The November Toronto RNA Club seminar is happening Thursday, November 20th from 4:00β5:00 PM (ET) in the Donnelly Centre/CCBR β Black Room! π
SebastiΓ‘n Fuentes-OtΓ‘lora
PhD Candidate, Claycomb Lab, U of T
Jingan (Charles) Chen
PhD Student, Li Lab, U of T
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Hello everyone,
Join us for a special seminar next week on Aug 6th at 4pm.
Speaker: Dr. Sergey Melnikov (Principal Investigator, Newcastle University)
Title: Sweet dreams: hibernation of biological molecules
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Davenport Atrium, Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
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#TREnD2025 virtual day is here!! First talk starting now! π₯³
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Poster of the event entitled "RNA-based Disease Advocacy Panel: "RNA as Cause and Cure" which will feature perspectives from Kris Noakes, Sinder-Marie Pascal Patterson, Dr. Greg Costain, Dr. Angelica Moresco and Dr. Victoria Mok Siu.
RNA Canada is incredibly proud to sponsor a Patient Advocacy Panel which will take place on Thu July 11th 5:30 PM β 7:00 PM (ET) in Toronto at the SickKids Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning. It will also be made available online to RNA Canada members!
www.rnacanada.ca/etn/trend-rn...
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Moderated by Rasangi Tennakoon and Sharanja Premachandran, the panel will bring together patients, researchers, and professionals to explore the role of RNA in rare diseases and advocacy.
Members of the public can register using the QR code in the poster.
#TREnD2025
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This in-person event, part of Toronto RNA Enthusiastsβ Day (TREnD), is open to the public and also β¨available online to RNA Canada ARN Membersβ¨.
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Join us for a special RNA Canada-sponsored Patient Advocacy Panel taking place in Toronto on Thursday, July 11th at 5:30-7:00 PM (ET) at the SickKids Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning.
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Deadline is TOMORROW!
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And another deadline coming up is our design contest. RNArtists, we want to showcase your designs! Send us your RNA-inspired designs by next week and have a chance at immortality in the eyes of RNA Canada scientists π€
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2025 RiboClub Annual Meeting β RNA Canada ARN
Registration for the 2025 RiboClub annual meeting is open! Please submit your abstract and register before June 30th for an early bird discount. Click below to find out more. RiboClub will be held from September 21st to 25th, 2025!
www.rnacanada.ca/etn/2025-rib...
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2 more days before registration closes! Send in your abstracts.
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Reminder: The #TREnD25 deadline to submit your POSTER PRESENTATION Abstracts is June 27th!
Don't miss your chance to showcase your work!
event.fourwaves.com/trend25/subm...
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To sign up for our mailing list to receive information about our upcoming talks and zoom links please go to our website using this link: torontornaclub.com/join-us-cont...
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Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 11th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm (Eastern Time) via Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/87002432714
Meeting ID: 870 0243 2714
Passcode: Please DM us!
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We are wrapping up the 2024-2025 season with a talk from Dr. Dmitry Kretov (Assistant Professor, UniversitΓ© Laval), who will be presenting "RBPscan: quantitative and sequence-specific profiling of RNA-protein interactions in vivo".
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Lunch and Learn event hosted by the Network Biology Collaborative Centre (NBCC) and PacBio:
Increase Biological Insights with Full-length RNA Sequencing
Tuesday, June 17th, 2025
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Mount Sinai, 60 Murray St, Room L3-201, 202, 203
Please register below to save your seat:
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Reminder that TREnD2025 abstract submission deadline for ORAL PRESENTATIONS is TODAY, June 6th! Please register and submit your abstracts through the event page: event.fourwaves.com/trend25/pages
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Reminder: Today is the LAST DAY to submit an oral talk abstract for #TREnD2025
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RNA Canada ARN 2025: Design Contest! - RNA Canada ARN
Attention RNA Artists! We have exciting news for the RNA Canada! The Outreach Committee is hosting a design contest for RNA-themed merchandise, which will be showcased at future RNA Canada ARN meeting...
Attention RNA Artists! That includes *you*!
The RNA Canada ARN Outreach Committee is hosting a design contest for RNA-themed merchandise, which will be showcased at future RNA Canada ARN meetings and sold in the RNA Canada ARN online store. Deadline June 30th
www.rnacanada.ca/rna-canada-a...
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Good news!
The TREnD oral abstract submission deadline has been EXTENDED to Friday June 6th π
event.fourwaves.com/trend25/subm...
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Oral abstracts are due this Friday!! π£π£
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We are excited to announce that registration for this year's Toronto RNA Enthusiasts' Day (TREnD) is now open!
July 10th, 1pm-4pm ET ONLINE for everyone
July 11th, 9am-7pm ET ONLINE across Canada and IN PERSON in Toronto
event.fourwaves.com/trend25/regi...
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Poster for RNA Canada ARN Education Series
Perspectives on RNA: RNA Chemistry and its applications
Wednesday, May 21st, 3-4:30 pm EST / 12-1:30 pm PST
Next week! RNA Canada sponsored series:
Perspectives on RNA: RNA Chemistry and its applications, featuring Mark Taylor (UofToronto) Parrish Evers and John Pezacki (uOttawa) and Yihang Chen (ongene biotech Corporation). www.rnacanada.ca/etn/rna-cana...
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Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 14th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, in CCBR Black Room. We have the pleasure of hosting:
Dr. Katerina Kiriakopulos
and
Yifan (Eva) Wang
Pizza will be provided after the session. Please see the attached poster and pass along the info to anyone interested!
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Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 14th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, in CCBR Black Room. We have the pleasure of hosting:
Dr. Katerina Kiriakopulos
and
Yifan (Eva) Wang
Pizza will be provided after the session. Please see the attached poster and pass along the info to anyone interested!
27.04.2025 18:58 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
You're an RNA biologist with an interest in bioinformatics? Want to learn more? You might be interested in this 2 session course (April 7th and 14th) on introduction to Python for Sequence-to-Function Analysis of RNA! Register here: rnacanada.wildapricot.org/event-6079813
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@rnacanada.bsky.social is proud to promote a special seminar in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Toronto:
βThe Rise of RNA Informational Medicinesβ
Speaker:
Thomas Duchaine, PhD.
Professor and Chair,
Department of Biochemistry, McGill University.
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Happening soon! π£
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Trainees: this event is for you! 2025 Virtual Career Panel Series : How to get into industry. March 19, 2025, 12:30pm-2pm (EST) / 9:30am-11am (PST)
Registration is free for RNA Canada ARN members! rnacanada.wildapricot.org/event-6099727
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Assistant Professor in Biological Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Former postdoc at Scripps Research. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases make me happy.
PhD - RNA Biology/RBPs π©βπ¬
Organizer @torontorna.bsky.social ποΈ
Outreach Committee @rnacanada.bsky.social π
Organizer @trendrna.bsky.social 2025 π
Professor | Team leader, University of Toronto
Our lab studies small RNAs, Argonaute Proteins, and epigenetics in worms!
www.claycomblab.com
First gen academic | Working to build communities
Assistant Professor @IRCM, @McGill Center for RNA Sciences, @UdeM.
RNA Biology, lncRNA, RNA Therapy, Genome Regulation sauvageaulab.org
Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto. Studies mRNA processing, mRNA nuclear export, mRNA translation, genomic evolution, junk DNA, junk RNA.
https://www.palazzolab.com/
Lieu de haut savoir scientifique, lβIRCM est un institut de recherche biomΓ©dicale de rΓ©putation internationale situΓ© en plein cΕur du milieu universitaire montrΓ©alais.
Research lab of Prof. Selena Sagan @UBC. We try to understand how viruses like HepC, Dengue, and Zika work, and how we might stop them.
We study RNA Biology using a variety of approaches.
medicine.yale.edu/lab/steitz/
Associate Dean & Canada Research Chair at the Univ. of Lethbridge, CEO-Quadrumix BioTech | FRSC | FRSB | Editor -European Biophysics J | Biophysicsβ‘οΈVirology
Professor of Chemistry, University of Toronto
@chemuoft @UTM_CPS
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Prof TT Uni Bonn & University Hospital Bonn | RNA & ribosome & biochemistry & innate immunology | Postdoc Barna Lab Stanford | PhD Stoecklin Lab DKFZ ZMBH Uni Heidelberg | triplet | https://www.leppeklab.org
Toronto RNA Enthusiastsβ Day (TREnD): a student-led, trainee focused event, bringing RNA researchers together since 2016. Save the dates #TREnD2025 July 10-11!
https://event.fourwaves.com/trend25/registration
https://event.fourwaves.com/trend25/schedule
non-profit organization of >300 RNA researchers from over 20 canadian universities and several companies working together to harness the power of RNA biology to improve therapeutics, diagnostics, agricultural and biotechnology advances. www.rnacanada.ca
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