Webinars

Date: October 29th, 2021 Time: 7am-9am Pacific/ 10am-12pm Eastern/ 4pm-6pm Central European Time Description: Are you having post-event letdown now that the annual OTS meeting is over? We are too! Join us for this special 2-hour webinar to see presentations by four poster award winners who will talk about ...

Presenter: Aurélie Lacroix, PhD, Sixfold Bioscience Keith T. Gagnon, Ph.D, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Date: 25 August 2021 Time: 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern / 5m Central Description: Join us for a presentation of tips & tricks for making the most of your experience with a virtual ...

Presenter: Erin M. McConnell, Ph.D.,University of Ottawa Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, PhD, OTS President,Leiden University Medical Center Date: June 24, 2021 Time: 8am Pacific/11am Eastern/5pm Central European Time   Description: Do you study how oligonucleotides can be used as therapeutics? Are you new to the OTS? Are you a trainee in ...

Presenter: Arthur M. Krieg, MD, Checkmate Pharmaceuticals Date: 19 April 2018 Description: RNA and DNA oligonucleotides with charged backbones commonly cause immune activation, which can be recognized by appropriate in vitro and/or in vivo testing. Eukaryotic innate immune systems have evolved multiple receptors to detect foreign or self nucleic ...

Presenter: Dr. Annabelle Biscans (AstraZeneca)  Date: January 27th, 2021 Description: Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) have the potential to revolutionize medicine due to their potency, duration of effect, and ability to target previously “undruggable” disease genes. The clinical success of siRNAs is dependent on their efficient delivery to disease tissues. ...

Presenter: Isabel Aznarez, Ph.D. Stoke Therapeutics Date: April 29th, 2021 Description: Splicing is the process that edits precursor-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) to generate the messenger RNA (mRNA) that carries the code from the nucleus to the cytoplasm where the ribosomes will translate it into a protein. The splicing reaction is ...