Vivian G. Cheung

Unlocking the regulatory code of RNA: launching the Human RNome Project - Genome Biology The human RNome, the complete set of RNA molecules in human cells, arises through complex processing and includes diverse molecular species. While research traditionally focuses on four canonical nucl...

Exciting news for the RNA research community!

The Human RNome Project has been launched: a global effort to map all human RNAs and their chemical modifications. Proud to support it and contribute to the article in Genome Biology doi.org/10.1186/s130...
#RNA #bioinformatics #RNAstructure #modomics

Register for the Cell Biology at Scale meeting in New York City This meeting aims to spark a robust discussion that will articulate key, actionable goals toward true cell biology at scale.

July 31, virtual and in person in NYC:
Cell Biology at Scale.
See what's next for the data generators that will power the next phase of bio discoveries!
www.czbiohub.org/events/cell-...

Just realized I'd been so caught up in the maelstrom of other shit impacting US researchers that I hadn't fully processed that literally all my research requires importing flow cells and kits from the UK. Meaning my science is getting more expensive as the funding gets more precarious.

Great.

After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work Neuroscience institutes tells 10 scientists placed on leave it’s working on a “long-term” solution to officially reinstating them

After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Please use ALT text on your protest photos.

Disabled people are left out of non-disabled activism. Accommodations are not made. Intersectionality does not apply. We aren’t invited to participate. We have to fight for ourselves.

Leaving ALT off your images leaves disabled people out yet again.

Check this exciting new program out and apply! My lab is also recruiting scientists in this call for #stemcell and #mechanobiology related projects

First, jab more babies As aid shrinks, donors and recipients should focus more on health

“On average, each dollar spent on vaccination yields a hefty $54 in returns […]
This is not only good in itself. It also contributes to future prosperity”

Gavi, the Global Fund etc face uncertainty as aid is cut. This is bad for all.

#MedSky 🧪

economist.com/leaders/2025...

So proud of this incredible work from @g-agarwal.bsky.social from our group with help from many fantastic folks in our lab and inspiring collaborators, including @kharaslab.bsky.social, Alex Bick, @yashpershad.bsky.social, and many others! Please check out Gaurav's awesome 🧵👇👇

My US-based colleagues, FYI:

Finnish Research Council is about to announce a special call to fund researchers abroad to relocate to Finland.

By all means this is not intended to lure you into moving to Finland, it just happens to be planned right now by pure chance.

Vivian G. Cheung Lab Innovative basic research that impacts human health.

We are recruiting a computational biologist to join our group. We focus on the regulatory roles of RNA sequences and structures. If you are interested in applying computational approaches to RNA biology, please see viviancheunglab.org/positions-av...

#ComputationalBiology #RNA #Bioinformatics

Gender gap in research publishing is improving — slowly A Nature Index data set shows which countries, institutions and topic areas are making the greatest progress towards gender equity in research.

A new Nature Index data set shows that progress towards gender equity in research continues to be slow.

With just 27% of high-quality papers in the natural sciences having female co-authors in 2024, there is a lot of room for improvement
#AcademicSky 🧪
#womeninSTEM

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Recruiting a computational biologist.

My lab is recruiting a computational biologist - with a background in RNA biology and statistics.

The link to the application portal is coming soon.

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...

Scrubbing #mRNA from grant proposals is a five-alarm fire. Thanks to pioneers including @drewweissmanlab.bsky.social & Kariko, millions of lives have already been saved.

Silencing mRNA research now would be a catastrophic step backward.

@erictopol.bsky.social @carlbergstrom.com @carlzimmer.com

‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the N.I.H., the Crown Jewel of American Science (Gift Article) Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump’s policies.

‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the Crown Jewel of American Science
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...

U of Michigan @umich.edu set aside funds from central to support researchers with unexpected disruption in federal funding for up to 6 months.

Are any other institutions doing this? Seems like a good move.

#Medsky #NIH #federalfunding #researchfunding 🧪

record.umich.edu/articles/uni...

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The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.

Profound respect to Princeton’s Chris Eisgruber’s articulation of the admin’s threat to academic freedom

A call to “demand a stop to the government’s unwarranted intrusion on academic freedom-scholars, those whom the world most needs, are rarely bland.”

Be Spicy www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...

Chilling report from Brown University.

Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.

Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.

Here are 8 photography winners with disabilities who show the world their perspective Here are the winning entries in this year's Global Ability Photography Challenge.

www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Republicans are planning to slash Medicaid to pay for billionaires-first tax giveaway.

With @whitehouse.senate.gov @magaziner.house.gov @amo.house.gov to call out how GOP cuts would devastate behavioral and mental health care for many RIers.

We're fighting to protect the health of our communities.

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'Courage is contagious': Dems are outnumbered in Congress. What can they actually do? Across RI's congressional delegation, the message is clear: Keep fighting, keep up the pressure, and deliver for constituents.

Honored to serve alongside @whitehouse.senate.gov @magaziner.house.gov @amo.house.gov.

Beyond opposing Trump’s anti-worker agenda, we’re focused on solutions to help bring down costs, improve people’s lives, enhance public safety, expand opportunity & uphold RI's core values.

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Hello new friends! Please let us know if you'd like to be added to our list of women & gender minority STEMM folks 🥰 (reply here or DM)

Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order (Gift Article) Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.

Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...

Disabled urge to have too high expectations for yourself while encouraging other disabled people to take it easy.

#ScientistAtWork photo competition A celebration of the striking and colourful work that scientists do around the world.

Our #Scientistsatwork photo competition is open for submissions.

This is a competition for scientists themselves.

Winners will receive £500, a subscription to Nature & have their photo featured alongside an interview in Nature.

Deadline - March 28th

@nature.com

www.nature.com/immersive/sc...

Totally independently another NIH source told me today that if the rumored RIFs move ahead paired with assaults on university funding it would mean “the functional end of NIH and academic research in the US.”

Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50...

Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.

Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Come be my colleague at UBC! A great place to work w/amazing students, a beautiful campus, and…maybe one or two other perks 🇨🇦

I know there's a lot going on right now, but a bunch of people on Medicare are about to get screwed over bureaucracy.