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. Angela Yu recently started her lab in the Therapeutic Innovation Center (THINC) and the Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). She shares her excitement about applying machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to decipher and understand RNA structures and their regulation in disease contexts. She shares several experiences from her training and describes the central role that her mentors played in her career. Elise Kerckhofs is a PhD candidate in the group of Prof. Daniel Schubert at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. She uses the extremophilic unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, which is capable of surviving in extremely hot environments, to study the biochemical processes underlying heat stress memory. In this piece written by Kathrin Halter and edited by Julieta Rivosecchi, discover Elise’s enthusiasm for the RNA biology behind thermotolerance and how she believes her unconventional model organism could help us address current global warming challenges. |