Biomedicine brings together RNA scientists …
at the frontier of RNA discoveries.
Center for RNA Biomedicine
Center for RNA Biomedicine
M-RNA Therapeutics
M-RNA Therapeutics
The University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine brings together RNA scientists, whose passion and research are at the frontier of RNA discoveries.
Registration is now open for the 9th Annual RNA Symposium, March 6-8, 2025!
About Us
Our vision is to build a synergic community and empower collaborations between RNA researchers to help streamline the discovery of novel, individualized disease targets; and establish a system of in-house RNA production that would enable U-M investigators to produce and screen therapeutics rapidly and cost-effectively.
What is RNA?
What is RNA’s role in the cell and in diseases?
Publications
We are pleased to announce the publication of our third annual magazine and report, RNA Translated. The 2024 issue focuses on our groundbreaking efforts to build a University of Michigan “M-RNA Therapeutics” initiative for “changing tomorrow’s world of medicine, today.” The second half of the magazine highlights the main activities of the center for the 2023 calendar year.
Core Facilities
Annual Symposium
The Center for RNA Biomedicine symposia bring together national leaders of the scientific, medical and engineering communities working on recent advances of our understanding of RNA. It provides means of exchanging new ideas across disciplines, spurring new collaborations nationwide, while supporting a rapidly growing RNA community at the University of Michigan.
RNA Innovation Seminar Series
The center offers bi-weekly RNA Innovation Seminars that feature visiting professors, U of M faculty, and students. The seminars cover a broad array of topics about RNA research and its application. In addition to learning about the latest research in the field, it is an opportunity to meet colleagues, network, and foster collaborations.
Become a member
We are a hub for RNA research across a wide range of scientific and medical disciplines at the University of Michigan.
Media
Recent News
RNA science front and center at the 2024 Nobel Prizes
Author | Paul Avedisian It would seem that the Nobel Foundation has RNA firmly on its radar, or is that “R-N-A-dar?” In 2023, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their groundbreaking work mitigating the inflammatory response to mRNA, paving the way for rapid development of…
U-M researchers develop a personalized RNA therapeutic used to treat twins with an ultra-rare form of Batten disease
September 25, 2024 ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In a remarkable display of bench to bedside science, a therapeutic developed by U-M’s Michelle Hastings, Ph.D., is now being used to treat twin girls with a rare form of juvenile Batten disease. Hastings, who is the Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Pharmacology, Director of RNA Therapeutics at…
2024-2025 Seminars
Up Next: Monday, October 21 | 4 p.m. — Laura Scott, Ph.D. | University of Michigan School of Public Health Monday, October 21 | 4 p.m. In-Person: Kahn Auditorium, BSRBHybrid: Click here to join via Zoom. Talk Title: “Regulation of RNA levels in muscle and adipose tissues by sex and genetic variants” Abstract:Gene expression is…
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