RNA Collaborative Seminar Series Wednesday, April 8, 10 AM ET
Center for RNA Biomedicine’s Julian Zhu and Sarah Kargbo-Hill present talks at RNA Collaborative Seminar tomorrow, April 8
Guizhi (Julian) Zhu, Ph.D., and Sarah Kargbo-Hill, Ph.D., will each present a 15-minute talk at the next RNA Collaborative Seminar on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 10 AM EST on Zoom. Register Here.
Zhu, Ara Garo Paul Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences at U-M, was recently named a 2026 Biomaterials Young Investigator Awardee. His lab is pioneering nucleic acid therapeutics and vaccines for cancer, infectious diseases, autoimmune disorders, and genetic diseases.
Sarah Kargbo-Hill is Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts at U-M, and RNA Center Executive Committee member. Kargbo-Hill’s lab studies fundamental mechanisms of neurobiology and neurodegenerative disease, building on prior work on synapse development/autophagy and the RNA-binding protein TDP-43 implicated in ALS, FTD, and Alzheimer’s.
The next RNA Collaborative Seminar to be held virtually TOMORROW, Wednesday, April 8 at 10:00 a.m. EDT (Eastern, US/Canada).
This seminar will be presented virtually and hosted by the University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine and Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB).
Zoom Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eBYbfEgRTjS27HtF-HXjwQ
Wednesday, April 8th at 10 am ET (Eastern, US/Canada)Hosted by: University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine and Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB)
Speakers
“Engineering and delivery of circRNA therapeutics and vaccines”
Guizhi (Julian) Zhu, Ph.D.
Ara Garo Paul Professor, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Chair, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan
“Flipping the cryptic switch to reveal how TDP-43 controls neuronal transcription”
Sarah Kargbo-Hill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan
“Navigating Argonaute proteins through gene silencing cycles”
Gunter Meister, Ph.D.
Full Professor and Director of Department of Biochemistry I, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry, University of Regensburg
“Decoding Argonaute Syndromes: Lessons from Human Disorders”
Davor Lessel, Ph.D.
Full Professor and Director of Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg
Moderators:
Nils Walter, Ph.D.
Francis S Collins Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, Biophysics and Biological Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Program Associate, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Professor of Biological Chemistry, Medical School
and
Neva Caliskan, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacya, Director of Department of Biochemistry III, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry, University of Regensburg
RNA Collaborative Seminars are sponsored by the RNA Society (@RNASociety)
For more information on the RNA CSS, please visit: https://www.rnasociety.org/rna-collaborative-seminar-series
RNA Collaborative YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7QawzQsUqhgIqjKGTny41A