Excited for this work by Michael Cortazar, an @JagannathanLab Postdoc, to be out as a preprint. So much hard work went into it, but it was well worth it 🤓

RIL-seq boosts the study of sRNAs. Here comes its first application to intracellular bacteria. Plus, 10 years after its characterization, we now present an RNA sponge of Salmonella PinT. Congrats to @kooshapour.bsky.social & great collaboration w/ @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Are you a bachelor or master student anywhere in the world, and would like to come to us to work full-time on a supervised research project? Applications for the 2026 MPIA Summer Internship are open now!

Looking for a POSTDOC to work on jumbo phages (those with large genomes and fascinating cell biology), using our latest ASO technology (Gerovac M et al. 2025 Nature) to define RNA export mechanisms as well as to help to advance phage therapy. Here's the job ad.

Franziska Faber and I are recruiting shared postdocs, PhD students to work on Fusobacterium & new BGCs. www.helmholtz-hiri.de/fileadmin/HI...

We have an open call for a group leader at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging in Würzburg, Germany. Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please spread the word.

🔊 Interested in doing a PhD on RNA-binding proteins in an abundant microbiota species and becoming a member of the German Priority Programme “Illuminating Gene Functions in the Human Gut Microbiome”? Apply here: www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...

Are you looking for female speakers in CryoEM for seminars and conferences? Are you a woman in CryoEM and not yet on the ‚woman in CryoEM‘ list? Find your speakers and add/update name and affiliation! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

KATMAP infers splicing factor activity and regulatory targets from knockdown data - @daspliceisright.bsky.social go.nature.com/47ycrMJ

Excited to share my first PhD student’s @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Tracking 5 dyes simultaneously Kavan Gor @embl.org tracks nascent #RNA folding during #ribosome assembly to correlate structural with functional information on single RNA molecules! Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Calling all Jr RNA Scientists: We are recruiting 2 new RNA Society Jr Sci Reps to lead existing and new initiatives for engaging junior members over the next two years! Details for submitting applications below. @rnasociety.bsky.social

Are you interested in studying RNA phages? We are looking for a PhD student and a postdoc to join the lab! For more information and how to apply, see below 👇 Please RT!

Thrilled to share our work on transcription initiation and termination being spatially coordinated out today in Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My lab is hiring a postdoc! Official job ad and application instructions here: healthresearch.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/HRI_Ca... Current deadline says October 13, but this will be extended to be open for ~2 weeks.

We have an open post-doc position in my group to study mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation using biochemical reconstitution and cryoEM. Please get in touch if you are interested in joining this amazing team! 🔬🧬🤩 #RNA #cryoEM

Love RNA biology? Join us to explore the piRNA pathway with structural and genetic approaches (see 👇👇). PhD student/postdoc position co-supervised by Clemens Plaschka & myself. DM or email us if you’d like to know more! @vbcscitraining.bsky.social @imbavienna.bsky.social @impvienna.bsky.social

As part of this grant, I have a vacancy out for a PhD student to join our super nice team. It closes on September 9 (Tuesday). If you are or know a good prospective PhD student, excited about studying transcription, please (suggest them to) apply here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Is anyone in continental Europe looking for a lab manager? I have a fabulous candidate - let me know and please RT!

Our collaboration with Tony Mustoe's lab us out today. MPRA libraries and possible cryptic splicing in MPRA reporters, or reporters in general. The additional novelty here is that such events are controlled or influenced by AU-rich sequences. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New from the Pai lab @rti-umasschan.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Deadline for applications is this Friday!!!

The IncaRNAto lab is seeking a motivated #PhD candidate, interested in studying #RNA structural ensemble dynamics in living cells. Here's the link to the vacancy: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor.... Please share!

My postdoctoral work with @hitenmadhani.bsky.social is now online at @cp-cell.bsky.social! We profiled the fitness of >4300 Cryptococcus neoformans deletion strains in >140 conditions, identifying unexpected mammalian-like biology and drivers of fungal pathogenesis. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

„AI is unavoidable, and even if a single query is low-impact, governments and companies are now shaping a much larger energy future around AI’s needs.“

Very excited to share our new paper out now in @MolecularCell. We show how U1 snRNP -a well-known splicing factor- regulates the activity of alternative promoters in human cells www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

Hello Community! Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

5EU labelling may have some undesired consequences or effects depending on labelling pulse concentration & duration www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #RNAsky

Are you a postdoc ready for transition to an independent position? You connect infection biology with cutting-edge structural biology or multimodal imaging? Are you aware of such a colleague? I am seeking speakers for "The Next Generation in Infection Biology" microsymposium on June 6 2025.

Interesting blog post by Yoseph Barash on tissue specific splicing prediction: biociphers.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/t...

Our PhD program application deadline is near, apply now! In our open present call, we have 25+ fully funded positions for talented Master/MSc students. Start your application by 11 April 2025 training.vbc.ac.at/p...

Two reminders for aspiring PhD candidates: April 3 is the information session, and April 11 is the application deadline. See below for more info.

loved the pre-print. looking forward to reading the final manuscript!

I’m looking for a BTA and a Postdoc to help set up the Structural Biochemistry group at the Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT) in Regensburg 😀. We apply synthetic biology and protein design to address key challenges in immunotherapy. lit.eu/work-with-us/ #SynBio #ProteinDesign #Immunotherapy

Cool „news“ from the Hoskins Lab! 🤩 Looking forward to reading them!

In happier news, I'm please to share two recent preprints from the lab. These are Ye's and Sierra's first first author publications! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... and www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our Spring call is now open with over 25+ fully funded positions in various disciplines in the life sciences. Interested? Check out our vacancies and the exciting projects being offered here: www.vbcphd.at Application Deadline: 15 April 2025

neat paper out from the Barna lab... can't wait for someone to do spliceosome expansion microscopy! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Please RT: If you are interested in doing your PhD at the ILL, Grenoble in collaboration with the Hennig-Lab at University of Bayreuth, Germany, look here: esrf.gestmax.eu/1874/1/phd-s...

I can only agree! The pre-print was a fun read!

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Join us for a roundtable where accomplished women in science share their journeys, discuss challenges, and offer insights across academia, industry, science communication, and the RNA Society. 📩 RNA Society members: Check your email to register! Don't miss this empowering conversation! #RNAWomen

Splicing modulation in utero to treat SMA! Very exciting!

Our latest preprint describes methods and tools that enable >99% efficient short homology-dependent genome editing in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Congratulations to Matt, Sanjita, and Manning! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I’m excited about this upcoming conference that challenges us all to explore the scientific contributions we can make towards meeting the challenges of climate change! meetings.embo.org/event/25-cli...

We are recruiting! Center for Gene Expression has 2 or more open positions for PhDs @ucph.bsky.social. Come join our team to work on RNAPII and transcriptional regulation (gregersenlab.com). It's a wonderful city and amazing research environment. Deadline March 6. jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

Just published: My (Janosch Hennig) view on the current capabilities of AF3 and similar for RNA and protein-RNA complex structure prediction plus a bit of forward looking: doi.org/10.1002/cbic...

Still a bit more than a week left to apply! PhD opportunity in the Beusch lab. Please share to anyone interested in RNA biology 🧪 #RNAsky #RNAbiology

Join our team as a doctoral researcher, impact science and go viral. We illuminate protein-RNA complexes at the interface between phages and bacterial pathogens @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo...