The GRC on RNA editing is the premier international meeting dedicated to nucleic acid modifications. The 2021
meeting is subtitled: “RNA/DNA editing and epitranscriptomics across biological systems”. Modifications to the
common nucleosides found in DNA and RNA have been known for many years. However, recent advances in
analytical techniques for their detection, along with a deeper understanding of the broad impact these
modifications have on fundamental biological processes, including human disease, have caused a renaissance
in their study. Indeed, we now know that nucleic acid modifications are common in various naturally occurring
nucleic acids and influence gene expression, protein synthesis, cognition, innate and adaptive immunity,
autoimmune disease and cancer. Furthermore, several research labs have repurposed enzymes that naturally
edit RNA or modify DNA bases for targeted genome editing. This meeting will bring together a diverse group of
scientists with varying expertise with the common goal of sharing ideas and approaches that can advance our
understanding of the many facets of nucleic acid modifications. This conference has three specific aims. First,
we will support the development of the next generation of scientific leaders. Key to achieving this aim is
supporting the accompanying Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). In the two days preceding the GRC, a GRS
will take place that is focused on the exchange of research data and ideas among graduate students and post-
docs in the editing and modification field. Our second specific aim is to facilitate knowledge exchange on DNA
and RNA editing and modification. During the five-day GRC, there is approximately four hours in each afternoon
for networking, there are four poster sessions, and 49 speakers covering all aspects of DNA and RNA editing
research to foster interdisciplinary and collaborative interactions. Our third aim is to connect academic
researchers to stakeholders in industry. Representatives of gene editing companies and biomedical science
companies with an editing/modification focus will participate in the 2021 conference. This interaction will facilitate
collaboration with companies or other labs that can take basic health related research to the next level of
developing treatments for genetic diseases.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10142743
- **Project number:** 1R13HG011566-01
- **Recipient organization:** GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** PETER A. BEAL
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $9,490
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-15 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10142743

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10142743, 2021 RNA Editing Gordon Research Conference & Seminar (1R13HG011566-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10142743. Licensed CC0.

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