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Weekly News

Rain or shine, every week, the Center for RNA Biomedicine publishes a newsletter, The RNA Transcript! It keeps the RNA community informed about each other, with featured scientists, new research and publications blogs, seminars, conferences, deadlines, job opportunities, and more!

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2023

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Week of September 5

  • Grants Sprints: spark new ideas and catalyze energies toward your next collaborative RNA grant proposal

Week of August 29

Week of August 22

Week of August 15

Week of August 8

  • Researchpalooza this week!

Week of August 1

  • Featured Researcher, Milan Samanta, Human Genetics

Week of July 25

  • Featured Researcher, Renke Tan, Biological Chemistry

Week of July 18

  • Featured Researcher, Guoming Gao, Biophysics

Week of July 11

  • Join the RNA Student Postdoc Council

Week of July 4

  • Welcome Veronica Beck, U-M Medical School Research Administration Fellow

Week of June 27

  • Featured Researcher, Nico Gomez, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Week of June 20

  • Featured Researcher, Samantha Grudzien, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Week of June 13

  • Featured Researcher, Yaping Liu, Program in Biophysics
  • Inaugural RNA Function

Week of June 6

  • Featured Researcher, Mike McMillan, Program in Chemical Biology

Week of May 30

  • Elizabeth Tidwell awarded 2022 RNA Research Scholar Exchange Fund

Week of May 23

  • Rachel Niederer joins U-M us as a faculty member in Biological Chemistry, the Center for RNA Biomedicine
  • Martina Jerant awarded the Kay Beattie Outstanding Individual Employee Award

Week of May 16

  • Featured Researcher, Geoffrey Siwo, Internal Medicine and Center for Global Health Equity
  • Renke Tan, Ph.D. Candidate, Biological Chemistry, RNA Student Postdoc Council member awarded Barbour Scholar
  • “The RNA Function” a networking event for U-M trainees, Thursday, June 9, 2022 12-3pm

Week of May 9

  • Jay Querido joins U-M us as a faculty member in Biological Chemistry, the Center for RNA Biomedicine, and the LSI
  • RNA Student Postdoc Council Pub Science Night

Week of May 2

  • Spotlight on RNA Therapeutics
    • After COVID-19, mRNA vaccines could treat flu, HIV and even cancer, Nils Walter
    • The breakthrough science of mRNA medicine, Melissa Moore, April 2022 TED Talk

Week of April 25

  • Featured Researcher, Monika Franco, Program in Chemical Biology

Week of April 18

  • U-M RNA Research Scholar Exchange

Week of April 11

  • U-M Bru-seq technologies
  • RNA Society Spotlight on Nils Walter

Week of April 4

  • Symposium photos and survey

Week of March 28

Week of March 21

  • 6th RNA Annual RNA Symposium, Towards our Future of RNA Therapeutics

Week of March 14

  • Six U-M Researchers to present at the 6th RNA Annual RNA Symposium, Towards our Future of RNA Therapeutics
  • RNA Center Manager, Martina Jerant, inducted into “Legends of the Ivy League” Hall of Fame

Week of March 7

  • Symposium registration

Week of February 28

  • Pfizer is seeking proposals for the advancement of RNA therapeutics and the development of the next generation of RNA medicines (deadline 4/11/22)

Week of February 21

  • Featured Scientist: Rajesh Rao, MD, Depts of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Pathology and Human Genetics

Week of February 14

  • Sarah Keane Named Cottrell Scholar
  • Arul Chinnaiyan awarded Sjöberg Prize for cancer research

Week of February 7

  • Featured Scientist: Pini Perera, Ph.D., Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health

Week of January 31

  • Koutmou and Koutmos results published in the PNAS

Week of January 24

  • Yan Zhang Lab publishes a research paper in Molecular Cell

Week of January 17

  • Celebrating RNA Trainees!

Week of January 10

  • Rachel Niederer to give RNA Faculty Candidate seminar

Week of January 3

  • Save the dates: 2022 Seminar Speakers and Symposium Keynotes

2021

Week of December 20

  • Alisha ‘Jonesy’ Jones to give RNA Faculty Candidate seminar

Week of December 13

  • CRISPR to KLIPP Cancer

Week of December 6

  • A publication by Dr. Barmada and his team is “Editor’s pick” of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
  • Congratulations to Rajesh Rao, M.D., for receiving a Career Advancement Award from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB).

Week of November 29

  • A new publication by Sara Aton and James Delorme in PNAS: Unveiling the hidden cellular logistics of memory storage in neurons
    (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108534118)
  • Congratulations to Chase Weidmann, Ph.D., for receiving a K22 grant from NCI for “Unraveling the MALAT1 lncRNA-protein interaction networks that drive lung cancer metastasis”
  • Congratulations to Amanda Garner, Ph.D., for receiving the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry 2022 David W. Robertson Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry!

Week of November 22

  • How do bacteria control their detoxification?

Week of November 15

  • The CRISPR Cas Casting

Week of November 8

  • RNA therapeutics at Michigan

Week of November 1

  • Redefining long non-coding RNAs to study transposons in plants
  • Thank you the RNA Society and Lexogen for our “RNA Salon!”

Week of October 25

  • “RNA Translated,” 2021, is out!

Week of October 18

  • Chase Weidmann, Ph.D., our new RNA Faculty hire – story and video

Week of October 11

  • Grants Sprints: spark new ideas and catalyze energies toward your next collaborative RNA grant proposal.

Week of October 4

  • Refer your colleagues to join the U-M Center for RNA Biomedicine.

Week of September 27

  • Seeking U-M RNA scientists to present in the RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

Week of September 20

  • On National Postdoc Appreciation week, we warmly thank our RNA postdocs and are pleased to feature our Student Postdoc Council!

Week of September 13

  • The RNA Collaborative welcomes its 23rd partner!

Week of September 6

  • First step first: understanding normal processes before tackling pathologies, Adrien Chauvier, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in Nils Walter’s lab, Chemistry, LSA

Week of August 30

  • Congratulations to the 2022 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ABSBBM) Annual Award winners
  • Introducing Jun Hee Lee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Medical School, a new member of the Center for RNA Biomedicine: video, and featured profile

Week of August 23

  • Join over 150 faculty in RNA sciences: The University of Michigan has three tenure-track positions for RNA scientists

Week of August 16

  • Introducing the RNA Student Postdoc Council’s RNA Tools & Techniques Video Series. The first video, titled “Total RNA Extraction,” (3 minutes) shows a basic technique for RNA extraction.

Week of August 9

  • How sleep loss sabotages new memory storage in the hippocampus
    (Sleep loss drives acetylcholine- and somatostatin interneuron-mediated gating of hippocampal activity, to inhibit memory consolidation, James Delorme1, Lijing Wang, Femke Roig Kuhn, Varna Kodoth, Jingqun Ma , Jessy D. Martinez, Frank Raven, Brandon A. Toth, Vinodh Balendran, Alexis Vega Medina, Sha Jiang, Sara J. Aton, PNAS, 10.1073/pnas.2019318118)

Week of August 2

  • An often overlooked cause of genetic diseaseCited publications:
    Gergics et al., High-throughput splicing assays identify missense and silent splice-disruptive POU1F1 variants underlying pituitary hormone deficiency, The American Journal of Human Genetics (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.06.013.Vishnopolska et al., Comprehensive identification of pathogenic gene variants in patients with neuroendocrine disorders, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2021), doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab177.

Week of July 26

  • The Center for RNA Biomedicine at the Regents’ Meeting
  • The University of Michigan Biosciences Initiative
  • Celebrate AUG1 with the RNA Society

Week of July 19

  • A call for direct sequencing of full-length RNAs to identify all modification
  • Building a better scientific world with hands-on science – Sydney Rosenblum, graduate student in Dr. Amanda Garner’s lab

Week of July 12

  • This fall, further engage with the RNA community and join our RNA Student & Postdoc Council!
  • “To Splice or not to Splice…”  A press release for “Cotranscriptional splicing efficiencies differ within genes and between cell types,” Karan Bedi, Brian Magnuson, Ishwarya Venkata Narayanan, Michelle T. Paulsen, Thomas E. Wilson, and Mats Ljungman, RNA July 2021 27: 829-840; Published in Advance May 11, 2021, doi:10.1261/rna.078662.120

Week of July 5

  • We are on LinkedIn
  • Dr. Amanda Garner, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and former member of our Executive Committee, co-leads a special issue of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters: “RNA: Opening New Doors in Medicinal Chemistry, a Special Issue.”

Week of June 28

  • The RNA Collaborative Seminar Series is on Discord!
  • A warm thank you to LSA Technology Services!

Week of June 21

  • The Pandemic Academic Year
  • Featured Scientist: Jun Hee Lee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Medical School

Week of June 14

  • Happy Juneteenth!
  • From foundation to application: Alyssa English, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Genetics

Week of June 7

  • We’re hiring!

Week of May 31

  • Congratulations on our members’ promotions!

Week of May 24

  • In Memoriam, Charles R. Doering, Ph.D.

Week of May 17

  • Featured Scientist: Rachel Torrez. Ph.D. candidate, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy

Week of May 10

  • Featured Scientist: Maha Hanafi, Ph.D., alumna, April 2021, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy

Week of May 3

  • U-M RNA scientists identify many genes involved in neuron development

Week of April 26

  • The RNA Collaborative celebrates its first year of success!
  • Featured Scientist: Dawen Cai, Ph.D., Cell & Developmental Biology, Medical School, and Biophysics, LSA

Week of April 19

  • RNA holds the reins in bacteria: U-M researchers observe RNA controlling protein synthesis, A PNAS (April 2021) publication by Center for RNA Biomedicine members and collaborators Surajit Chatterjee, Adrien Chauvier, Shiba S. Dandpat, Irina Artsimovitch and Nils G. Walter.

Week of April 12

  • Featured Scientist: Ahmed Malik, Ph.D., MSTP fellow, Neuroscience Graduate Program and Department of Neurology Medical School
    Story
    Featured Researcher Profile

Week of April 5

  • From our 5th Annual Symposium: Advice to Trainees and Mentors
  • Featured Scientist: Arushi Varshney, Ph.D., Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Medical School

Week of March 29

  • Our 5th Annual Symposium: a Summary
  • Featured Scientist: Michelle Paulsen, Bru-Seq Lab Scientist

Week of March 22

  • Our 5th Annual Symposium, titled “Processing RNA” is this week, March 25–26, 11:00-2:30
  • Featured Scientist: Becky Glineburg, Ph.D., Postdoc, Neurology, Medical School

Week of March 15

  • How the time was just right for developing a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
  • Featured Scientist: Megan Trotter, Ph.D. Candidate, Human Genetics, Medical School – Faculty: Sundeep Kalantry
  • Announcing the “data blitz” awardees of our 5th Annual Symposium

Week of March 8

  • Giving Blueday is March 10. Watch our video, and give to support your RNA community.
  • Featured Scientist: Karen Montoya, Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry, LSA
  • Featuring our symposium speakers: Christopher Lima, Sloan Kettering Institute

Week of March 1

  • March 3, Webinar with Melissa Moore, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer at Moderna Therapeutics, “A timely confluence: the backstory of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine” – MiSciBlog is available here
  • RNA research brings hope to 30 million patients, an interview with Dr. Antonellis, Chair of the U-M Department of Human Genetics, on the occasion of Rare Disease Day, February 28
  • Featuring our symposium speakers: Kevin Weeks, University of North Carolina

Week of February 22

  • Featuring our symposium keynote speakers: Feng Zhang, Ph.D., MIT, “Exploration of Biological Diversity to Discover Novel Molecular Technologies,” Thursday, March 25, 1:35–2:30

Week of February 15

  • Meredith Purchal, Ph.D. candidate is “featured scientist”

Week of February 8

  • Ameya Jalihal, Ph.D.: “Zooming in to zoom out: learning from molecules to understand life”

Week of February 1

  • Upcoming webinar: February 10, 2021, 4:00– 5:00pm EST. “A timely confluence: the backstory of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine” with Melissa Moore, Chief Scientific Officer at Moderna Therapeutics. Under Dr. Moore’s scientific leadership, Moderna Therapeutics developed one of the two mRNA-based vaccines authorized for emergency use in the US. MORE INFORMATION

Week of January 25

  • In two months, for two days, our 5th RNA Symposium, “Processing RNA”
  • Featured Scientist: Jiaqiang Zhu, Biostatistics, School of Public Health

Week of January 18

  • Repurposing Prostate Cancer Drug for COVID-19
  • Featured Scientist: Tasha Thong, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health

Week of January 11 

  • “The CRISPR Craze: Scientific Breakthroughs Come to the Prepared when Least Expected”
  • Featured Scientist: Daniel Wilinski, Ph.D., Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Week of January 4 

  • Translating from dissertation to dream job: a nascent RNA career: Sarah Owen, Ph.D.

 


The 2020 issues of The RNA Translated are in the archive.

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