"How chaperones help RNAs choose the right partner" Sarah Woodson, Ph.D. T.C. Jenkins Professor of Biophysics Johns Hopkins University   In-person: BSRB, ABC seminar rooms / hybrid link Abstract: Non-coding RNAs must fold into specific structures to create the machinery for protein synthesis or to control gene expression.  As nascent transcripts can form different base...

"RNA-RNA Base Pairing: Key to unlocking the functions of many noncoding RNAs" Joan Steitz, Ph.D. Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale University   In-person: BSRB, ABC seminar rooms / hybrid link Abstract: Dr. Steitz's talk will be primarily historical, with many examples of discoveries of RNA-RNA base pairing over her 50-year+ career being...

"Unmasking the Power of RNA: From Structure to Medicine" Friday, March 8, 2024, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Bldg, Kahn Auditorium 109 Zina Pitcher Pl, Ann Arbor, Michigan For More Information and to Register, Click Here.

"Transcription-driven DNA Repair" Evgeny Nudler, Ph.D. Julie Wilson Anderson Professor of Biochemistry Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology NYU Grossman School of Medicine   In-person: BSRB, ABC seminar rooms / hybrid link Abstract: Using E. coli as a model system, we have developed new approaches to study damage recognition and...

"RNA Metabolism in C9ORF72-linked neurodegenerative diseases ALS and FTD" Shuying Sun, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Physiology Brain Science Institute Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine   In-person: BSRB, ABC seminar rooms / hybrid link Abstract: We have a long-standing interest in RNA metabolism dysfunction and RNA-targeting therapy in neurodegenerative diseases, particularly amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...

**CANCELED** Due to unforeseen circumstances, today’s RNA Innovation seminar featuring Dr. Catherine Kaczorowski has been canceled. Please be on the lookout for rescheduling information in the coming days "Using Complex Genetics in Mice to Unlock the Secrets of Cognitive Resilience" Catherine Kaczorowski, Ph.D. Elinor Levine Professor of Dementia Research Professor of Neurology University of Michigan,...

"RNA: the delivery perspective" Alexandra Piotrowski-Daspit, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division University of Michigan   In-person: BSRB, Kahn Auditorium / hybrid link Abstract: The primary barrier for clinical translation of RNA therapeutics remains delivery to target tissues in vivo. Upon entering the body, delivery...

The Center for RNA Biomedicine presents microwell array pioneer, David R. Walt, PH.D. On Thursday, September 12, the Center for RNA Biomedicine will host life sciences industry expert David R. Walt, Ph.D. for a special lecture titled, "Why sensitivity matters for clinical diagnosis (see abstract below)." Following the lecture, there will be an open house...

The University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine Seminar Series is excited to host Gregor Neuert, Ph.D., for the first talk of the 2024 – 2025 RNA Innovation Seminar Series. Gregor Neuert, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology Vanderbilt University   Date and Time: Monday, September 23 | 4 p.m. In-person:...