Welcome Microsynth – The Swiss DNA Company – as our first Booth Sponsor for RNATX 2027! Join us on 28 January 2027 in Bern. Register: www.conftool.net/chrnat2027 More info: rnatx.ch #RNATX #RNATherapeutics

Meet three confirmed speakers for RNATX 2027: Daniel Blessing (HAYA Therapeutics, keynote), Christian Berk (E.Blum & Co AG) and Felix Gnerlich (Ribocure Pharmaceutical AB). Join us in Bern on 28 January 2027. Register: www.conftool.net/chrnat2027 More info: rnatx.ch #RNATX #RNAResearch

Congratulations to Prof. Martin Jinek @martinjinek.bsky.social, for winning two major Swiss awards for his work on CRISPR-Cas9 and genome editing: the Max Cloëtta Prize and the Marcel Benoist Swiss Science Prize. www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/... (Photo Credit): Daniel Rihs

Registration is now open for the 4th Swiss RNA Therapeutics Summit! Join researchers, clinicians and industry partners in Bern on 28 January 2027 for a full day dedicated to RNA therapeutics. Register: www.conftool.net/chrnat2027 #RNATX #RNAResearch

🔬🧪 Scientifica 2026 starts tomorrow! Visit the SIRD booth and discover how RNA helps us understand and treat diseases. 🗓 29. & 30. August 2026 | 🕒 11-17 Uhr | 📍 ETH Zürich | Polyterrasse 🔗 More Infos: buff.ly/gglg1y9 @ethzurich @uzh @stadtzh

Join the 4th Swiss RNA Therapeutics Summit on 28 January 2027 at the University of Bern. Connect with experts from academia, biotech and pharma and explore the latest developments in RNA-based medicines. 📝 Registration opens soon. More information: www.rnatx.ch #RNA #RNATherapeutics

🔊Meet SIRD at Scientifica2026 and discover how RNA helps us understand and treat diseases. 🔬🧪 🗓 29. & 30. August 2026 | 🕒 11-17 Uhr | 📍 ETH Zürich | Polyterrasse 🔗 More Infos: buff.ly/gglg1y9 @ethzurich @uzh @stadtzh

🔊Meet SIRD at Scientifica2026 and discover how RNA helps us understand and treat diseases. 🔬🧪 🗓 29. & 30. August 2026 | 🕒 11-17 Uhr | 📍 ETH Zürich | Polyterrasse 🔗 More Infos: buff.ly/gglg1y9 @ethzurich @uzh @stadtzh

The Swiss Initiative for RNA & Disease (SIRD) is now online. As the successor to NCCR RNA & Disease (2014–2026), SIRD continues to connect RNA researchers across Switzerland and promotes collaboration, education, scientific exchange, and innovation in RNA biology and disease research. 🌐 sird.info

A tiny chemical tweak changed medicine! 💉 Discover how RNA modifications made efficient mRNA vaccines against Covid-19 possible, for which the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SQd... @snsf.ch @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @nobelprize.org @rnasociety.bsky.social

RNA Explained: Hiding in Plain Sight – RNA Modifications Enable Effective mRNA Vaccines

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For gene expression,there exist "dimmer switches"!Discover how microRNAs fine-tune protein production in health&disease.For their discovery,the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoUo... @snsf.ch @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @nobelprize.org @rnasociety.bsky.social

RNA Explained: Tiny RNAs, Big Control - microRNAs and Gene Expression

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Why do we age? 🧬 Meet telomerase, the molecular machine that rebuilds chromosome ends and its roles in health & disease. For its discovery, the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXLE... @snsf.ch @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @nobelprize.org @rnasociety.bsky.social

RNA Explained: Letting Cells Live Forever – Telomerase and the Maintenance of Chromosome Ends

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Reprogramming cells with precision! 🎯 Learn how RNA interference (RNAi) silences specific genes to treat diseases. For its discovery, the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZY1... @snsf.ch @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @nobelprize.org @rnasociety.bsky.social

RNA Explained: Gene Silencing - RNA Interference: Nature's Precision Tool

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Our genes come in bits & pieces!🧬Learn how splicing "cuts & pastes" RNA to create different proteins from a single gene, for its discovery the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x7H... @snsf.ch @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @nobelprize.org @rnasociety.bsky.social

RNA Explained: Split Genes – RNA Splicing & Protein Diversity

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Preprint by the Leidel, Thiel & Pillai labs with co-1st authors R. Pandey & N. Ebert "Loss of host factor-mediated m6Am methylation of the viral RNA cap impairs SARS CoV-2 replication" @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social doi.org/10.64898/202... @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @mcm5s2u.bsky.social @unibe.ch

Imagine curing diseases by rewriting the code of life!🧬Discover how CRISPR/Cas9, guided by RNA, acts as molecular scissors to precisely edit genomes, for which the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rz-... @snsf.ch @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @nobelprize.org

RNA Explained: Rewriting the Code of Life - CRISPR/Cas9 and the Genome Editing Revolution

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DNA holds the blueprints, but how are proteins built?Meet the ribosome, a nanomachine.For the studies of it,the 2009 Chemistry Nobel Prize was awarded. Watch the video on YouTube with subtitles in English, French & German: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2txJ... @snsf.ch @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @nobelprize.org

RNA Explained: The Cell's Protein Factory - the Ribosome and Its Structure

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Preprint by the Polacek lab and collaborators with first author EunBin Kong "Stress-induced vtRNA1-1 modulates redox homeostasis and ferroptosis susceptibility in hepatocellular carcinoma cells" @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social doi.org/10.64898/202... @unibe.ch

How did life begin?🧬Before DNA & proteins, RNA paved the way for modern life. Learn about "ribozymes". The discoverers of catalytic RNAs were awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry! Watch the video with subtitles in DE, EN & FR: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjtN... @snsf.ch @unibe.ch @ethz.ch

RNA Explained: The Origin of Life - Ribozymes and the RNA World Hypothesis

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RNA Explained Video Series: From CRISPR to Vaccines - 8 RNA Discoveries That Revolutionized Biology!🎬Explore 8 Nobel Prize-winning breakthroughs. They are the final public outreach activity of the NCCR RNA & Disease. Join us on this journey into RNA science! Coming soon! @snsf.ch @ethz.ch @unibe.ch

Paper by the Allain and Jeschke labs with first author Cristina Nguyen "Characterization of flexible RNA binding by tandem RNA recognition motifs through integrative ensemble modelling" in Nucleic Acids Research ( @narjournal.bsky.social) nccr-rna-and-disease.ch/news/article... @ethz.ch #NMR

Review by the Mühlemann Lab with first author Wojciech Teodorowicz "Molecular determinants and therapeutic targeting of stop codon readthrough in eukaryotic translation" @jmolbiol.bsky.social nccr-rna-and-disease.ch/news/article... @omuhlemann-lab.bsky.social @unibe.ch

Publication by the Corn lab and collaborators with first author Lena Kobel " DisTAL-Seq: A TALEN-specific adaptation of DISCOVER-Seq for off-target profiling" in Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids: nccr-rna-and-disease.ch/news/article... @jcornlab.bsky.social @moltherapy.bsky.social @ethz.ch

🔬 We are pleased to welcome Kamena Kostova (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA) as the next speaker in our NCCR RNA & Disease Seminar Series! 🗓️ 23.03.2026 – 16:30 📍 University of Bern, DCBP 🗓️ 24.03.2026 – 11:00 📍ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg For more Info: lnkd.in/ei92r5gg @unibe.ch @ethz.ch

Publication by the Gatfield and Jonas labs with co-first authors Enes Arpa and Michael Taschner "Active Site Assembly by SMG5 as a Mechanism for SMG6 Endonuclease Licencing in Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay" @jmolbiol.bsky.social nccr-rna-and-disease.ch/news/article... @unil.bsky.social @ethz.ch

We would like to congratulate Sebastian Leidel ( @mcm5s2u.bsky.social ) on receiving the 2026 RNA Society Mid-Career Award! nccr-rna-and-disease.ch/news/article... @rnasociety.bsky.social @unibe.ch @snsf.ch

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Our Lab is searching a postdoc for an exciting ERC-funded project that will start this summer. Apply if you’re passionate about multi-omics, cutting-edge computational approaches, and exploring biological questions across the animal 🪼 🪱 🐞 🦎 🦋 🕷️ tree of life www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...

🔬 Next in the NCCR RNA & Disease Seminar Series: Prof. Danny Nedialkova (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany)! 🗓️ 02.03.2026: 16:30 – University of Bern, DCBP 🗓️ 03.03.2026: 16:00 – ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg More info: buff.ly/7Lkx00l... @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @snf-fns.ch

🗓️ We are pleased to announce the NCCR RNA & Disease Seminar Series for the Spring Semester 2025/2026. For more information, visit: lnkd.in/ei92r5gg @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @snf-fns.ch

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Sendoel Lab@sendoellab.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thank you @erc.europa.eu and the panel for supporting our project RIBOSCOPE! Above all, thank you to all past & present lab members whose dedication made this possible. We are excited to push single-cell technologies to map the translational landscape of cancer. #ERCCoG