Center for RNA Biomedicine hosts RNA Collaborative Seminar April 9

RNA Collaborative Seminar, Wednesday, April 9 at 4:00 PM ET on Zoom | Click here to see full details on event calendar.

The next RNA Collaborative Seminar will be co-hosted on Zoom by the University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine, with presentations by Grace McIntyre, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pathology, and Adrien Chauvier, Ph.D., Senior Scientist in the Nils Walter Lab. and Chauvier’s work in this recent article.


The Center for RNA Biomedicine will present two talks:

“High-Throughput Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting OncoMiR-181a for Cancer Therapy.”

This talk will be presented by Grace McIntyre, Ph.D. Student, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan. Grace is a student in the DiFeo Lab.

Read more about McIntyre’s work in the article, “A Doctoral Journey,” in the recent issue of RNA Translated.


The second talk will be presented by Adrien Chauvier, Ph.D., Research Lab Specialist, Nils Walter Laboratory – Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, RNA Center for Biomedicine.

“Real-time Monitoring of Ligand Recognition by a Riboswitch during Transcription”

The center will share hosting with the University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology, which will present the following talk:

“Discovery and Therapeutic Applications of RNA ‘Stitching’.”

This talk will be presented by Doug Anderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI); Member, University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology: From Genome to Therapeutics.

The seminar will take place virtually on Zoom. Please register here: Zoom Registration

Moderators for the event will include:

Eric J. Wagner, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Associate Director, Center for RNA Biology
Wilmot Cancer Institute
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

and

Maria Stieve
Program Manager, Center for RNA Biomedicine, University of Michigan

We look forward to you joining us! For more information, visit https://www.rnasociety.org/rna-collaborative-seminar-series

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