The RNA Canada ARN executive hosted this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on January 9th, 2025.  The meeting featured a number of important updates for RNA Canada ARN members. After some introductory remarks by the Chair of the Board, Dr. Howard Lipshitz, the AGM featured an address by RNA Canada ARN President Dr. Sherif Abou […]
RNA Canada ARN Members Leading the Way in Setting the Standard for Studying snoRNA and Ribosomal RNA Modifications RNA Canada ARN is proud to highlight the leadership of its members, Dr. Michelle Scott and Dr. Sherif Abou Elela, who are helping to organize RiboMod 2025, a groundbreaking workshop focused on setting the standard for studying snoRNA and ribosomal RNA modifications. […]
The coming months will be an exciting time for RNA Canada ARN members! Â Please add the following items to your calendars! Item #1: Perspectives on RNA: a panel discussion series Perspectives on RNA: CRISPR and its applications Wednesday, February 19th 3-4:40 pm EST/12 -1:30 pm PST Featuring: Dr. Sarah Hedtrich (UBC) and Dr. Basil Hubbard […]
RNA Canada ARN would like to send its warmest congratulations to Dr. Michelle Scott (U. de Sherbrooke) for having been named the RNA Society’s 2025 award winner for Excellence in Inclusive Leadership. Dr. Scott currently serves as the Chair of the Equity, Inclusion and Diversity committee for RNA Canada ARN. Â Under her leadership, the committee […]
Mark Belmonte Researcher Highlight Dr. Mark Belmonte is a principal investigator in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba.  He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. at the University of Calgary before doing his Ph.D. in Plant Science at the University of Manitoba. After postdoctoral training at UC Davis, he came back to […]
Dr. Jessica A. Willi, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge Dr. Willi is originally from Switzerland, where she earned her BSc, MSc and PhD at the University of Bern, working on the effect of RNA oxidation, RNA structure-function, and atomic mutagenesis. During her postdoc at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois and Stanford, California, […]
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Dear RNA Canada trainees, The RNA Canada Education Committee would like to have your feedback on its future Technical Workshop Series. These virtual workshops will be designed to equip RNA Canada members with the skills and knowledge necessary for cutting-edge RNA research by providing practical advice and troubleshooting for laboratory steps and hands-on tutorials for […]
An editorial describing The RNA Canada ARN 2024 conference, taking place this past Fall in Ottawa, has recently been published in the Innovation issue at Canadian Science Policy Centre. The editorial provides links to many features of the conference, including summaries of the various panels, a link to our article describing the history of RNA […]
Dear RNA Canada ARN members, We hope you’ve have a great start to the academic year and that you were able to join us for the amazing RNA Canada ARN 2024 conference. The RNA Canada ARN Education committee is starting a Monthly Topic Spotlight series.  This month’s video seminar will be Monday, October 21st from 4 […]