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A conversation with ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s ‘guru’ of mRNA
Canada’s leading expert on mRNA, Nahum Sonenberg, PhD, is the Gilman Cheney Chair in Biochemistry at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute. Prof…

Maureen McKeague on how ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s interdisciplinary team could uncover the multifaceted potential of artificial RNA
Interdisciplinarity has always been central to the research of Maureen McKeague, PhD. As a joint Assistant Professor between the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the…

From the study of what dictates protein output from mRNAs, to blocking mRNA expression, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s Jerry Pelletier has storied history of RNA research
Jerry Pelletier, PhD, a Professor at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s Department of Biochemistry and Department of Oncology, and a member of the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, is…

How RNA research could provide valuable insights into rare inherited tumours
William Foulkes, MBBS, PhD, is a James ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Oncology and Human Genetics at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ and a researcher-clinician who has…

Translating intelligent biomaterials into precision medicine
Guojun Chen, PhD, arrived at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ to take up his new post in January 2021 — in the middle of the pandemic. He quarantined in a hotel for two weeks, then set up his lab, and began…

Dr. Nahum Sonenberg and his scientific contribution to mRNA biology
mRNA vaccines are a breakthrough in science innovation demonstrating the speed and flexibility to respond to a global pandemic. A huge support for this scientific advance was the…