The Spliceosome Zone

The Boutz Lab at the University of Rochester Medical Center. RNA enthusiasts. Tweets and opinions our own.

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

Hello Twitter! We're the Boutz Lab at @UR_Med & @UofR in Rochester, NY. Our group uses bioinformatic and molecular biology tools to investigate rna processing machinery and its applications in medicine and beyond. Tweets are made by lab members, and members are made by rna.

[Michael Baym @baym]

I just did an updated calculation of what happens to America if we do nothing. And it is nothing short of terrifying.

The current rate of spread is a near-perfect exponential. If we do not change our behavior dramatically and fast, here is what the math says: 1/n

[Jr RNA Scientists @jrRNAscientists]

On Thursdays, we usually highlight a single RNA scientist on our little platform. But since the Women In Science-Day was just two days ago, we wanted to take the opportunity to emphasize the importance and necessity of female researchers in general and in our field. (1/4)

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the lab
not a buffer was stirring, not a timer gone mad.

Happy Holidays from the Boutz Lab!

[Tom Osinski • MD @OsinskiReflex]

New lab coats with the lab logo for the @BoutzLab!!!!!
Great presentation by Dhara as well!

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

@UR_Med @UofR Meet Molly Hulver - another rotation student in the lab! Molly is interested in post-transcriptional modification and her cats. Fun fact: she ran her first marathon this year!

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

Hello Twitter! We're the Boutz Lab at @UR_Med & @UofR in Rochester, NY. Our group uses bioinformatic and molecular biology tools to investigate rna processing machinery and its applications in medicine and beyond. Tweets are made by lab members, and members are made by rna.

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

Meet Joseph Bucukovski, the lab's 1st rotation student! Joe earned his BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering at the @UofR, after which he spent several years in biotech. He's interested in biosensors, emerging mol bio techniques, & cryo-EM. Fun fact: he just had a baby!

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

We're doing a Meet-the-Lab series! Stay tuned for more tweets introducing each of our members (:

[Wilmot Cancer Institute @WilmotCancer]

We had a successful, insightful Scientific Symposium today, celebrating #cancerresearch happening right here @WilmotCancer & @UofR! 🔬🎊🧬

Congrats to Davey Award winner Edith Lord & poster session winners.

Thanks to all who joined us! @urmceducation #URochesterresearch #ROC

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

Great symposium today @WilmotCancer - here are Tom and Robbin presenting our poster about the consequences of CDK12 loss-of-function in intronic polyadenylation and its role in cancer!

[HentzeTeam @HentzeTeam]

Our #motivational #quote of the day! For all the #RNA #lovers out there: You are never alone.

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

Our door for the department's annual Halloween door decorating contest! We think it's pretty scary.

[Tom Osinski • MD @OsinskiReflex]

@BoutzLab
Great talk by Dr Paul Boutz on genomic approaches to better understand drug therapies and mechanisms!!!

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

Do smiley gels count too?

[DNA&RNA Universe 𝕏 @DNA_RNA_Uni]

Today (4th October) is World Smile Day

be happy now 🙂

credits:
left image @NikonInst
right image @rmartinledo

#WorldSmileDay #follow #retweet #academicchatter #Microscopy #science #phdchat

@NovogeneLS @biolution_net @_atanas_ @Eppendorf_AG @DeNovix @KlatuBaradaNiko

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

Meliora!

[Wilmot Cancer Institute @WilmotCancer]

We're excited to welcome Dr. Carla Falkson to @WilmotCancer & @UofR!

She serves as Director of our Breast Oncology Clinical Research Program. Her research focus is #breastcancer clinical trials & she has a particular interest in HER2 & bone metastasis.

Welcome! #BCSM #ROC

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

lab rotations start in a few days!!!

[Elisabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest]

From a paper published in @nature yesterday by @HarvardMed scientists.
I just reported it to the EiC, with shaking hands and pounding heart because scary to see that this passed #peerreview and editorial screening in such a high impact journal.

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

Big congrats to our friends across the hall and especially to the "Outstanding Investigator" himself @mitchellrayoco1! Well deserved. We can't wait to see more of the lab's cool research on CRISPR-Cas systems. #teamRNA

[Mitchell O'Connell @mitchellrayoco1]

I'm thrilled (and relieved!) to announce that my lab has been awarded our first ever NIH grant: an R35 MIRA! Super grateful to @NIH / @NIGMS for 5 years of funding to continue our on how RNA-targeting CRISPR-Cas systems work!

[Protein Data Bank @PDBeurope]

Rosalind Franklin would have been 99 today. A pioneer in crystallography #rosalindfranklin

[DNA&RNA Universe 𝕏 @DNA_RNA_Uni]

😢Blots of Shame

PhD´s solidarity 😀

#western #blot #solidarity

credit to: @overwatchapp

[The Spliceosome Zone @BoutzLab]

Woowoo! 🥳

[The RNA Society @RNASociety]

The second annual #RNADay is Aug 1, aka in just TWO WEEKS. Time to start planning the festivities!! 🎉🥳🧪