The RNA Transcript, April 25, 2022 |
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Monika Franco is a Ph.D. student in the Kristin Koutmou lab. Her thesis work is centered around investigating mRNA modifications and how they impact protein translation. Read more about Monika in this month's RNA Featured Researcher.
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Attention U-M RNA Trainees! Apply for up to $400 funding in our new RNA Researcher exchange program!
In this exchange program, trainees will spend time in a lab outside U-M. The trainees will learn new techniques/skills, engage in lab meetings and discussions, and network with other trainees and faculty at the host institution. Read more and apply: rna.umich.edu/research-scholar-exchange-program/
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Important dates:
---May 1, 2022 application deadline
---May 15, 2022 award announced
Brought to you by the U-M RNA Student Postdoc Council The objective of the RNA Student Postdoc council is to work collaboratively across disciplines, build a scientific community, and generate ideas and activities that advance RNA research and education across the University of Michigan.
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U-M Oral Dissertation Defense |
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Probabilistic Decomposition in Machine Learning Problems
Monday, April 25, 2022
12:00 - 1:00 PM
438 West Hall
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U-M Oral Dissertation Defense |
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High Throughput Analysis of Integrant-Specific HIV-1 Expression Patterns, Persistence, and Latency Reactivation
Monday, April 25, 2022
1:00 - 2:00 PM
MSII, NLH-3695
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NCI RNA Biology Initiative |
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RNA Imaging and Intracellular Dynamics Workshop
This workshop will focus on how basic steps in RNA metabolism are carried out and integrated into a complex intracellular environment.
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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VinFuture Foundation | Keynote Symposium |
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Leveraging Nanoparticle Technologies for Novel Vaccines and Therapeutics
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
12:00 - 1:30 PM
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U-M Oral Dissertation Defense |
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Profiling Neuronal Stress Responses Regulated by DLK in Synapse Loss, Inflammation, and Cell Death
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
2:00 - 3:00 PM
MBNI, Waggoner conference room
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U-M Oral Dissertation Defense |
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Using Integrative Multiomics Approaches to Dissect Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Risk in Pancreatic Islets
Thursday, April 28, 2022
9:00 - 10:00 AM
MED SCI 1, M3330
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Harvard Initiative for RNA Medicine | Precision RNA Medicine Workshop |
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Tools for the discovery and validation of clinically important microRNA biomarkers This workshop will combine speaker presentations and data analysis demonstrations to introduce key concepts and methods for microRNA detection, quantification and downstream analysis for clinical discoveries.
Friday, April 29, 2022
9:00 - 10:30 AM
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Structural and kinetic characterization of a minimal archaeal RNase P
Friday, April 29, 2022
10:00 - 11:00 AM
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Michigan Drug Discovery (MDD) |
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Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD) Vault - UM Demo
MDD is evaluating interest in the U-Michigan community for securing a CDD Vault site license. The software includes tools for line fitting, graphical visualization, and interoperable electronic lab notebook.
Friday, April 29, 2022
1:00 - 2:00 PM
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U-M RNA Student Postdoc Council | Pub Science |
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RNA Trivia Night
Trivia, Teams, Prizes, Drinks and more!
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Conor O’Neil’s
318 S Main St (in-person only)
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----Wednesday, May 4, 2022
----4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Developmentally regulated RNA isoforms expression programs revealed by scRNA-seq
Dissecting post-transcriptional circuits in immune responses
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U-M RNA Innovation Seminar |
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Catalyzing translational research efforts by supporting preclinical and commercial clinical development |
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Innovation Partnerships at the University of Michigan manages Great Lakes Discovery, a ten-year collaboration with Deerfield Management Company, L.P to fund U-M drug discovery from early-stage research to clinical development.
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Deerfield has committed up to $130 million over the next decade to invest in biomedical research at U-M with the aim of developing potentially life-saving drugs and disease treatments.
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Projects selected by Great Lakes Discovery will be provided funding and operational support through a development plan aimed at achieving Investigational New Drug (IND) readiness.
GET STARTED WITH A CONSULTATION There is no open Request for Proposal (RFP) - the first step for an interested researcher is to schedule a consultation with the program’s Scientific Collaboration Manager Dr. Seohee You (shyou@umich.edu).
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Several RNA-based biotech companies are looking to hire good scientists!
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Confluence Therapeutics is developing a novel platform of oligonucleotide therapeutics for diseases of the CNS and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Three positions open, click for more detail:
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Appletree Partner Research and Development Labs (ATP R&D Labs) is a biotech in Branford, CT developing drugs for oncology and neuroscience. We are funded by Appletree Partners, a leading Life Sciences Venture Capital firm. Two positions open, click for more detail:
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CRISPR Therapeutics is a leading gene editing company focused on developing transformative gene-based medicines for serious diseases using its proprietary CRISPR/Cas9 platform. Postdoc position open, click below for more detail:
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Our members' publications are available through Altmetrics. Queries are currently available: CRISPR, microRNA, molecule, RNA, RNA therapeutics, transcriptome, and translation. Below are recent highlights.
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RNA sequencing reveals perivascular adipose tissue plasticity in response to angiotensin II, Z. Wang, H. Lu, M. Garcia-Barrio, Y. Guo, J. Zhang, Y. E. Chen, L. Chang (2022) Pharmacological Research 178. 10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106183
Keywords: RNA sequencing, Perivascular adipose tissue, Angiotensin II, MitoNEET
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Joint dimension reduction and clustering analysis of single-cell RNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics data, W. Liu, X. Liao, Y. Yang, H. Lin, J. Yeong, X. Zhou, X. Shi, J. Liu (2022) Nucleic Acids Research . 10.1093/nar/gkac219
DR-SC outperforms existing clustering and spatial clustering methods: it extracts more biologically relevant features than conventional dimension reduction methods, improves clustering performance, and offers improved trajectory inference and visualization for downstream trajectory inference analyses.
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