{"361981":{"#nid":"361981","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Integrated Cancer Research Center Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022From Secondary to Tertiary Structures of Large RNAs\u0022 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKatarzyna J. Purzycka, PhD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERNA Structure and Function Laboratory\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInstitute of Bioorganic Chemistry\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPolish Academy of Sciences\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EABSTRACT\u003Cbr \/\u003ERNAs adopt specific structures to perform their activities, beginning with transcription and ending with turnover. Conformational transitions among alternative structures are critical to virtually all RNA-mediated processes ranging from splicing to viral replication in eukaryotes. Understanding the numerous functions that RNAs play in living cells depends on informative three-dimensional structures. However, it is difficult to assess 3D structures of RNAs experimentally. Structures determined by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography are limited by the size or structural flexibility of the RNA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe developed RNAComposer \u2013 a machine translation-based method for automated prediction of RNA three-dimensional structure from a user-defined secondary structure model. The method was evaluated using a representative benchmark set of 40 RNAs with different complexities. The quality of the input 2D structure is critical to obtain an accurate 3D structure. The \u003Cem\u003Ein silico \u003C\/em\u003Eprediction of the RNA secondary structure is advanced and can be strengthened by incorporating constraints from chemical probing. However, defining precise secondary structures for 3D structure prediction remains challenging. Namely, multiple RNA conformations, pseudoknots and long-range interactions are important to evaluate. Furthermore, biologically relevant structures should be verified by independent analyses. During the presentation, I will introduce the RNAComposer method and discuss approaches we are developing to address difficulties arising from the prediction of 3D structures of large RNAs.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has been a leader in the development of collaborative approaches to both cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. The mission of the Integrated Cancer Research Center (ICRC) is to facilitate integration of the diversity of technological, computational, scientific and medical expertise at Georgia Tech and partner institutions in a coordinated effort to develop improved cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022From Secondary to Tertiary Structures of Large RNAs\u0022 - Katarzyna J. 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Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"52061","name":"ICRC Seminar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.mcdonald@biology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn McDonald, PhD\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}