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In a weeks time please join us for our next RNA CASP SIG with Dr. Rhiju Das

Ribonanza: big data for RNA structure prediction

[Zoom](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__stanford.zoom.us_j_93445935624-3Fpwd-3DK0VUWk0zaVNMZlU1U0xUMS8vSWUwZz09&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=0lUjW57N1liiDVO5wzD9g5qjic3xcIQ5O7wLU7r81hA&m=arbubYGVlHU7r5U62CgEmarGmxHnOtTysQwN9aCJsuHl9sQym0QFMDa2Gn41dEdZ&s=3rWBZ-vu-LrB-wgVAUts27AvWDWJFR6IEQNM23lG4eM&e=) link Tuesday October 10th Pacific Time 8 am / Eastern Time 11 am / Central European Time: 5 pm / China Standard Time: 11 pm

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See you soon,

Rachael Kretsch (Rhiju Das and Wah Chiu labs @Stanford)
Marcin Magnus (Elena Rivas lab @Harvard)

For recording see playlist on YouTube @CASPRNASIG.

Zoom link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/93445935624?pwd=K0VUWk0zaVNMZlU1U0xUMS8vSWUwZz09

# Abstract

A large increase in structural data may be needed to solve RNA secondary and tertiary structure prediction. The Ribonanza challenge involves chemical mapping profiles for 2.1M diverse sequences, a rigorous train/test split, and prizes totaling $100k for top predictors in a Kaggle challenge, with a deadline of Dec. 7, 2023. The sequences reflect a wide range RNA structure modeling applications, including 3D design, scanning viral genomes for complex structures, riboswitch and ribozyme prediction, mutate-and-map and compensatory rescue experiments, and more.