Introducing Chase Weidmann, Ph.D., U-M RNA Faculty Scholar
Introducing Chase Weidmann, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry
and RNA Scholar Faculty of the Center for RNA Biomedicine.
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2019-2020 Seminars
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Telomerase Holoenzyme Assembly, Structure, and Action at Telomeres Kathleen Collins (UC Berkeley) Hosted by: Department of Chemistry POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: NCI RNA Imaging and Intracellular Dynamics Workshop (flyer) Porter Neuroscience Center, Building 35, Rooms 610/620/630 Website: https://ncifrederick.cancer.gov/events/conferences/NCIRNAWorkshop VIRTUAL: RNA Center Journal Club April 2, 4pm, BlueJeans link: https://bluejeans.com/2968484075/…
The Pandemic Academic Year
As we end the 2020–21 academic year, we’re still pondering the impact of RNA research on the pandemic that is changing the world we live in. As RNA scientists, we applaud the mRNA vaccine development and how scientists pivoted their research to contribute to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research. These extraordinary scientific achievements and the pandemic…
Tracy Johnson, Ph.D. – Keynote speaker, 2021 RNA Symposium
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1: March 25, 2021, 11:05–12:00 pm More information on the Symposium Blog by MiSciWriters “RNA Splicing, Chromatin Modification, and the Coordinated Control of Gene expression” Tracy Johnson, Ph.D., University of California – Los Angeles Keith and Cecilia Terasaki Endowed Chair in the Life Sciences Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Howard Hughes…
Publication in Nature Neuroscience: Disease-causing Repeats Help Human Neurons Function
Over half of our genomes are made of repeating elements within DNA. In rare cases, these repeats can become unstable and grow in size. These repeat “expansions” cause neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS and Dementia as well as learning disorders and autism in Fragile X syndrome. Research to date has focused on how these expanded…
“The CRISPR Craze: Scientific Breakthroughs Come to the Prepared when Least Expected”
The 2020 Nobel Prize of Chemistry recognizes Emmanuelle Charpentier, Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany, and Jennifer Doudna, University of California, Berkeley, USA, “for the development of a method for genome editing.” Every year, the University of Michigan Complex Systems invites U-M faculty to comment about the Nobel Prizes awards. In…
A scientist who “shrunk” down to explore a cell
Karen Montoya is a fourth year Ph.D. candidate in Nils Walter’s lab (Department of Chemistry, College of LSA) where she is studying state-of-the-art single molecule spectroscopy and imaging. Montoya’s interests in biosciences were sparked in part by “Osmosis Jones,” an animated action comedy about one white blood cell’s race against the biological clock to hunt…