RNA Faculty Candidate Seminar: Rachel Niederer, Yale School of Medicine

“Uncovering novel translational control elements within 5' UTRs” Rachel Niederer, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher Yale School of Medicine   Co-Hosts: The Center for RNA Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, and the Department of Human Genetics Hybrid Seminar: In-person: Biomedical Science Research Buliding (BSRB), ABC Seminar rooms Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qg4fyCUbQZyVu0oGrBLmWQ Abstract: Translational control of gene expression plays an essential...

RNA Faculty Candidate Seminar: Jailson (Jay) Brito Querido, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

“The scanning mechanism of mRNA translation initiation in humans” Jailson (Jay) Brito Querido, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scientist MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge, UK       Co-Hosts: The Center for RNA Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, and the Program in Biophysics Hybrid Seminar: In-person: Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB), ABC Seminar rooms Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pcS-fWIdSS-hDnKzoRhXeg Keywords: mRNA,...

RNA Faculty Candidate Seminar: Margaret (Maggie) Rodgers, Johns Hopkins University

"Mechanisms of co-transcriptional ribonucleoprotein assembly” Margaret (Maggie) Rodgers, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher Johns Hopkins University         Co-Hosts: The Center for RNA Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, and the Program in Biophysics Hybrid Seminar: In-person: Biomedical Science Research Buliding (BSRB), ABC Seminar rooms Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Icqg8jRbQNGCBEFkj_u5Gw Keywords: RNA, RNP, ribosome assembly, transcription, single-molecule fluorescence Seminar flyer...

Seminar: John Prensner, MD, PhD

“Translating the cancer genome: dark matter proteins” John Prensner, M.D., Ph.D. Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School     Co-Hosts: The Center for RNA Biomedicine, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, and Department of Pediatric Oncology Hybrid Seminar: In-person: Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB), ABC Seminar rooms...

RNA Therapeutics Seminar, Michelle Hastings, Rosalind Franklin University

Inaugural RNA Therapeutics Seminar Michelle Hastings, Ph.D. Professor, Cell Biology and Anatomy; Director, Center for Genetic Diseases Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science       This is an internal U-M event: In-person: Palmer Commons, Forum Hall Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mUj40sudTwmI6hXANnlJEg Keywords: pre-mRNA splicing, Antisense oligonucleotides, Usher syndrome, Batten Disease, lysosomal storage diseases Seminar flyer in...

6th Annual RNA Symposium

Featured keynote speakers Chris Burge, MIT Michelle Hastings, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science John Rinn, University of Colorado-Boulder Gisela Storz, NIH Jack Szostak, University of Chicago For more details, visit: https://rna.umich.edu/2022-symposium/    

RNA Innovation Seminar: Wendy Gilbert, Ph.D.

"Marvelous U: Canonical and non-canonical functions of uridine modifying enzymes in health and disease" Wendy Gilbert, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale School of Medicine Flyer in PDF       Hybrid Seminar In-person: BSRB, ABC Seminar Rooms Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P6PEipcsRPmG7cAL104K-Q Keywords: RNA modifications, RNA processing, RNA folding, pre-mRNA, tRNA, translation, cancer Abstract:...

RNA Innovation Seminar: Silvi Rouskin, Ph.D.

"Alternative structures of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome control gene expression and offer therapeutic strategies" Silvi Rouskin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School         Virtual Seminar via Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zi3UlKucR6G51hEA_33Exg Keywords: TBA Abstract: TBA

RNA Innovation Seminar: Paul Magwene, Ph.D., Duke University

"Signaling Pathway Variation and Evolutionary Hotspots in the Fungi" Paul Magwene, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Director, Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (CBB) Duke University   PDF Flier Hybrid Seminar In-person: BSRB, ABC Seminar Rooms Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7wk1SlRdQ_e04VnwcjVV7g Keywords: population genomics, statistical genetics, gene networks, microbial pathogenesis Abstract: Evolutionarily conserved signal transduction pathways, such as Ras-cAMP-PKA, calcineurin, and...

RNA Innovation Seminar: Sika Zheng, UC Riverside, School of Medicine

"Unexpected determinants of neuronal identity and properties: the curious cases of PTBP1, PTBP2, and neuronal splicing" Sika Zheng, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Director of Center for RNA Biology and Medicine UC Riverside, School of Medicine   Flyer in PDF   Virtual Seminar Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dltbxWdHQ5KrC3rTl4hqLQ Abstract: Alternative splicing is the major contributor to transcriptome diversity, but splicing...