Presentations

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

11th Annual International Conference on Systems Biology of Disease (2018), Los Angeles, CA. Integrative Analysis of the Inter-tumoral Heterogeneity of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. A. M. Chiu, M. Mitra, L. Boymoushakian, and H. A. Coller. Poster presentation.

20th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (2016), Santa Monica, CA.  Cell Cycle Exit to a Quiescent State Involves Alternative Isoform Usage. M. Mitra, E. L. Johnson, D. C. Corney, D. G. Robinson, D. G. Taylor, W. Wang, S. Batista, and H. A. Coller. Poster presentation.

3rd Joint USC/UCLA Bioinformatics Meeting (2015), Los Angeles, CA. Alternative Isoform Usage in Proliferating and Quiescent Cells. M. Mitra, E. L. Johnson, D. C. Corney, H. N. Lee, D. G. Taylor, D. G. Robinson, W. Wang, S. Batista, and H. A. Coller. Selected for talk.

9th International Retroviral Nucleocapsid Protein and Assembly Symposium (2013), Montréal, Canada. Probing the Determinants of the Cytidine Deaminase Activity of Human Restriction Factor APOBEC3H. M. Mitra, D. Singer, J. Hritz, G. Nam, A.M. Gronenborn, and J.G. Levin. Poster presentation. Selected for Travel Award.

Cold Spring Harbor Retrovirus Meeting (2012), Cold Spring Harbor, NY. Structure-Function Analysis of Human Restriction Factor APOBEC3A. M. Mitra, S. Hill, K. Hercík, K. Hinchee, J. Ahn, I.-J.L. Byeon, A.M. Gronenborn, G. Heidecker, and J.G. Levin. Poster presentation.

8th International Retroviral NC Symposium (2011), Barcelona, Spain. Deaminase and Binding Activities of APOBEC3A Dictate its Cellular Function. M. Mitra, S. Hill, K. Hercík, K. Hinchee, J. Ahn, I.-J.L. Byeon, A.M. Gronenborn, G. Heidecker and J.G. Levin. Poster presentation. Selected for Travel Award.

Cold Spring Harbor Retrovirus Meeting (2008). Cold Spring Harbor, NY. C-Terminal Domain of HTLV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein Modulates Nucleic Acid Interactions and Chaperone Activity. K. Stewart- Maynard, F. Wang, M. Mitra, M. Cruceanu, R.J. Gorelick, I. Rouzina, M.C. Williams, and K. Musier-Forsyth. Poster presentation.

8th Annual Symposium on Antiviral Drug Resistance (2007), Richmond, VA. Identification of a Minimal NC Construct for Optimal Chaperone Function. M. Mitra, D.G. Mullen, G. Barany, and K. Musier-Forsyth. Poster presentation. Selected for Travel Award.

Rustbelt RNA Meeting (2007), Mt. Sterling, OH. Probing the Role of Functional Domains of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein in its Nucleic Acid Chaperone Function. M. Mitra, D.G. Mullen, G. Barany, and K. Musier-Forsyth. Poster presentation.

7th Annual Symposium on Antiviral Drug Resistance (2006), Chantilly, VA. Role of Basic and Aromatic Residues in the Nucleic Acid Chaperone Activity of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein. M. Mitra, R.J. Gorelick, G. Barany, and K. Musier-Forsyth. Poster presentation. Selected for Travel Award.

NIH Chemical Biology Training Grant Symposium (2006), St. Paul, MN. Mutagenesis Studies to Probe the Role of Basic and Aromatic Residues in the Nucleic Acid Chaperone Activity of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein. M. Mitra, R.J. Gorelick, G. Barany, and K. Musier-Forsyth. Poster presentation.

NIH Chemical Biology Training Grant Symposium (2004), St. Paul, MN. Probing the Role of Protein-Protein and Protein-RNA Interactions in HIV-1. B.J. Kovaleski, M. Mitra, G. Barany, and K. Musier-Forsyth. Poster presentation.

UCLA INTRAMURAL PRESENTATIONS

Annual Research Conference, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (2017), Lake Arrowhead, CA. Alternative Polyadenylation Links Cell Cycle to Migration. M. Mitra, E. L. Johnson, D. C. Corney, D. G. Robinson, D. G. Taylor, A. M. Ambrus, D. Jelinek, W. Wang, S. Batista, and H. A. Coller. Poster presentation.

Annual Research Conference, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (2015), Lake Arrowhead, CA. Cellular Quiescence Involves Specific Exon Usage. M. Mitra, E. L. Johnson, D. C. Corney, H. N. Lee, D. G. Taylor, D. G. Robinson, W. Wang, S. Batista, and H. A. Coller. Poster presentation. Best poster award.

1st Annual Retreat, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (2015), Lake Arrowhead, CA. Differential RNA Processing in Proliferating and Quiescent Cells. M. Mitra, E. L. Johnson, D. C. Corney, H. N. Lee, D. G. Taylor, D. G. Robinson, W. Wang, S. Batista, and H. A. Coller. Poster presentation.

Gene Regulation Intramural Meeting, Gene Regulation Program, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (2015), Los Angeles, CA. Roles of a Novel Isoform of RECK in Cell proliferation and Cancer: A Tale of Two Proteins. Talk.