SpotlightsIn recognition of the outstanding lives and accomplishments of our members, each month we profile two RNA Society members—one Full member and one Student/Post-doctoral Fellow member—as part of our Member Spotlight Series. Read about your colleagues’ career paths, their advice for succeeding in science, and their favorite RNA! Featured SpotlightsDr. Joel McManus is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA, where his lab investigates how untranslated regions of mRNAs regulate translation. In this spotlight written by Dr. Julieta Rivosecchi and edited by Dr. Daniel Kiss, you can follow Joel’s journey through RNA biology from RNA structure to the evolution of gene expression. Dr. Alex Sneddon is a postdoctoral researcher within the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems (MACSYS). In this RNA spotlight piece, written by Dr. Paula Groza and edited by Dr. Anna Sherwood, Dr. Sneddon talks about her career at the intersection of machine learning and molecular biology, her passion about promoting computational science among young women, and how to use your worst moments to come up with innovative ideas. |