It's an RNA World. We just live in it. Happy World RNA Day!

Protein synthesis is one of the most energy-intensive & highly regulated processes in biology, yet its role as a dynamic driver of cellular and organismal function remains underexplored. Join our #TCCO conference, to share research & collaborate to answer big questions in the field. bit.ly/4wkNzBU

Today, Monday 13th July (instead of 1st AUG!), we had a great 12th Rhineland RNA Club meeting @dzne.science with great PhD/postdoc/invited speaker talks & ice cream. Our community covers a wide range of topics of RNA science. Special thanks to visitor Jirka Peschek from @bzh-hd.bsky.social!

I was happy to present our collaborative Early Career Award project at the HFSP Awardee Meeting in Geneva this week! And meeting up with my collaborator Drago Milovanovic and getting to know so many other awardees across such diverse disciplines. #HFSPmtg2026

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What does frontier science look like? 🧪 At #HFSPmtg2026, it spans everything from cell migration and photosynthesis to evolution, plant biology or ocean microbiomes. Different questions. Different approaches. One community exchanging ideas across disciplines! 💪 #HFSP #sts

Three days of inspiring science, lively discussions, poster sessions, new collaborations, and a global community brought together by frontier life science.🧪 A big thank you to everyone who made this year's Awardees Meeting such a success. 🙂 Until next year!🙃 #HFSP #sts

In this new Preview @cp-devcell.bsky.social, postdoc Vivian Lobo and I set metabolic enzymes in the broader context of mRNA translation regulation: A moonlighting metabolic enzyme shines light on translation initiation. Sharable Link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nPAk5Sx5h...

We're delighted to announce a brand new meeting series, joining the Fusion community in May 2027. *Translational Control - From Cells to Organisms Conference* 📅Date: 22 - 25 May 2027 🌏Location: Durrës, Albania Sign up for updates to find out more information on the conference: bit.ly/4eGxaQG

Ina @inahuppertz.bsky.social and Kathrin @katleppek.bsky.social cordially invite all RNA enthusiasts based in the Rhineland region to attend our series of inspiring in-person talks on RNA-related topics by local and invited speakers. This time on Monday July 13th in the DZNE auditorium in Bonn.

How do fictions and models shape our understanding of existence? Join IMPULSE-Focus “Imagination” with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht: a public lecture on 9 June and an experimental workshop on 10 June with colleagues from across disciplines. © Ulrike Syrakas/IMPULSE Bonn

Congrats to Jirka Peschek and team from @bzh-hd.bsky.social for this exciting story on the conserved function of eukaryotic tRNA ligases to mediate RNA break repair, on the ribosome and beyond! We were happy to help and be involved.

bioRxiv Biochemistry@biorxiv-biochem.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Eukaryotic tRNA ligases mediate RNA break repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.26.727988v1

Not what you want to see on an evening after a holiday, or ever. #VEwater

🚨 1/5 Check out the 2nd preprint from our lab on how IRES-mediated translation of synthetic circRNAs is employed in cells and in cell-free translation extracts, a highly collaborative effort with @immagina.bsky.social & the labs of @andershlund.bsky.social and CK Chen www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

’m thrilled to share that our paper is out in Molecular Cell! We developed Ribo-Tweezer, a new technology that lets us rapidly and reversibly remove specific proteins from mature ribosomes to ask what they actually do in translation.

NEWS: The ERC Scientific Council has listened to the concerns from members of the research community about changes to the re-submission rules, intended to manage the surge in demand for grants. The Scientific Council will readjust some of the changes: link.europa.eu/TBqRQJ

ERC Scientific Council readjusts rules for reapplication

The ERC Scientific Council has listened to the concerns from members of the research community about the recent announcement on changes to the re-submission rules. The changes, intended to manage the ...

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The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t. ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what they mean for applicants. 🔗 link.europa.eu/xF7kjc

ERC President explains stricter application measures amid rising demand for funding

The text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026.

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Happy to be invited to the @fmiscience.bsky.social Basel for the "FMI Young Investigator Seminar Series" last week, and to talk to PhDs and postdocs about career choices. www.fmi.ch/courses/yiss/

Friday 27th March, we had a great 11th Rhineland RNA Club meeting @mpiage.bsky.social with inspiring PhD, postdoc and invited speakers. It's great to see how the community covers a range of topics of all corners of RNA science. Special thanks to @mschosserer.bsky.social & @trentini-lab.bsky.social

DKFZ Alumni Event for PhDs and Postdocs about Uncertainty in Academia. Happy to be back and give back with perspective. DKFZ Careers & Alumni Relations #AcademicAfternoon @dkfz.bsky.social Event: www.linkedin.com/posts/dkfz-a... Take-Homes: www.linkedin.com/posts/dkfz-a...

Check out the latest RNA Salon feature highlighting the importance of local community meetings! @rnasociety.bsky.social #RNA www.rnasociety.org/featured-sal...

RNA Confluence: a grassroots model for community-driven scientific meetings - RNA Society

Science moves forward through ideas, experiments, and data. But just as often, it advances through conversations. The fleeting discussions at a poster, the hallway chat after a talk, the shared coffee...

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Misinformation about mRNA vaccines is shaping legislation & policy. We wrote this for anyone who needs a rigorous, citable resource to push back against false narratives. #mRNA #GetTheMessage #Vaccines #HHS #FDA #CDC rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/earl...

Thank you so much, Claudia (@chlab.bsky.social) and Kathrin (@klanglab.bsky.social), for organizing this excellent event #Biochemistry2026 in Würzburg, and for having me!

#Biochemistry2026 comes to an end! We especially want to thank our organizers, Claudia Höbartner (@chlab.bsky.social) and Kathrin Lang (@klanglab.bsky.social), for an amazing job and all participants for making this a great conference. (1/2) #Biochemistry #Chemistry #ChemBio CC: @gdch.de

Great talk by Kathrin Leppek (@katleppek.bsky.social) at #Biochemistry2026. She talked about her work on the topic "Synthetic circRNAs employ IRES activity for translation in cells and in cell-free translation systems". link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ChemSky #Biochemistry #ChemBio #RNA #IRES

Kathrin @katleppek.bsky.social and Ina @inahuppertz.bsky.social cordially invite all RNA enthusiasts based in the Rhineland to attend our series of inspiring in-person talks on RNA-related topics, delivered by local and invited speakers.

Great news—We remain the most successful German University of Excellence! With eight Clusters of Excellence and funding secured until 2033, we’re moving closer to our goal of establishing our Uni permanently among the best universities in the world: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/040-... © VL/Uni Bonn

We are looking for RNA enthusiasts to join us at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social as a junior group leader! Our university offer excellent infrastructure and collaboration opportunities for ground breaking RNA research. Please RT @jrrnascientists.bsky.social @rnasociety.bsky.social

How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller? Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase. 1/n

A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand

The emergence of a chemical system capable of self-replication and evolution is a critical event in the origin of life. RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but their large size and structural ...

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We are recruiting a computational scientist for a postdoc position to work on detecting RNA modifications using nanopore sequencing: tinyurl.com/RiboComp Deadline March 4th. Please share and repost! More on the group: www.bric.ku.dk/research-gro...

Computational Postdoc in Ribosome Specialization at the Biotech Research and Innovation Centre

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic computational postdoc for a 3-year position to join the Lund Group. Our research Our team aims to understand h

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We had a great day at the 1st RNA Confluence Meeting of Rhine-Main-Neckar region German RNA Clubs(+Strasbourg) with 200 attendees & trainee talks at EMBL Heidelberg yesterday. Particularly proud of Sam and Philipp taking home 2 poster prizes (of 100 posters)! 🎉 🐙 Special thanks to Alessia and Venki!

I got blocked by ChatGTP twice in one hour. Yes, I want to target RNA structure, that is my job. No, I do not want to harm people nor design a super virus bioweapon. While I should probably be happy this safety check is in place, I happily dive into the literature myself...