PRESENTATIONS OR INVITED TALKS
▪ Oral talk at Annual International Stem Cell Society (ISSCR)-2023- June 15, 2023, at Boston, USA
“From Stem Cell to a Neuron: How Alternative RNA Splicing controls Cell Fate decisions.”
▪ Lightning talk and Poster at Fusion Conferences- 3rd Neuro-epigenetics and Neuro-epitranscriptomics April 28
May1,2023 at Tulum, Mexico
“Transcriptional bursting and Alternative Splicing pulsing are critical for Neuronal differentiation” Jeru Manoj Manuel, Mariano Avino, Benoit Laurent.
▪ Invited guest lecture- Alumni series (Virtual)- at School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore,
India on April 15, 2023
“Molecular signature of neuronal differentiation-an interplay of genetics and epigenetics”
▪ Oral Presentation at Indian Society of Human Genetics (ISHG), 2023, Jan23-25,2023 at Vishakhapatnam, India
“Critical transcriptomic and Alternative splicing signature during neuronal differentiation “
▪ Invited talk at Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute (ARRTI), October 13, 2022 at Alberta, Canada
“Alternative Splicing during Neurogenesis-role of epigenetic regulation”.
▪ Poster at 23rd Annual meeting of Riboclub, Conference, September 18-22, 2022 at Quebec, Canada.
“Comprehensive analysis of alternative RNA splicing signature during neuronal differentiation”. Jeru Manoj Manuel, Mariano Avino, Benoit Laurent.
▪ Invited Oral presentation at the Colloquium “The different flavours of RNA“ at 8th Montpellier-Sherbrooke
International Scientific Meet, 8th-10th June, 2022 at Montpellier, France.
“ Regulation of alternative splicing: when Alu elements and chromatin work together ”
▪ Poster at Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), Virtual Conference, November 11-14, 2020.
“Modulation of TLR3 protein in response to radiation in squamous cell lung carcinoma”. Jeru Manoj Manuel, Tas Ebru, Rutihinda Cleopatra, Oweida Ayman J.
▪ Oral and poster at 13th International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) 3rd-7th April, 2016 at Kyoto, Japan.
“Correlation between MGMT promoter methylation and hMSH2 mRNA expression in primary frontal high grade anaplastic glioma (HGAG)” Jeru Manoj Manuel, Chetan Ghati K, Narasinga Rao K. V. L, Venkatesh H N.
▪ Poster at Indian society of Neuro-oncology (ISNOCON), 27th-29th March,2015 Kochi, India.
“Association between CpG island promoter methylation of MGMT and TP53 genes in different types of high grade glioma”.
Jeru Manoj M, Debarati Ghosh, Venkatesh HN, K. V. L. Narasinga Rao, Dhananjaya I Bhat,Chetan G K.
▪ Poster at Indian Society of Human Genetics (ISHG), 23rd-25th January, 2014, Ahmedabad, India.
“The role of Direct DNA Repair gene O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) in High Grade Malignant
Glioma”. Jeru Manoj M, Chetan G K, K. V. L. Narasinga Rao, Venkatesh H N, Sibin M K and Lavanya Ch.
▪ Oral and Poster at International Conference, “Biotechnological Solutions for Environmental Sustainability (ICon–BSES), 21st -23rd October 2009 at VIT University, Vellore, India,
“Study of the Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) among malnourished children of the lower socio economic group in Bangalore” & “Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) in Diabetic Patients from Bangalore East”
▪ Poster at 2nd National Conference on “Recent Trends in Plant Sciences” 1st – 2nd February, 2008 at St. Joseph’s College(Autonomous), Bangalore, India- Won 2nd Prize for Best poster.
“Study of the Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) among malnourished children of the lower socio economic group in Bangalore”
OTHER PUBLISHED/PRESENTED ABSTRACTS
▪ Muhammad Riaz Khan, Olivier Dionne, Jeru Manoj Manuel, Joannie St-Germain,…,Raymond Wellinger And Benoit Laurent. Functional characterization of Human and brain specific long non-coding RNAs associated with neurodegenerative disorders, at Annual Society for Neuroscience conference- 2023- November 11-15, 2023. Washington, USA.
▪ Benoit Laurent, Muhammad Riaz Khan, Olivier Dionne, Jeru Manoj Manuel, Joannie St-Germain, Rona Graham, Christine Lavoie. “Investigating the importance of Human and Brain Specific long noncoding RNA”, at Annual International Stem Cell Society (ISSCR)-2023- June 15, 2023, at Boston, USA
▪ Olivier Dionne, Muhammad Riaz Khan, Jeru Manoj Manuel, Joannie St-Germain, Rona Graham, Christine Lavoie, Benoit Laurent. “Functional characterization of human and brain-specific long non-coding RNAs associated with neurodegenerative disorders”, at International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and related Neurological disorders, Mar 28 – Apr1,2023 at Gothenburg, Sweden.
▪ Colin Poirier, Jeru Manoj Manuel, Benoit Laurent. “Rewiring alternative splicing of TRAIL-R4 to enhance apoptosis in cancer” at 23rd Annual meeting of Riboclub, Conference, September 18-22, 2022. Quebec, Canada
▪ Olivier Dionne, Muhammad Riaz Khan, Jeru Manoj Manuel, Joannie St-Germain, Mariano Avino, Tamas Fulop, Rona Graham, Christine Lavoie, Benoit Laurent. “Identification of human and brain-specific long non-coding RNAs associated with neurodegenerative disorders”, at 23rd Annual meeting of Riboclub, Conference, September 18-22, 2022, QC, Canada.
▪ Venkatesh H N, Jeru Manoj M, Chetan G K. “Chromosomal aberrations detected in Idiopathic Mental retardation and
multiple congenital abnormalities (MCA): Validation of cytogenetic techniques, High resolution banding (HRB) and
Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization (FISH)“, at 13th International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG), 3rd-7th April, 2016 at Kyoto, Japan.
▪ Ch Lavanya, Chetan G K, Sibin M K, Jeru Manoj M, Manjunatha M Venkataswamy, Chetan G K. “Down Regulation of
Telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) expression by BIBR1532 in Human glioblastoma LN18 cells“, at 50th anniversary of European Society of Human Genetics, May 27-30,2017 at Copenhagen, Denmark.
▪ Chetan G K, Jeru Manoj M, Ch Lavanya, Sibin M K, Dhananjaya I Bhat, Narasinga Rao KVL. Quantification of MGMT promoter methylation and hTERT expression in Malignant glioma: Exploring the correlation“, at ISHG (March 3rd-5th) 2016, Chennai, India.
▪ Harshitha S M, Sibin M K, Jeru Manoj M, Ch Lavanya, Arati S, Narasinga Rao K V L, Dhananjaya I Bhat, Chetan G K. Micro RNA 196A2 polymorphism (rs11614913) and its association with the risk of Glioma in Indian population, at ISHG (March 3rd -5th) 2016, Chennai, India.
▪ Ch Lavanya, Chetan G K, Sibin M K, Srinivas Bharath M M, Jeru Manoj M. Down Regulation of Telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) expression by siRNA in Human glioblastoma LN18 cells, ISHG (March 3rd -5th) 2016, Chennai, India.
▪ Sibin M K, Ch Lavanya, Chetan G K, Dhananjaya I Bhat, Narasinga Rao KVL, Jeru Manoj M. Two common polymorphisms
in p16 gene are not associated with glioma risk in Indian population, ISHG (March 3rd -5th) 2016, Chennai, India.
▪ Debarati Ghosh, Chetan G. K, Dhananjaya I. Bhat, K.V.L.Narasinga Rao, Jeru M Manuel, Sibin M.K., Agneesh Barua,
Venkatesh H.N. Mutation and methylation status of CDKN2A (P16) gene in Glioma patients. 2nd Indian Cancer Genetics
Conference & Workshop held at ACTREC on 1-2 November 2014, , Navi Mumbai, India.
▪ Promoter methylation of PTEN gene in high grade gliomas. Lavanya Ch, GK Chetan, MK Sibin, Jeru Manoj M, Bharath
MM Srinivas. Molecular Cytogenetics 2014, 7 (Suppl 1):P10.
▪ Correlation of P16 and Bmi1 gene expression in human high grade glioma. M K Sibin, G K Chetan, Ch Lavanya, Jeru Manoj M, Dhananjaya I Bhat. Molecular Cytogenetics 2014, 7 (Suppl 1):P9.
▪ Role of p16 deletion and Bmi1 copy number variation in glioma. GK Chetan, M K Sibin, Dhananjaya I Bhat, Ch Lavanya, Jeru Manoj M, N Geethashree. Molecular Cytogenetics 2014, 7 (Suppl 1):P11.
▪ Molecular and Cytogenetic Diagnosis of Idiopathic Mental Retardation and Genetic Counselling in Indian Population.
Venkatesh H N, Chetan GK, Jeru Manoj M, Sibin MK and Lavanya Ch. International Conference on Human Genetics and
XXXIX ISHG Conference held from 22nd – 25th January, 2014, at Ahmedabad, India. – Chetan G. K., Sibin M. K, Lavanya Ch., Jeru Manoj M., Dhananjaya I. Bhat. Exon wise deletion status of tumor suppressor P16 gene in high grade glioma in the Indian population. European journal of Human Genetics 2013, 21 (Suppl 2): P11.142;
▪ H N Venkatesh, Jeru M Manuel, Dr G K Chetan. Efficacy of Genetic Counselling: A Clinical Need in Mental Health.
International conference of Indian Academy of Psychologists from 27-30th June, 2013, Tirupathi, India.
▪ Chetan G.K., Venkatesh HN, Sibin MK, Deepa D Bhat, Jeru Manoj M and Lavanya Ch. The role of epigenetic and genetic biomarkers in diagnosis and prognosis of Malignant Gliomas. XXXVII ISHG Conference held from 3-5th March, 2012, at Chandigarh, India