Join us online TOMORROW, Feb12th from 4-5pm EST, for an exciting talk from Dr. Alisha “Jonesy” Jones! She’s joining us from New York University to discuss “The Legos of the RNA World: synthetic RNAs to control gene regulation”
utoronto.zoom.us/j/83937127465
Join us on Thursday January 29th from 4-5pm in the Donnelly Centre Black Room for exciting talks from:
Bina Koterniak (Calarco Lab) &
Tina (Yi) Qiu (Palazzo Lab)
Reminder: Our annual general meeting will be held this upcoming Monday, January 12th from 12:30-2:30! Members should have received an agenda for this meeting as well as the Zoom link for this meeting by e-mail.
www.rnacanada.ca/rna-canada-a...
Reminder of our December seminar happening TODAY in Ramsay Wright 432 at 4pm!
Join us in RW432 on Wednesday December 10th from 4-5pm for a Toronto RNA Club seminar 🍕!
This event will feature an exciting talk from Dr. Oscar Vargas-Rodriguez (University of Connecticut Health Centre)
"Bacterial safeguards of tRNA aminoacylation during stress and host interactions"
The November Toronto RNA Club seminar is happening Thursday, November 20th from 4:00–5:00 PM (ET) in the Donnelly Centre/CCBR – Black Room! 🍕
Sebastián Fuentes-Otálora
PhD Candidate, Claycomb Lab, U of T
Jingan (Charles) Chen
PhD Student, Li Lab, U of T
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
#TREnD2025 virtual day is here!! First talk starting now! 🥳
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 – 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...
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
This in-person event, part of Toronto RNA Enthusiasts’ Day (TREnD), is open to the public and also ✨available online to RNA Canada ARN Members✨.
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.
Deadline is TOMORROW!
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 🤭
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...
2 more days before registration closes! Send in your abstracts.
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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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!
We are wrapping up the 2024-2025 season with a talk from Dr. Dmitry Kretov (Assistant Professor, Université Laval), who will be presenting "RBPscan: quantitative and sequence-specific profiling of RNA-protein interactions in vivo".
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:
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
Reminder: Today is the LAST DAY to submit an oral talk abstract for #TREnD2025
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...
Good news!
The TREnD oral abstract submission deadline has been EXTENDED to Friday June 6th 🎉
event.fourwaves.com/trend25/subm...
Oral abstracts are due this Friday!! 📣📣
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...
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...
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!
