RTI Seminar Series
Join the Seminar Series, organized by the RNA Therapeutics Institute at UMass Chan Medical School
This seminar series offers students, postdocs, and faculty the opportunity to interact directly with speakers discussing a diverse array of topics within the RNA world.
The 2022/2023 seminar series will be held both virtually and in-person.There will always be an option to view the seminar via Zoom.
Please check back here for updates to the schedule and Zoom links. Zoom links will be available the day before the seminar.
Most seminars are recorded. Please contact us if you would like a link to view the seminar.
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Daniel N. Wilson, PhD
Professor, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of HamburgOctober 25, 2022
"David vs Goliath: Ribosome-targeting antibiotics and bacterial resistance mechanisms"
Hosted by Andrei Korostelev, PhD -
Jin Billy Li, PhD
Associate Professor, Genetics, Stanford University -
Paul Rowley, PhD
Associate Professor, The University of IdahoNovember 29, 2022
"A Novel HIV Interaction Site in Nucleoporin 153"
Hosted by David Grunwald, PhD -
Andrew Bellinger, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Verve TherapeuticsDecember 6, 2022
"Disrupting the care of cardiovascular disease with single-course gene editing medicines"Hosted by Neil Aronin, MD
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Takanori Yokota, MD, PhD
Professor in Neurology, Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityDecember 9, 2022
"Update of DNA/RNA heteroduplex oligonucleotide (HDO)"Hosted by Jonathan Watts, PhD
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Eric Lai, PhD
Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center -
Daniel J. Siegwart, PhD
Professor, W. Ray Wallace Distinguished Chair in Molecular Oncology Research, Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical CenterFebruary 7, 2023
“The present and future of mRNA lipid nanoparticles (LNPs): From COVID-19 vaccines to Selective Organ Targeting (SORT) tissue-specific gene editing”
Hosted by Jonathan Watts, PhD -
Li-Chun Tu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterFebruary 28, 2023
10:00 - 11:00am"CRISPR-based imaging reveals reversible chromosome territory deformation in interphase nuclei"
Hosted by David Grunwald, PhD -
Hiro Furukawa, PhD
Principal Investigator, Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryMarch 21, 2023
"Dissecting molecular machine and pharmacology of neurotransmission and neuromodulation"
Hosted by Niko Grigorieff, PhD -
Ronald Van Rij, PhD
Dept. Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life SciencesMarch 28, 2023
"Beyond transposon control: piRNA biology in mosquitoes"
Hosted by Phil Zamore, PhD -
Stirling Churchman, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical SchoolApril 4, 2023
"The dynamics of gene expression, from the nucleus to mitochondria"
Hosted by Athma Pai, PhD -
Susan Shao, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard UniversityApril 11, 2023
“Mechanisms of inhibitors of mammalian translation”
Hosted by Andrei Korostelev, PhD -
Norbert Pardi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaMay 2, 2023
“Nucleoside-modified mRNA - developing a new class of drug”
Hosted by Li Li, PhD -
Silvi Rouskin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Harvard Medical SchoolMay 23, 2023
10:00 - 11:00am
Hosted by RTI Trainees -
Junwei Shi, PhD
Assistant Professor Cancer Biology, University of PennsylvaniaMay 30, 2023
10:00 - 11:00am"Genome Engineering and Applications of CRISPR in Primary Cells"
Hosted by Wen Xue, PhD