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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…

Markos Koutmos, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biophysics & Chemistry Markos Koutmos joined the Center’s Executive Committee in 2020. The Koutmos lab is interested in understanding how the 3D structure and dynamics of proteins and RNAs drive their biological function. His lab combines chemistry, biophysics and biology approaches to build a foundation of basic knowledge for…

Renke Tan Ph.D. Student, advisor: Yan Zhang Department of Biological Chemistry Google Scholar LinkedIn Twitter Who/what brought you to science? Central dogma! I was obsessed by the central dogma in high school textbook and became interest in biological science. What are your research interests? I’m interested in developing new CRISPR based tools to enable previously…