"Dancing to a Different Tune: TANGO Provides Hope for Dravet Syndrome" Lori Isom, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Pharmacology Maurice H. Seevers Collegiate Professor of Pharmacology Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Professor of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School In-person: BSRB, ABC seminar rooms / zoom link Abstract: Dravet syndrome (DS) is a severe developmental...

"A Complicated Family: Conserved & Distinct Functions of tRNA Methyltransferases from Yeast to Humans" Jane Jackman, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry Ohio State University In-person: BSRB, ABC seminar rooms / zoom link Abstract: RNA modifications are now known to be a ubiquitous and important feature of cellular RNAs. tRNA are among the most heavily...

"Why Did the RNA Cross the Nanotube? Many questions and (some) answers on tunneling-nanotube medicated RNA transfer between mammalian cells" Gal Haimovich, Ph.D.  Assistant Staff Scientist Department of Molecular Genetics Weizmann Institute of Science Virtual only: zoom link Abstract: RNAs have been shown to undergo transfer between mammalian cells, though the mechanism behind this phenomenon...