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 […]
The Nomination Committee of RNA Canada ARN is seeking qualified candidates for election to its Board of Directors. Four seats on the Board of Directors will be elected at the Annual General Meeting in November 2024: Two regional Directors – from Alberta and British Columbia – and two at-large Directors from any geographical region of Canada. The RNA […]
RNA Canada ARN is so thrilled to congratulate Drs. Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun on winning the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, “for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation”! Their studies, using the tiny worm, C. elegans, highlight the serendipity of science and the importance of discovery-based or […]
The final day of RNA Canada ARN 2024 was a fitting end to a fantastic conference! The morning started with the last concurrent scientific sessions: the first was about Ribonucleoprotein granules and RNA in motion, with talks featuring tools for granule detection as well as talks about condensates and granules pertaining to antiviral pathways, splicing, […]
We are nearing the close of RNA Canada ARN 2024, and had a wonderful penultimate day! The morning began with an outstanding plenary session chaired by Dr. Marc Belmonte entitled: “RNA: A new frontier for agriculture”. The session featured a number of fantastic talks discussing the promise of how RNA can be used for pest […]
RNA Canada ARN continued through Day 3 with an outstanding lineup of scientific talks and panel discussions! The conference jumped immediately into the scientific program with concurrent sessions. The “mRNA translation and the ribosome” session highlighted a number of talks about the dynamics and regulation of translation, specialized and differential translation and new insights into […]
Day 2 of RNA Canada ARN was a spectacular day for scientists, industry partners, policy makers and members of the public! The day opened with a fantastic plenary session and panel discussion hosted by Tasha Kheireddin and entitled “Promises and Challenges of RNA-based Medicines“. Dr. Pieter Cullis and Dr. Adrian Krainer started the session with […]
Earlier this year RNA Canada ARN hosted a design contest won by Jessica Semmelrock. You can buy T-shirts and tote bags featuring the design contest winner at the Outreach table! In addition, the original painting of the design (framed and mounted) has been kindly donated by the artist for bidding by silent auction! Come to the Outreach […]
RNA Canada ARN 2024 is off to a spectacular start! RNA scientists from all over Canada and from around the world have converged on Ottawa to showcase the power and potential of RNA to revolutionize the lives of Canadians. The meeting opened with an inspirational and thoughtful opening address by Elder Shirley Tolley as well […]