ICYMI: Anita Hopper was named a 2025 Distinguished University Professor, the highest faculty honor at @OhioState. Hopper’s groundbreaking research has significantly advanced the understanding of transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) biogenesis and processing.
We'll kick off the CRB Monthly Seminar with Postdoctoral Research Presentations on Sept. 9, 2025!
Dr. René Arvola (Singh & Amacher Lab)
Dr. Bappaditya Roy (Fredrick Lab)
https://t.co/cQar6HPzxD
Please join us in congratulating:
Debadrita Paul (Singh Lab)
Michael Brandt (Fredrick Lab)
Chin Wang (Tang Lab)
They are the winners of the 2025 Ph.D. Fellowship competition of the Center for RNA Biology!
https://t.co/22IFsZiEl2
Our Annual Symposium 2025 has:
-External Speakers-
Michael T Laub (MIT)
Christine Mayr (MSKCC)
Adrian R. Ferré-D’Amaré (NHLBI)
-OSU Faculty-
Venkat Gopalan
Maria Mihaylova
-Trainees-
Xiaoyuan Yang (Fu Lab)
Andrew Savidge (Nakanishi Lab)
Morgan Bauer (Musier-Forsyth Lab)
Dr. David Garcia (University of Oregon, https://t.co/PvGa7MPf9Q) speaks at our seminar series on 4/8, 2025. The title is "Here, There and Everywhere: tRNA modifications, and enzymes that make them."
Dr. Richard Gregory (UMass Chan Medical School, https://t.co/Chi9hrWuvR) speaks at our seminar series on 1/14, 2025. The title is "tRNA modifications and codon-biased translation in cancer."
Dr. Michelle L. Hastings (University of Michigan, https://t.co/RKU83SLpDb) speaks at our seminar series on 12/10, 2024. The title is "Making of Antisense Oligonucleotide Medicines for CLN3 Batten Disease."
Dr. Joseph Puglisi (Stanford University, https://t.co/VCq1ff6xKP) speaks at our seminar series on 11/12, 2024. The title is "Dynamics of Translation Initiation."
Ohio State's Kotaro Nakanishi @nakanishi_lab is a co-founder of this #OhioStateStartup, focused on improving RNAi-based medicines designed to silence harmful genes. @ASCatOSU https://t.co/URtgMwu4aT
BREAKING NEWS
The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
Dr. Andrei Korostelev (UMass Chan Medical School, https://t.co/DIjt1MlOoS) speaks at our seminar series on 9/17, 2024. The title is "Ribosome stalling and angiogenin activation in ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases"
We are delighted to announce our next RNA Society Member Spotlight!
https://t.co/JaH3G6gGT9
Dr. Karin Musier-Forsyth is an Ohio Eminent Scholar in Biological Macromolecular Structure in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The Ohio State University (OSU). In this RNA spotlight, written by Dr. Glen Borchert and edited by Dr. Anna Sherwood, Dr. Musier-Forsyth talks about her career path, her research, and also shares her passion for educating and training the next generation of scientists.