Thank you to all of our brave poster presenters for sharing their research in a 30-second elevator pitch format.

L to R: Nils Walter, Mats Ljungman, Hannon Wright, Monika Franco, Ashley Kalinski, Megan Trotter, Adrien Chauvier

 

Elevator pitch competition winner: $100 Karan Bedi

Scientific Image winners:

1st Place: $300 Megan Trotter

“Markers of the Inactive-X”

2nd Place: $200 Leonard Cheung

“tSNE Diptych”

3rd Place: $100 Ashley Kalinski

“Glowing Neurons”

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT! 

Presidential Biosciences Initiative grantee Nils Walter talks RNA research and curing disease. Full article: record.umich.edu/articles/professors-work-focuses-molecules-key-curing-diseases

EXCITING NEWS! 

The Center for RNA Biomedicine awarded Tier 1 Bioscience Initiative Funding

Thanks to President Mark Schlissel for helping us launch the Center for RNA Biomedicine in earnest through the only Tier 1 funded Biosciences Initiative, part of 5 large grants in 1st round; now implementing our vision to translate discoveries in RNA into med applications. Read more here: record.umich.edu/articles/biosciences-initiative-invests-45-million-u-m-research

Save the Date: 4th Annual RNA Symposium – Friday, March 29, 2019

Keynote speakers :
Rachel Green, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
David Bartel, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Howard Chang, PhD, Stanford University
Kristen Lynch, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Alice Telesnitsky, PhD, University of Michigan

Our Mission

The University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine seeks to:

• Promote and develop cross-disciplinary collaborations on RNA across campus.
• Mentor the next generation of RNA biomedical scientists.
• Enrich the U-M’s intellectual and training environment around RNA biomedicine.
• Leverage and promote the strengths of the U-M RNA community, ranging from translational research to single cell and single molecule biophysics, and across RNA mediated diseases such as cancer, neurodegeneration and viral infection.
• Provide a central organizational structure to help recruit and develop common resources, including collaborative research grants and shared equipment, as well as domestic and international researchers.