RNA Translated, 2020, the year of the RNA virus

Sometimes it takes exploration outside our usual interests to find our true passion. This is what happened to Sydney Rosenblum, now a graduate student in Rackham Graduate School Program in Chemical Biology, in Professor Amanda Garner’s lab. In high school, Sydney felt that “science was not for her,” somewhat irrelevant or too abstract, until she…

By Elisabeth Paymal Altogether, over 6,800 rare diseases affect an estimated 25 million to 30 million Americans. These patients who suffer from genetic mutations that often occur within the same family, are still nowadays left with few, if any, therapeutic options. However, RNA on-going discoveries and the development of new technology and tools such as…

As we are hosting our last seminar of the academic year with the RNA Collaborative Seminar Series this Wednesday, June 30th, we want to give special thanks to the infallible support we have received from LSA Technology Services. Like all of us, we were quite baffled by the pandemic social distancing and the necessity to…