Four Associate Professors and one Professor! The Board of Regents of May 21st, 2020, approved recommendations for new appointments and promotions for regular associate and full professor ranks of the University of Michigan. The following Center for RNA Biomedicine’s members were further appointed: Sami J. Barmada, associate professor of neurology, with tenure, Medical School…
Our inaugural issue of RNA Translated, the Center for RNA Biomedicine’s annual magazine and report, was published while COVID-19 pandemic was raging. 10 U-M scientists explained their research on viruses and how their findings could apply to treat or prevent COVID-19. The magazine also highlights two core facilities of the center, the Bru-seq Lab and…
The observation of single biomolecules in real-time is crucial for our understanding of the cellular biology that is assembled from these molecules, be they DNA, RNA or protein. The recent development of an array of tools and techniques for single-molecule analysis allows studies at an extremely small scale (nanometers, or 10-9 meters) over short periods…
Dear Colleagues, While the COVID-19 pandemic has been causing major disruptions as well as many inconveniences, it also offers some new opportunities; perhaps now is the most opportune time to make new interpersonal connections, start new scientific collaborations, and broaden one’s horizons by learning from others. Through our activities below, we aim to support the…
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 5: March 26, 2021, 11:05–12:00 pm More information on the Symposium Blog by MiSciWriters “Distinguishing self and non-self dsRNA in vertebrates and invertebrates” Brenda Bass, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry University of Utah The Brenda Bass Lab Twitter: @BassLabUtah TALK ABSTRACT When a virus infects an animal cell, including a human cell,…
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…
