Analisa DiFeo, Ph.D., and Joshi Alumkal, M.D., join the U-M Center for RNA Biomedicine
Welcome to our 2019–2020 new members, Dr. Analisa DiFeo, Ph.D., and Dr. Joshi Alumkal, M.D.!
Welcome to our 2019–2020 new members, Dr. Analisa DiFeo, Ph.D., and Dr. Joshi Alumkal, M.D.!

Michigan Medicine’s Vivian Cheung and fellow RNA heavy hitters from science and medicine lay out the Human RNome Project roadmap at landmark Congressional Briefing BY PAUL AVEDISIAN On May 8, 2024, Vivian Cheung, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, delivered the welcoming remarks at a Congressional Briefing, “The Urgent Need to Advance RNA Science,”…
Photo: Jalihal describing his research based on live cell single particle tracking. Growing up in Chennai, in South India, Ameya Jalihal, Ph.D., has always loved going on nature walks, watching birds, and collecting insects and seashells. While observing nature and biodiversity, young Jalihal had many questions that fueled his passion for life sciences. Inspired by…
A cross-disciplinary team of scientists from the University of Michigan (U-M) has developed a biochemical technique that successfully measures the number of individual protein molecules present in blood at low concentrations. These findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), September 2020. The scientists developed special antibody probes that…
We are thrilled to announce that Rachel Niederer as agreed to join us as a faculty member in Biological Chemistry, the Center for RNA Biomedicine, and the LSI. About Dr. Rachel Niederer: Dr. Niederer completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland, College Park in Biochemistry and Cell Biology/Molecular Genetics where she worked with Dr….
February 2, 2016 Ann Arbor, Mich. – Five prominent scientists, including two Nobel Laureates, will share the stage on March 25, 2016, when the University of Michigan’s Center for RNA Biomedicine holds its Inaugural Symposium. The Symposium, titled “Can RNA Answer It All? From the Origin of Life to a Future of Personalized Medicine,” will…

John Prensner, M.D., Ph.D., has received a Clinical Investigator Award from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation for his proposal: “Therapeutic opportunities and mechanistic insights of protein-RNA dyssynchrony in medulloblastoma.” The award supports outstanding early-career physician-scientists whose disease-oriented research has the potential to directly impact patients. Prensner was recognized as a leading pediatric cancer researcher…