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Kevin Rhine

@kevinrhine.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at U Arizona. Former: Postdoc with Gene Yeo at UCSD, Ph.D with Sua Myong at Johns Hopkins, BA/MA at Boston University. Cat lover, houseplant enthusiast, competitive gamer, aspiring foodie 🌈

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I am excited to share the second half of my postdoctoral work in the Yeo lab at UCSD! We found that neuronal aging leads to the accumulation of mitochondrial double-stranded RNA, which triggers the chronic stress response. 1/ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

05.08.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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I am excited to share that I will be starting my lab @uarizona.bsky.social this summer! Our research will focus on how aging impacts neuronal resilience and RNA biology; we will be part of the Coit Center for Longevity & Neurotherapeutics. sites.arizona.edu/rhine-lab/

11.06.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Neuronal aging causes mislocalization of splicing proteins and unchecked cellular stress - Nature Neuroscience Rhine et al. find that neuronal aging leads to widespread dysregulation of RNA biology, including mislocalization of splicing proteins like TDP-43, chronic cellular stress and reduced resiliency.

Neuronal aging leads to widespread dysregulation of RNA biology, including mislocalization of splicing proteins like TDP-43, chronic cellular stress, and reduced resiliency

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06.06.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Research Briefing accompanying our paper is now out too! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

05.06.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Neuronal aging causes mislocalization of splicing proteins and unchecked cellular stress - Nature Neuroscience Rhine et al. find that neuronal aging leads to widespread dysregulation of RNA biology, including mislocalization of splicing proteins like TDP-43, chronic cellular stress and reduced resiliency.

Excited to share my postdoctoral research on how neuronal #aging contributes to RNA dysfunction is now online at Nature Neuroscience! Here we find that aged neurons suffer from chronic cellular stress that compromises resiliency to new stressorsπŸ§ͺ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

02.06.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Catalyzing the Future: New Grants Will Accelerate the Transformation of Innovative Ideas into Clinical Realities Catalyzing the Future: New Grants Will Accelerate the Transformation of Innovative Ideas into Clinical Realities

Honored to be funded by the @alsassociation.bsky.social and their Seed Grants Program! Aging-linked changes in TDP-43 biology don't stand a chance 😎 www.als.org/blog/catalyz...

17.03.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to share our latest work! We asked if and how TDP-43 regulates RNA transport in neurons and if this is misregulated in ALS. We found that it works to keep RNAs *out* of neurites, and that loss of TDP-43 activity results in specific RNAs aberrantly accumulating there.

03.03.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Excited to share the preprint of the last portion of my grad work with co-first-author Gemechu Mekonnen and my adviser Sua Myong! We show that the RNA helicase DDX6 can tune the nucleation and fluidity of FUS condensates, including ALS-linked variants. Read more here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

17.12.2024 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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