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Huda Akil, Ph.D., wins National Medal of Science Award
October 24, 2023, The White House: In a formal ceremony presided over by President Biden, Huda Akil, Ph.D., was honored with the National Medal of Science Award, the nation’s highest scientific honor. A Center for RNA Biomedicine Faculty Member, Dr. Akil’s research focuses on understanding the neurobiology of emotions, including pain, anxiety, depression and substance…

Yan Zhang wins prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to develop non-Cas9 CRISPR-Cas tools for human genome engineering
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Apr 23, 2024 – We are thrilled to announce that Yan Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan, has won a distinguished CAREER Award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program offers awards in support of…
Martina Jerant, Manager of the Center for RNA Biomedicine, receives the University of Michigan Staff Impact Award from among 75 nominees
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2016 Inaugural Symposium
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By Elisabeth Paymal A team of scientists associated with the University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine discovered unexpected cellular adaptation mechanisms in response to dehydration. The observed protein reaction has never been reported before. The research began while observing processing bodies (P-Bodies), which are membrane-less organelles (MLO) involved in RNA degradation in human cells….
