Join us in the Black Room on May 21st (4-5pm) for an exciting seminar highlighting work from Sajid Alvi (Peng Lab, York University) and Dr. Victoria G Castiglioni (Claycomb lab, MoGen)! See you there 🍕

Dr. Kristin Hope and her student Saeer Adeel will be presenting their work “Targeting altered RNA processing in leukemia” on April 9th at 4pm in the Donnelly Centre Black Room. We hope to see you there 🍕

We are excited to announce a joint Donnelly Centre/ Toronto RNA Club special seminar! Dr. Yukihide Tomari will deliver a seminar titled “Understanding piRNA stochasticity by single-egg sequencing” at 4:00 pm Thursday, March 19, 2026 in the Donnelly Centre Red Room

Join us online TOMORROW, Feb12th from 4-5pm EST, for an exciting talk from Dr. Alisha “Jonesy” Jones! She’s joining us from New York University to discuss “The Legos of the RNA World: synthetic RNAs to control gene regulation” utoronto.zoom.us/j/83937127465

Join us on Thursday January 29th from 4-5pm in the Donnelly Centre Black Room for exciting talks from: Bina Koterniak (Calarco Lab) & Tina (Yi) Qiu (Palazzo Lab)

Reminder: Our annual general meeting will be held this upcoming Monday, January 12th from 12:30-2:30! Members should have received an agenda for this meeting as well as the Zoom link for this meeting by e-mail. www.rnacanada.ca/rna-canada-a...

Reminder of our December seminar happening TODAY in Ramsay Wright 432 at 4pm!

Join us in RW432 on Wednesday December 10th from 4-5pm for a Toronto RNA Club seminar 🍕! This event will feature an exciting talk from Dr. Oscar Vargas-Rodriguez (University of Connecticut Health Centre) "Bacterial safeguards of tRNA aminoacylation during stress and host interactions"

The November Toronto RNA Club seminar is happening Thursday, November 20th from 4:00–5:00 PM (ET) in the Donnelly Centre/CCBR – Black Room! 🍕 Sebastián Fuentes-Otálora PhD Candidate, Claycomb Lab, U of T Jingan (Charles) Chen PhD Student, Li Lab, U of T

Hello everyone, Join us for a special seminar next week on Aug 6th at 4pm. Speaker: Dr. Sergey Melnikov (Principal Investigator, Newcastle University) Title: Sweet dreams: hibernation of biological molecules Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Davenport Atrium, Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories

#TREnD2025 virtual day is here!! First talk starting now! 🥳

RNA Canada is incredibly proud to sponsor a Patient Advocacy Panel which will take place on Thu July 11th 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM (ET) in Toronto at the SickKids Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning. It will also be made available online to RNA Canada members! www.rnacanada.ca/etn/trend-rn...

Join us for a special RNA Canada-sponsored Patient Advocacy Panel taking place in Toronto on Thursday, July 11th at 5:30-7:00 PM (ET) at the SickKids Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning.

Deadline is TOMORROW!

And another deadline coming up is our design contest. RNArtists, we want to showcase your designs! Send us your RNA-inspired designs by next week and have a chance at immortality in the eyes of RNA Canada scientists 🤭

Registration for the 2025 RiboClub annual meeting is open! Please submit your abstract and register before June 30th for an early bird discount. Click below to find out more. RiboClub will be held from September 21st to 25th, 2025! www.rnacanada.ca/etn/2025-rib...

2 more days before registration closes! Send in your abstracts.

Reminder: The #TREnD25 deadline to submit your POSTER PRESENTATION Abstracts is June 27th! Don't miss your chance to showcase your work! event.fourwaves.com/trend25/subm...

To sign up for our mailing list to receive information about our upcoming talks and zoom links please go to our website using this link: torontornaclub.com/join-us-cont...

We are wrapping up the 2024-2025 season with a talk from Dr. Dmitry Kretov (Assistant Professor, Université Laval), who will be presenting "RBPscan: quantitative and sequence-specific profiling of RNA-protein interactions in vivo".

Lunch and Learn event hosted by the Network Biology Collaborative Centre (NBCC) and PacBio: Increase Biological Insights with Full-length RNA Sequencing Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Mount Sinai, 60 Murray St, Room L3-201, 202, 203 Please register below to save your seat:

Reminder that TREnD2025 abstract submission deadline for ORAL PRESENTATIONS is TODAY, June 6th! Please register and submit your abstracts through the event page: event.fourwaves.com/trend25/pages

Reminder: Today is the LAST DAY to submit an oral talk abstract for #TREnD2025

Attention RNA Artists! That includes *you*! The RNA Canada ARN Outreach Committee is hosting a design contest for RNA-themed merchandise, which will be showcased at future RNA Canada ARN meetings and sold in the RNA Canada ARN online store. Deadline June 30th www.rnacanada.ca/rna-canada-a...

Good news! The TREnD oral abstract submission deadline has been EXTENDED to Friday June 6th 🎉 event.fourwaves.com/trend25/subm...

Oral abstracts are due this Friday!! 📣📣

We are excited to announce that registration for this year's Toronto RNA Enthusiasts' Day (TREnD) is now open! July 10th, 1pm-4pm ET ONLINE for everyone July 11th, 9am-7pm ET ONLINE across Canada and IN PERSON in Toronto event.fourwaves.com/trend25/regi...

Next week! RNA Canada sponsored series: Perspectives on RNA: RNA Chemistry and its applications, featuring Mark Taylor (UofToronto) Parrish Evers and John Pezacki (uOttawa) and Yihang Chen (ongene biotech Corporation). www.rnacanada.ca/etn/rna-cana...

Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 14th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, in CCBR Black Room. We have the pleasure of hosting: Dr. Katerina Kiriakopulos and Yifan (Eva) Wang Pizza will be provided after the session. Please see the attached poster and pass along the info to anyone interested!

Registration is now open for RiboWest 2025! Meet and discuss RNA research from western Canada and beyond, including a stellar lineup of speakers. RNA Canada members benefit from an exclusive discount.

Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 14th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, in CCBR Black Room. We have the pleasure of hosting: Dr. Katerina Kiriakopulos and Yifan (Eva) Wang Pizza will be provided after the session. Please see the attached poster and pass along the info to anyone interested!

You're an RNA biologist with an interest in bioinformatics? Want to learn more? You might be interested in this 2 session course (April 7th and 14th) on introduction to Python for Sequence-to-Function Analysis of RNA! Register here: rnacanada.wildapricot.org/event-6079813

@rnacanada.bsky.social is proud to promote a special seminar in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Toronto: ”The Rise of RNA Informational Medicines” Speaker: Thomas Duchaine, PhD. Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University.

Happening soon! 📣

Trainees: this event is for you! 2025 Virtual Career Panel Series : How to get into industry. March 19, 2025, 12:30pm-2pm (EST) / 9:30am-11am (PST) Registration is free for RNA Canada ARN members! rnacanada.wildapricot.org/event-6099727

Join us for our next seminar this Wednesday, March 12th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, in CCBR Black Room! Our speakers this month are: Dr. Amanda Hargrove (Professor, U of T) and TinTin Luu (PhD Candidate, Hargrove Lab) See you there! 🥳 #toronto #rna #rnaclub #seminars #torontorna

RNA Canada ARN is happy to showcase one of the newest addition to Canada's growing RNA science community, Jessica Willi (@willilab.bsky.social) at the University of Lethbridge. Check out her profile in this new researcher highlight: www.rnacanada.ca/new-research...

Read our brand new profile of Dr. Mark Belmonte (@markus_belmonte), a principal investigator in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba, who marries his love of plants and RNA to develop the next generation of crops! www.rnacanada.ca/researcher-h...

We are incredibly thrilled that USherbrooke's Michelle Scott has been awarded the RNA Society Award for Excellence in Inclusive Leadership. Michelle has been a leader of the RNA community and a champion of inclusivity. Congratualtions Michelle! www.rnacanada.ca/michelle-sco...

Our first meeting of 2025 will take place on Wednesday, Jan 15th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, in CCBR Black Room. 📣 We have the pleasure of hosting: Dr. Aleksandrina Goeva and Dr. Ashley Campbell Pizza will be provided after the session. 🍕 Looking forward to seeing you! 🎉

Don’t forget to join us today!! 🧑‍🏫

Hello everyone! We’re back with another season of seminars! 📣 We have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Olena Zhulyn (Assistant Prof, SickKids/University of Toronto), along with two graduate students from her lab, this week on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 4-5 pm, in CCBR Black Room. 🎙️ Hope to see you there!

RNA Collaborative Seminar next Wed Dec 4 at 4 pm ET, hosted by Riboclub. Zoom link below. 1) “Proximity Labeling Identifies Putative Germ Granule and Small RNA Factors in C. elegans” @farmgirlphd.bsky.social 2) “From RNA Structure to Function” by Hosna Jabbari us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Another seminar of interest:

Happening soon!

Make sure to catch the next BioPhysTO lunchtime seminar! #biophysto

RNA Canada trainees, Give your feedback on Tech Workshops designed to equip you with skills & knowledge in RNA research, provide practical advice, troubleshoot, & tutorials for data processing. Help tailor them to your needs by filling out this survey: forms.gle/jQPyLW83EEy1...

As a first post on this platform, here’s an editorial recapping highlights from the RNA Canada ARN 2024 conference last October. sciencepolicy.ca/posts/rna-ca...