Mar 24, 2025
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4:10pm - 6:00pm
Colloquium Seminar Series: Dr. Rhiju Das (Stanford University) on Monday, March 24th, 2025
Type
Invited Speaker Seminar
Format
In-Person
Department/Unit
Department of Molecular Genetics
Speaker(s)
Dr. Rhiju Das
Speaker: Dr. Rhiju Das
Institution: Stanford University
Title: Worldwide competitions and the RNA folding problem
Date: Monday, March 24th, 2025
Time: 4:10 PM EST
Host: Dr. Sabine Cordes
Location: University College RM 161
Abstract:
The discovery and design of biologically important RNA molecules has lagged behind proteins, in part due to the general difficulty of three-dimensional RNA structural characterization. What are the prospects for an 'AlphaFold moment' for RNA? This talk will describe some recent progress in modeling RNA structure from old-fashioned and new machine learning, cryoelectron microscopy, and current and upcoming internet-scale competitions hosted on the Eterna, Kaggle, and CASP platforms.
Location
University College 161