A conversation with ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s ‘guru’ of mRNA
Canada’s leading expert on mRNA, Nahum Sonenberg, PhD, is the Gilman Cheney Chair in Biochemistry at ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute. Prof…
Maureen McKeague on how ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥â€™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, ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s Jerry Pelletier has storied history of RNA research
Jerry Pelletier, PhD, a Professor at ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥â€™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 ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Oncology and Human Genetics at ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ and a researcher-clinician who has…
Translating intelligent biomaterials into precision medicine
Guojun Chen, PhD, arrived at ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ 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…