Congratulations to our very own Dr. Owen Fenton for receiving the 2025 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Emerging Leader Award! Thank you for your contributions and leadership, Dr. @Owen Fenton!

Congratulations to the two amazing recipient groups of this year’s RNA Discovery Collaborative Award! 🏆 Dr. Mauro Calabrese, Dr. Hyejung Won, and Dr. Keri Smith, MSQM, PhD. 🏆 Dr. Rihe Liu and Dr. Owen Fenton. Follow @rnadiscoverycenter.bsky.social for more!

Following our 2nd annual @rnadiscoverycenter.bsky.social retreat, we are thrilled to begin announcing our Marzluff RNA Fellowship Award recipients: Graduate Student: Kayla Mason (Conlon Lab) Post-Doctoral Student: Dr. Rhese Thompson (Dominguez Lab) We are incredibly proud of both awardees!

Our second annual UNC RNA Discovery Center retreat was a huge success! We are proud to see UNC RNA Discovery Center members present their incredible work. We had over 80 attendees and 23 posters showcasing the impactful studies. We hope to see you all next year! @chadpecot.bsky.social

We are excited to announce that Dr. @katherinezhoumd.bsky.social and Dr. Alessandro Porrello will present at the AACR Annual Meeting 2025 (April 25-30 in Chicago, Illinois). #RNA #Cancer #Metastasis #Genetics #UNCChapelHill #Research #Innovation #Discovery #UNCMedicine #Medicine

Congratulations to Dr. Chad Pecot, director of the UNC RNA Discovery Center and professor in the oncology division at the UNC School of Medicine, whose team will present at AACR 2025 on a novel RNA-based drug that targets KRAS G12V!

Congratulations on our new PhDs!

Congratulations to our graduate student members, James Emerson and Edgar Faison, Ph.D., on successfully defending their theses and attaining their Ph.D. degrees.

Dr. Owen Fenton at UNC's Eshelman School of Pharmacy contributed to a new publication, “𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰-𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻-𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗥𝗡𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺” in 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 (12/20/24).

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Dr. Silvia B Ramos, an associate professor in the Biochemistry and Biophysics department, has contributed to an exciting new publication, “𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗥𝗡𝗔 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗭𝗙𝗣𝟯𝟲𝗟𝟮” in 𝘙𝘕𝘈 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺.

We're excited to highlight our very own Dr. Shawn Ahmed, who published an insightful paper titled "𝗣𝗶𝘄𝗶 𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆" in the November issue of 𝘈𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭. Check out the full paper here: lnkd.in/esnrHaXj Follow us for more updates!

At the UNC RNA Discovery Center, we foster a community of accomplished researchers committed to exploring the various aspects of RNA biology. We're thrilled to showcase the remarkable contributions of our talented members on our Bluesky page. #RNA #innovation #research #genetics #uncchapelhill