A full house of audience @yalerna.bsky.social learning from Dr. Xiang-Dong Fu from Westlake University about his latest work on transcriptional regulation in aging. He spoke separately with our trainees about his 40-year scientific career in the US and China. Thank you for visiting us!

We bid farewell to @yaleneuro.bsky.social graduate Suzhou Yang, who discovered C9orf72 RNA cryptic splicing in ALS-FTD and will soon move to UCLA to start postdoc training with William Yang working on Huntington's disease. Can't wait to hear about your future successes! @yalerna.bsky.social

Thomas A. Steitz Lecture Series by @yalembb.bsky.social Dr. Rachel Green, “ZAK activation on the colliding ribosome”, hosted by Dr. Yong Xiong Monday, April 20 | 4:00 PM 📍O.C. Marsh Lecture Hall, Yale Science Building Open to Yale and affiliated institutions. Details in the flyer below

Our work investigating mRNA 3' UTRs that trigger target-directed miRNA degradation is now published! genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl...

New @yalembb.bsky.social student Han Yin joins the lab for PhD thesis research. Han received his BS in Biology from Peking University @pku1898.bsky.social, where he worked on membrane protein structure, electrophysiology, and of course, RNA. Welcome, Han! @yaleneuro.bsky.social @yalerna.bsky.social

Our work on the E3 ligase mechanism of target-directed microRNA degradation is now published! Amazing collaboration with Brenda Schulman’s lab led by @jakobfarnung.bsky.social and @elenaslo.bsky.social, with special thanks to @wyppeter.bsky.social, Lianne Blodgett, and Daniel Lin! tinyurl.com/Z8TDMD

We are recruiting a post-bac researcher to join our lab in Yale MCDB! Ideal for a recent college grad looking to get in-depth research experience and mentoring in genetics & cell/molecular biology, working on exciting cilia-related projects. Details: breslowlab.yale.edu/news/post-gr...

Congratulations to The Brain Prize winners Prof. David Ginty (Harvard Medical School, US) and Patrik Ernfors (Karolinska Institutet, SE) for their pioneering work on how the nervous system detects and processes touch and pain: https://brainprize.org/winners/touch-and-pain-2026 The Brain Prize HHMI

RNA Club | March 2026 Come support our trainees and engage in discussion across RNA disciplines 📅 Tuesday, March 10 ⏰ 9:00 AM 📍 Bass 305, Science Hill Coffee & bagels provided Open to Yale and affiliated institutions

Congratulations to Dr. Lianhuan Wei in the lab for winning a poster award at the Gordon conference on FTD and related dementias! @yaleneuro.bsky.social @yalerna.bsky.social

Biochemist/molecular biologist Joan Steitz was born #OTD in 1941. She (& team) figured out how our cells read/use genetic instructions to make proteins. A key person who helped crack the code on RNA—the molecule that acts like a messenger between DNA & and the proteins our bodies need. #WomenInSTEM

Check our latest collaboration with the Kleaveland Lab (kleavelandlab.org), led by Joanna Stefano and Lara Elcavage: academic.oup.com/nar/article/... (1/2)

Excited to publish our work on how mutations in the muscle-specific ribosomal protein RPL3L drive severe heart disease. This is Part I of a larger body of work led by Michael - stay tuned for Part II on how specialized ribosomes function in normal physiology www.nature.com/articles/s44...

The Wu Tsai Institute at Yale University is hiring! Two faculty searches are now open for neurocomputation and neurodevelopment. If you are at #SfN25, visit booth #3724 to learn more. wti.yale.edu/opportunities #KnowTogether #ScienceAtYale

New article @natneuro.nature.com by @yaleneuro.bsky.social Suzhou Yang & @kavliatyale.bsky.social Postdoc Fellow @zhenlei.bsky.social, highlighting studies by @frattalab.bsky.social Gitler & La Spada labs on the role of TDP-43 on mRNA 3' end in ALS @yalerna.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Colliding ribosomes are potent signals of cellular stress. But do cells use ‘programmed’ ribosome collisions to regulate gene expression? I’m excited to present a new story from my lab led by Frederick Rehfeld(@fred-rehfeld.bsky.social) which revealed that the answer is YES! Read on to find out how👇

Check out the latest work from our lab, led by Arash Latifkar @ara-latifkar.bsky.social , www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Excited to see this beautiful art, commissioned from the Chinese artist 懒云居画 (@subaiweipainting on Instagram), on this month's cover of Nature Neuroscience! @natneuro.nature.com @yaleneuro.bsky.social @yalerna.bsky.social @kavliatyale.bsky.social @wutsaiyale.bsky.social

Aberrant splicing exonizes C9orf72 repeat expansion in ALS/FTD @junjieguo.bsky.social @yalerna.bsky.social @yaleneuro.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Amy Arnsten, PhD, Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience @yaleneuro.bsky.social, shares in an interview the current state of Alzheimer's research, where the field is going, and the importance of NIH funding to keep making progress towards treatments.

Excited to see the work by @Yale_INP student Suzhou Yang w/ collabs @yaleneuro.bsky.social iPSC core @jdpereira.bsky.social and @mayoclinic.org @gendron_tania on #C9orf72 #ALS & #FTD finally out in @natneuro.nature.com! @wutsaiyale.bsky.social @kavliatyale.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations 2025 Gilliam Fellows and Advisors! 🎉 The Gilliam Fellows Program launches promising PhD students into impactful scientific research careers while fostering inclusive training environments. Through this program, HHMI supports both graduate students and their faculty thesis advisors.

Congratulations to Yale INP student in the lab, Denethi Wijegunawardana, and all other 2025 @hhmi.org Gilliam Fellows! @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social @yaleneuro.bsky.social @yalerna.bsky.social www.hhmi.org/programs/gil...

Riboregulation of protein folding 👀 new cool work from @christinemayr.bsky.social

Excited to welcome Dr. Katie Copley as a new postdoc in our lab @yaleneuro.bsky.social! She recently completed her PhD in the Shorter lab at UPenn and did amazing work on designing small RNA chaperones to counteract TDP-43 pathology in ALS-FTD. @yalerna.bsky.social

Hello! Ever wonder what's "talking to" your favorite transcript, but were too scared to ask? In our review in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social, @mardakheh.bsky.social and I highlight new RNA-focused tools for discovering RNA interactions across organizational scales. Checkit! tinyurl.com/ydn6e3ac

🔬 Join us LIVE on Zoom this Wednesday, June 11, at 4 PM ET! We’re excited to co-host the RNA Collaborative Seminar Series featuring 🎙️ Dr. @siggyn5.bsky.social (Yale RNA Center) 🎙️ Dr. Alex Wesselhoeft (HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine) Registration 👉 lnkd.in/e-9Huhzd

#RNA dysfunction in aged neurons 🧠

For those of you at #RNA2025, make sure to check out Lian-Huan's talk today on her genetic screens on the bidirectional transcription of C9 repeat expansion in ALS-FTD 🚨🚨🚨

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

We're having our Annual RNA PI-Postdocs/ARSs Social this Thursday. Don't forget to register before the end of today!

Celebrating @Yale_INP graduates👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 at the @yalegsas.bsky.social commencement 🎉🎉 @marinap63.bsky.social @schandralab.bsky.social photo by @neuralnandy.bsky.social

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for RNA club!

My lab at NYU is hiring a postdoc interested in RNA biology and local translation in neurons following axonal injury/neurodegenerative diseases!! Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/165681

Morning dog walk in Wooster square, New Haven 🌸🌸🌸

Honored to receive the 2025 Kavli Postdoc Fellowship! Many thanks to my mentors @junjieguo.bsky.social and @davidbreslowlab.bsky.social for their incredible support, and to the Kavli Institute @kavliatyale.bsky.social for supporting our interdisciplinary efforts. Excited for what lies ahead!💪

Thrilled to see the 2025 Yale Kavli Postdoc Fellows announced! Huge congrats to Zhen Lei and Madeleine Junkins—your work is inspiring, and we’re proud to support the institute that helps make it possible! #KavliNeuro #KavliInstitute

🥳 Congrats to Zhen Lei (@junjieguo.bsky.social & @davidbreslowlab.bsky.social) and Madeleine Junkins (R. Medzhitov & Rui Chang) for being awarded the 2025 Kavli Postdoc Fellowship 🏆—pushing neuroscience forward through interdisciplinary, dual-mentored research!

Congratulations to Dr. Zhen Lei in the lab, who just received a Kavli Institute of Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellowship! @kavliatyale.bsky.social

🎉 Meet Suzhou Yang — this week’s #TraineeTuesday! Suzhou is a Ph.D. candidate in the @junjieguo.bsky.social Lab who just defended his thesis 🙌 With his groundbreaking work soon to be published, let’s explore his story! 🔬📚 [1/5]

🔥🔥🔥New work from @jimmy-ly.bsky.social and @iaincheeseman.bsky.social on the numerous distinctly localized protein isoforms generated by alternative translation initiation sites

I'm excited to share our latest publication on co-transcriptional RNA folding in a eukaryote! Great work by Leo Schärfen with collaboration from Isaac Vock and Matt Simon! @leoschaerfen.bsky.social @mattdsimon.bsky.social Take a peek here authors.elsevier.com/a/1kpxo_Oylr...

Join us today at noon 🕛 for a seminar by Johns Hopkins University's @rhuganir.bsky.social on "AMPA Receptors: Synaptopathies & Synaptic Engrams" 🔬 Thank you to @junjieguo.bsky.social for hosting 🙌 We hope to see you there 👀

✨Hey Postdocs and ARS! Our social event is happening this Monday🎉 To help us plan food and drinks, please use the sign-up link sent through the institutional mailing list by the end of today Not on the list? Comment below to make sure you get the info Let’s start the week with new and good company

Postdoc Opportunity–RNA Biology & Mechanotransduction🧬 The Nicoli Lab at Yale is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher to work at the intersection of RNA biology & biomechanics, with applications in tissue engineering & regenerative medicine Details in the image👇

This isn't about Columbia - this is the White House trying to exert control over everyone and everything, using federal $ as a tool. The administration is destroying US science and ruining careers of thousands of students and researchers just to show that they are all-powerful and everyone must obey

I literally asked my partner last night what part of the Titanic movie are we in right now? 🥶

Happy to share our latest study, led by @YifeiCai_. We applied Antibody-Driven Proximity Labeling to analyze postmortem human brain tissue, mapping the molecular architecture of plaque-associated axonal spheroids (PAASs) in Alzheimer’s disease. 🔗 Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Congratulations to Suzhou Yang, PhD for successfully defending his thesis! @yaleneuro.bsky.social @yalerna.bsky.social @wutsaiyale.bsky.social