Welcome to our 2019–2020 new members, Dr. Analisa DiFeo, Ph.D., and Dr. Joshi Alumkal, M.D.!
Launched at the initiative of the University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine, and inaugurated on April 22, 2020, with a seminar hosted by the Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine, the RNA Collaborative Seminar Series is a growing grassroots effort, now supported by the international RNA Society and involving 21 RNA research partners…
Samantha Grudzien Graduate Student Researcher U-M Neuroscience Graduate Program, Peter Todd Lab Who/what brought you to science? Although not scientists, my mother has been in the medical field for over 30 years and my father has been a computer programmer. From their influence, I had an interest in STEM, and as I continued my…
On May 20th, 2021, the Board of Regents approved the following promotions of our RNA research community members: Dawen Cai, associate professor of cell and developmental biology, with tenure, Medical School, and associate professor of biophysics, without tenure, College of LSA (featured scientist) Justin A. Colacino, associate professor of environmental health sciences,  with tenure, and associate…
University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine Co-Director Dr. Mats Ljungman presented research on his KLIPP technique at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting at the San Diego Convention Center in California. Dr. Ljungman’s talk, “KLIPP: Precision targeting of cancer with CRISPR,” was given on Tuesday, April 9, as part of the…
May 27 2:00–4:00 pm, Concurrent Session 2, RNA Structure and Regulation Adrien Chauvier, Pujan Ajmera, Nils Walter, Competition between ligand binding and transcription factor NusA modulates riboswitch-mediated regulation of transcription 8:00–9:00 pm, Poster Session 2, Interconnected Processes Catherine Scull, The N-terminal region of the A12.2 subunit stimulates RNA polymerase I transcription elongation 9:00–10:00 pm, Poster Session 5, RNA…
Featuring Nobel Laureates Craig Mello and Phillip Sharp “Can RNA Answer It All? From the Origin of Life to a Future of Personalized Medicine” Register Now The symposium will bring together national leaders of the scientific, medical and engineering communities working on recent advances of our understanding of RNA. It will provide a means of…
