RNA Collaborative Seminar Series

Information and Upcoming Seminars

The RNA Collaborative is a grassroots effort led by several of the RNA research centers worldwide to provide an online seminar series during and beyond the institutional shut-down caused by COVID-19. The goal of the program is to promote and disseminate emerging RNA research and to establish and strengthen connections within the international RNA scientific community. Scientists are welcome to present all RNA-related research spanning from foundational discoveries to potential therapeutic applications. Host centers can choose to present in a number of formats, including but not limited to: seminars co-hosted between two institutions that entail one 60-minute event (each institute presents a 30-minute seminar), four poster sessions with introductory lightning talks, or a combination of talks and poster sessions. All seminars are slotted for one hour. 

Seminars are held virtually on the second Wednesday of each month, at either 10:00 am ET (2:00 pm GMT) or 4:00 pm ET (8:00 pm GMT). Additional seminar dates will be added to accommodate increased membership. Each seminar will remain an hour long, but will be hosted by two member centers, each with 1-2 speakers. Seminars are recorded and made freely available for viewing on the RNA Collaborative YouTube Channel.  Seminars are open for viewing by all interested researchers, but prior registration is required to access the streaming content.

Current RNA Collaborative participating centers include: African Life Science RNA Salon,  Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute (ARRTI)Cambridge RNA ClubEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)Groupe de Recherche RNAHarvard Medical School Initiative for RNA MedicineHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection ResearchInstitute of Molecular Biology (IMB)Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)MD Anderson Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNAsNCI RNA Biology Initiative, NUS-CSI Singapore RNA Biology Center, Penn Institute for RNA InnovationRiboClub Sherbrooke, RNA MaxiGroup, University of Wisconsin-Madison, RNA Research Centre in Poznan, Shanghai RNA Club, The Bay Area RNA Club (BARC)The Brown RNA Center (BRC),  The RNA Institute, University At AlbanyUCSC Center for Molecular Biology of RNAUMass Chan Medical School, RNA Therapeutics InstituteUniversity of Michigan Center for RNA BiomedicineUniversity of North Carolina RNA Research GroupOhio State University Center for RNA BiologyUniversity of Rochester Center for RNA BiologyUniversity of Science & Technology of China (USTC) RNA InstituteUNSW RNA InstituteYale Center for RNA Science and Medicine and Zhejiang University (ZJU) Center for RNA Medicine

We invite institutions with RNA research programs to join the RNA Collaborative and present within this exciting on-line seminar series.  All below are free and open to the public.  For more information on having your center join the RNA Collaborative, please contact Stacey O’Neil [email protected].


 

UPCOMING SEMINARS   

Wednesday, September 24th at 4 pm ET (Eastern/Canada)
Hosted by: UNSW RNA Institute & RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School

Zoom Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-Oq9nhk4QviJ0MBYMwCsjw

“UNSW RNA Institute: Overview, Capabilities, Research Programs & Objectives"
Prof. Pall Thordarson
Professor, School of Chemistry, UNSW RNA Institute

“Harnessing the potential of antiviral RNA therapeutics"
Dr. Chantelle Ahlenstiel
Research Fellow, Immunovirology & Pathogenesis Program (IVPP), UNSW Kirby Institute

“Advancing Extrahepatic siRNA Therapies via Chemical Innovation: A Muscle Case Study”
Hassan Fakih, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RTI-UMass Chan Medical School

Moderators:
Dr Selene Fernandez Valverde
Senior Lecturer RNA New Research Talent Program, UNSW RNA Institute
and
Julia Alterman
Assistant Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School



Previous Seminars