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Plan for U-M cystic fibrosis research center revealed at open house; RNA therapeutics could be a potential theme

Plan for U-M cystic fibrosis research center revealed at open house; RNA therapeutics could be a potential theme

On Monday, October 28, an open house event was held at the University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex to introduce the new Cystic Fibrosis Research Center at U-M (press release here), which was recently funded by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) via a $500K Program Development Award. Alexandra Piotrowski-Daspit, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical…

Thank you to our postdocs!

On the occasion of the National Postdoc Appreciation Week, September 21st–25th, the University of Michigan (U-M) Center for RNA Biomedicine’s community warmly thanks UM’s postdocs for their tremendous contributions to the field of RNA research and to the life of our scientific community. According to the U-M Postdoctoral Association (UMPDA), an estimated 1,400 to 1,600…

S. Moon and N. Walter receive the CZI Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Award

ANN ARBOR, MI, AUGUST 19, 2020—”A pair” of scientists from the University of Michigan (U-M) Center for RNA Biomedicine receives the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Awards. The U-M Center for RNA Biomedicine brought together two scientists for this highly competitive grant: principal investigator Stephanie Moon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Human Genetics,…

Tracy Johnson, Ph.D. – Keynote speaker, 2021 RNA Symposium

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1: March 25, 2021, 11:05–12:00 pm More information on the Symposium Blog by MiSciWriters “RNA Splicing, Chromatin Modification, and the Coordinated Control of Gene expression” Tracy Johnson, Ph.D., University of California – Los Angeles Keith and Cecilia Terasaki Endowed Chair in the Life Sciences Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Howard Hughes…

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Stressed cellular proteins break social distancing rules

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….

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RNA holds the reins in bacteria: U-M researchers observe RNA controlling protein synthesis

ANN ARBOR—To better understand how RNA in bacteria gives rise to protein—and along the way, target these processes in the design of new antibiotics—researchers are turning their attention to the unique way this process happens in bacteria. In eukaryotic cells, transcription (the process by which information in a DNA strand is copied into messenger RNA)…