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 2024/2025 seminar series will be held both virtually and in-person.There will always be an option to view the seminar via Zoom. All seminars are held on Tuesdays at 10:00 - 11:00am in AS4-2072.
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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Pietro Fratta , MD, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, University College LondonSeptember 24, 2024
“Cryptic splicing: from foe to friend in tackling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis”
Hosted by Fen-Biao Gao -
John Chaput , PhD
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, IrvineOctober 29, 2024
"A nucleic acid approach to antibody therapeutics using base-modified TNA aptamers (threomers)"
Hosted by Li Li -
Sabrina Berkamp , PhD
Postdoctoral researcher, European Molecular Biology LaboratoriesDecember 3, 2024
“ Correlative Light, EDX and Electron Microscopy of the p62 Autophagy Cargo Receptor”
Hosted by Niko Grigorieff -
Leah Sabin , PhD
Executive Director, Genetic Medicines, RegeneronJanuary 7, 2025
"Innovating around bottlenecks: Engineering approaches to enhance the efficacy, safety and durability of genetic medicines"
Hosted by Anastasia Khvorova -
Britt Adamson , PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton UniversityJanuary 14, 2025
“Mapping the cellular determinants of genome editing in human cells”
Hosted by Erik Sontheimer -
Jared Rutter , PhD
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Dee Glen and Ida Smith Endowed Chair for Cancer Research, University of UtahJanuary 28, 2025
"Metabolic signaling and cellular decisions: An unexpected role for RNA?"
Hosted by Phil Zamore -
Amy Buck , PhD
Professor of RNA & Infection Biology, The University of EdinburghFebruary 4, 2025
"Extracellular RNA: forms & functions in host-pathogen systems”Hosted by Angela Messmer-Blust & Athma Pai
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Jacek Jemielity , PhD
Professor and Group Leader of Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Centre of New Technologies University of Warsaw, PolandFebruary 25, 2025
"Chemical modifications of mRNA for therapeutic applications"
Hosted by Li Li -
Steve L. Bonilla , PhD
Assistant Professor and Head of Lab Laboratory of RNA Structural Biology and Biophysics, The Rockefeller UniversityMarch 4, 2025
"Visualizing Dynamic RNA 3D Structural Ensembles that Regulate Viral Replication: Quantitative RNA Structural Virology"
Hosted by RTI Trainees -
Matthew Taliaferro , PhD
Assistant Professor, Keck Investigator, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, RNA Bioscience Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusMarch 11, 2025
"Understanding the regulatory language of RNA localization"
Hosted by Athma Pai -
Maria Carmo-Fonseca , PhD
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology and Onco-biology at the University of Lisbon Medical SchoolApril 1, 2025
"RNA splicing in cardiomyopathy: from mechanism to therapy"
Hosted by Athma Pai -
Masad Damha , PhD, FCIC
Distinguished James McGill Professor, McGill University*April 2, 2025
"Applying the chemist’s toolbox to the synthesis and development of RNA therapeutics"
Hosted by Jon Watts -
Junjie Guo , PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Co-Director of Graduate Studies, Interdepartmental Neuroscience PhD Program (INP), Yale UniversityMay 6, 2025
"Biogenesis of C9ORF72 nucleotide repeat RNAs in ALS/FTD"
Hosted by Wenwen Fang -
Sven Klump , PhD
Researcher, Max Planck Institute of BiochemistryMay 13, 2025 (virtual)
Hosted by Niko Grigorieff -
Gen-Sheng Feng , PhD
Professor of Pathology & Biology, University of California, San Diego*June 4, 2025
"Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressors, from Definitive to Paradoxical"
Hosted by Wen Xue