Public Outreach

Perspectives on RNA: RNA Chemistry and its Applications, May 21st, 2025, 3:00 to 4:30, EDT

Please place the next instalment of the RNA Canada ARN Education Panel Discussion Series in your calendar! Featuring: Parrish Evers (Graduate student, Pezacki Lab, UOttawa): Introduction to RNA Chemistry and its applications (10 min talk) John Pezacki, PhD (Full Professor, UOttawa): RNA-binding proteins with expanded genetic codes: from new experimental methodologies to potential therapeutic applications […]

Conferences Public Outreach

RiboWest 2025 Conference, University of Lethbridge, June 8–11, 2025

We invite you to the RiboWest 2025 Conference to be hosted at the University of Lethbridge, on June 8–11, 2025. RiboWest brings together RNA scientists from across Western Canada and the Northwestern US for the purpose of disseminating current research and providing an opportunity for trainees to present their work. Presentations will cover a wide range of RNA topics, […]

Featured Public Outreach Researcher Highlights

Researcher Highlights: Dmitry Kretov

Dr. Dmitry Kretov, Oncology Division, CHU de QuĂ©bec – UniversitĂ© Laval Research Center Dr. Dmitry Kretov has recently become a Group Leader in the Oncology division at the CHU de QuĂ©bec – UniversitĂ© Laval Research Center, where he established his lab in January 2025. His research focuses on understanding the role of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) […]

Conferences Public Outreach

AReNA Panel: Beyond the success of pandemic vaccines

AReNa Quebec will be hosting the following panel on April 30th: Beyond the success of pandemic vaccines: what are the challenges and opportunities in the development and biomanufacturing of RNA therapies?  Synopsis: This panel will provide a unique opportunity to build on the successes of mRNA during the pandemic and discuss the future evolution of […]

Conferences Public Outreach

ARN Quebec welcomes Nobel Prize Winner Emmanuelle Charpentier: May 10, 2025

ARN Quebec, in collaboration with INRS, is pleased to welcome Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier for a seminar presentation on May 10th in Quebec City.  Dr. Charpentier was the co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for her contributions to CRISPR-based genome editing.  This seminar will be in French. More information about Dr. Charpentier’s […]

Development Public Outreach

Introduction to Python: Sequence-to-Function Analysis for RNA

Date / Time: 7 Apr 2025 – 14 Apr 2025 (2 sessions) – 7 Apr 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM – 14 Apr 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM Audience: RNA biologists yearning for a “gateway” to bioinformatics. Pre-requisites: No formal training in bioinformatics is required. While it may be beneficial to have some exposure […]

Conferences Public Outreach

Special Seminar: Dr. Thomas Duchaine, The Rise of RNA Informational Medicines

RNA CANADA ARN is proud to promote a special seminar in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Toronto: ”The Rise of RNA Informational Medicines” Speaker: Thomas Duchaine, PhD. Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University. Date/Room: Friday, March 21, 2PM. MSB-2170 More information is in the poster!