# CSHL 2021 Eukaryotic mRNA Processing Conference

> **NIH NIH R13** · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · 2021 · $4,000

## Abstract

COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY CONFERENCE
 EUKARYOTIC mRNA PROCESSING
 AUGUST 24 - 28, 2021
ABSTRACT
The proposed conference on “Eukaryotic mRNA Processing” will convene scientists
studying various aspects of mRNA processing, transport, turnover and their roles in
human diseases. Major advances have recently been made in all these areas, and the
proposed conference will be a timely event for discussing the latest unpublished results
and exchanging ideas, thereby fostering new developments in this rapidly moving field.
The proposed conference will be the thirteenth meeting in the series that is held every
other year at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The most recent meeting was held in
August 2019 and attracted 276 scientists internationally, who are actively investigating
various aspects of messenger RNA maturation in eukaryotic cells using genetic,
biochemical, molecular, cell biological, and computational approaches. As in the
previous meetings, a major focus will be on nuclear events in mRNA maturation,
including mRNA splicing and polyadenylation, the connections between transcription and
mRNA maturation steps, the roles of mRNA processing events in the biology of viruses,
the application of informatics and genome-wide approaches to the analysis of RNA
processing, as well as the relevance of mRNA processing to the etiology of cancer and
other diseases. We also expect relevant and timely contributions on topics related to the
new coronavirus variant SARS-CoV-2, in particular on the experimental vaccines based
on messenger RNA. The meeting will include twelve plenary oral sessions and two
poster sessions. Full and half oral sessions will include ten or five 12-minute talks,
respectively, with additional time for discussion. In response to major developments in
the fields of RNA modification and the roles of RNA structure in processing, we have
expanded the sessions devoted to these topics; this adaptability to the major movements
in the field helps keep this meeting at the cutting edge and ensures that we will draw
participants from traditional as well as emerging areas of RNA research. This
subdivision, successfully piloted at the 2019 meeting, allows a broader representation of
fields and we have recruited a diverse set of leaders in the field as session chairs. As
always, all speakers will be selected on the basis of the submitted abstracts, which
encourages active participation by junior scientists. We will particularly encourage
presentation of unpublished work by the students and postdoctoral fellows who are
leading these projects, as has traditionally been a hallmark and a unique strength of the
Cold Spring Harbor meetings. We emphasize the participation of female and under-
represented minority scientists as session chairs, speakers, poster presenters and
meeting participants.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10232979
- **Project number:** 1R13CA260978-01
- **Recipient organization:** COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
- **Principal Investigator:** DAVID J. STEWART
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $4,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-04-01 → 2022-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10232979

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10232979, CSHL 2021 Eukaryotic mRNA Processing Conference (1R13CA260978-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10232979. Licensed CC0.

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