John Prensner, M.D., Ph.D., is co-senior author of a major paper published in Nature, reporting the discovery of more than 1,700 new proteins in the dark proteome, which could have implications for human diseases, including cancer. The study is the work of the TransCODE Consortium, an international collaboration of more than 60 researchers at over 30 institutions…
UPDATE May 12, 2026 – Sights and sounds from the Symposium. Highlights from the 2026 RNA Symposium mark a decade of advancing RNA science and medicine at the University of Michigan. Mark your calendar for next year’s event, the 2027 RNA Symposium, March 3-5, 2027. Share in the future of RNA research at Michigan! Patient Advocacy Panel…
➡️RNA Collaborative Seminar April 8 video recording now available to view on our YouTube channel! Center for RNA Biomedicine’s Julian Zhu and Sarah Kargbo-Hill present talks at RNA Collaborative Seminar tomorrow, April 8 Update 4.8.2026: Thank you for joining us for the RNA Collaborative Seminar on April 8, hosted by the University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine and the…
Support what you 💛 about the Center for RNA Biomedicine! CENTER FOR RNA BIOMEDICINE – GIFT ACCOUNT – 330716 At the University of Michigan, the Center for RNA Biomedicine stands at the forefront of scientific discovery, transforming how we understand and treat diseases at the genetic level. Our mission is simple yet profound: to harness…
Giving Tuesday | December 2 Every year on Giving Tuesday, millions of people around the world join together to support causes and organizations that are making a difference. At the University of Michigan, impactful projects across all three campuses and Michigan Medicine are funded each year thanks to the generosity of the U-M community on the…
Thanks for joining us for the Film Screening and Panel Discussion event on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at the Michigan Theater! The evening drew a diverse audience of U-M students, faculty and staff, center supporters, members of the local community and family and friends of the filmmakers. The screening of the new documentary Cracking the…
A new study from the University of Michigan’s Stephanie Moon Lab, with first-author Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. candidate Noah Helton, offers fresh insights into how cells manage molecular crises. Helton, the first graduate student to join the lab, worked closely with Principal Investigator Stephanie Moon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Human Genetics and Center for RNA…
Pictured above: Somaye Badieyan, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist, Cianfrocco Lab, Life Sciences Institute.Photo by Leisa Thompson Photography, provided by the U-M Life Sciences Institute. Center for RNA Biomedicine affiliate faculty Michael Cianfrocco, Ph.D., found that HIV is a much more cunning hijacker than previously theorized. In a new study, Lead Principal Investigator Dr. Michael Cianfrocco…
Michele Santillan, U-M Biomedical Engineering (BME), reports on a recent campus visit by representatives from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) in her article Building Community Around Cystic Fibrosis Research at U-M. The CFF contingent dropped in to check on the progress being made toward establishing a CF Basic Research Center at the University of Michigan….
Update 5.8.25 The LUMICKS C-Trap® optical tweezers microscopy instrument is now up and running at the SMART Center Installation of the LUMICKS C-Trap® is now complete at the SMART Center, a CRB core facility. The instrument allows researchers to measure or exert extraordinarily small forces combined with simultaneous multicolor fluorescence imaging. The system boasts up to…
Congratulations to Adrien Chauvier, Ph.D., one of 12 staff members from across the University of Michigan recognized by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) for their outstanding service and leadership in advancing research, scholarship and creative practice. Known collectively as The Research Staff Recognition Awards, Chauvier was honored with the Research Associate/Assistant/Technician…
RNA Collaborative Seminar, Wednesday, April 9 at 4:00 PM ET on Zoom | Click here to see full details on event calendar. Video recording. UPDATE: 4.10.25 There was a fantastic Collaborative Seminar yesterday with talks by Grace McIntyre, Ph.D. Candidate, Michigan Medicine Department of Pathology, and Adrien Chauvier, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Nils Walter Lab University…
March 21, 2025. ANN ARBOR, Mich. The Center for RNA Biomedicine at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce the publication of our latest issue of RNA Translated. RNA Translated 2025: The Power of Collaborative RNA Science. A convergence of minds and institutional allies at the University of Michigan propels discovery, unlocking new horizons for…
By Paul Avedisian 29 November 2024 An international consortium of researchers from the University of Michigan, the Université de Strasbourg, and the Technische Universität Berlin uncover important players in the mechanistics and the machinery involved in the bacterial ribosome-mRNA translation initiation process through an intercollegiate collaborative new study. Adrien Chauvier, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist…
Giving Tuesday | December 3 Every year on Giving Tuesday, millions of people around the world join together to support causes and organizations that are making a difference. At the University of Michigan, impactful projects across all three campuses and Michigan Medicine are funded each year thanks to the generosity of the U-M community on the…
On Monday, October 28, an open house event was held at the University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex to introduce the new Cystic Fibrosis Research Center at U-M (press release here), which was recently funded by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) via a $500K Program Development Award. Alexandra Piotrowski-Daspit, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical…
Author | Paul Avedisian It would seem that the Nobel Foundation has RNA firmly on its radar, or is that “R-N-A-dar?” In 2023, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their groundbreaking work mitigating the inflammatory response to mRNA, paving the way for rapid development of…
September 25, 2024 ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In a remarkable display of bench to bedside science, a therapeutic developed by U-M’s Michelle Hastings, Ph.D., is now being used to treat twin girls with a rare form of juvenile Batten disease. Hastings, who is the Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Pharmacology, Director of RNA Therapeutics at…
UP NEXT: Monday, June 16 | 2025 | 4 p.m. — John Lueck, Ph.D. | University of Rochester Medical Center 2024 Monday, September 23 | Gregor Neuert, Ph.D. | Vanderbilt University — Link to recordingMonday, October 7 | 4 p.m. — Joe Yesselman, Ph.D. | University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Link to recordingMonday, October 21 —…
By Paul Avedisian We are thrilled to announce that five faculty members of the Center for RNA Biomedicine have been honored as Rogel Scholars by the Rogel Cancer Center at the University of Michigan. The Rogel Scholars awards program provides support for exceptional faculty dedicated to achieving impact through novel breakthroughs in cancer research – a select…
