We are excited to anounce that nominations for the RNA Canada ARN Moderna discovery, trainee, and volunteer of the year are now open. For more information on the nomination process : www.rnacanada.ca/rna-canada-a... Nominations are due on July 31.

We're excited to be EXPRESSING ourselves at RNA society meeting in Montreal. Come find our table at the exhibition hall during the meeting ! We will also be hosting a BBQ Thursday May 22 from 5-8pm at the McGill campus west field ! Register here : www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...

Sign up now to make like RNA with helicase and unwind at our BBQ on May 28 at 5-8pm at the McGill Campus West Field after RNA Society Meeting ! www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...

Lat day to order our T-Shirts to get them at RNA Society ! Get your shirt now before the oppurtunity splices away ! gametime.gearware.com/Shop/Store.a...

Our flash T-Shirt sale ends soon, much like RNA left on a room temperature lab bench ! gametime.gearware.com/Shop/Store.a...

RNA Canada ARN is excited to be at the 2026 RNA Society Meeting. We will be set up at a table in the exhibition hall! Stop by to talk with RNA Canada members, grab some free swag, and sign up to renew your membership. !

RNA Canada ARN will be hosting a BBQ on Thursday May 28 from 5-8pm at the McGill Campus West Field. Tickets are available for 10$. Everyone attending RNA Society Meeting 2026 is welcome to join for games, music, food, and RNA firends. Get your tickets now: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...

RNA Canada ARN is having a flash sale for T-Shirts! The sale ends Friday to pick up your shirt at the RNA Society Meeting. Shirt pickup will be at the exhibition hall at the RNA Society meeting. Order our shirts now to show your Candian RNA pride: gametime.gearware.com/Shop/Store.a...

We are excited to anounce that the Spring 2026 newsletter for ARN Canada ARN is available to read: www.rnacanada.ca/the-rna-cana...

RNA Canada ARN is holding a virtual career panel on May 6, 2026 12:30-2:00 PM EST. Trainees are invited to join by registering here: rnacanada.wildapricot.org/event-6669457 For more information: www.rnacanada.ca/etn/rna-cana...

RNA Canada ARN is excited to announce an event in the Perspectives on RNA Panel Series! This event is open to ALL! To attend please REGISTER HERE: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... RNA Technologies in Plant Science & Agriculture Wednesday, April 29th, 2026 2:00 – 3:30 PM (CDT) / 3:00 – 4:30 (EDT)

Join us on March 25th from 3:00–4:00 PM EST for an information session on "Inclusive Approaches to Recruitment, Assessment, and Research Group Climates". Registration is free for RNA Canada ARN members. www.rnacanada.ca/etn/inclusiv...

Congratulations to our new board members elected at yesterday's AGM: Ontario Representative: Julie Claycomb Québec Representative: Sherif Abou Elala At-large Representatives: Steve Whyard (Prairies), Pascale Legault (Québec), John Calarco (Ontario) www.rnacanada.ca/announcing-n...

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...

Save the date for our annual general meeting on January 12th, 2026 via Zoom! See the link below for more details👇 www.rnacanada.ca/rna-canada-a...

RNA Canada ARN is seeking candidates for election to its Board of Directors. Five seats on the Board of Directors will be elected in January 2025: Two regional Directors – from Ontario and Quebec– and three at-large Directors from any geographical region of Canada. If you know a candidate 👇

Next week! New Perspectives on RNA session on RNA-based therapeutics Featuring Elisabeth Gardiner, Ph.D. — CSO, Tevard Biosciences @hastingslab.bsky.social — Professor University of Michigan @omarfkhan.bsky.social — Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

For their first edition, the Moderna–RNA Canada RNA Awards recognized three inspiring figures in #RNA research and engagement. Discovery of the Year: Understanding how neurons survive stress - Award presented to Prof. Maria Vera Ugalde, McGill University - at the annual Riboclub meeting.

We are incredibly proud to be presenting for the first year the Moderna-RNA Canada Awards. These awards recognize groundbreaking research and contributions to the vibrant RNA community in Canada.

Another successful edition of the Riboclub is almost finishing. This year was a special year in Orford after last year's meeting in Ottawa.

Before we start full-on Riboclub posting, we'd like to encourage you to read our latest researcher profile, on University of Waterloo professor Natoya Peart! A story of perseverance and love for RNA. www.rnacanada.ca/researcher-h...

Headed to Magog for the Riboclub 2025 Annual Meeting later this month! Excited to hear what’s new in RNA biology and connect with colleagues from across Canada and beyond. Come say hi! @rnacanada.bsky.social #BiologyConference #RNABiology

Read our most recent researcher highlight on Dr. Karine Choquet, assistant professor at Université de Sherbrooke and an expert on RNA splicing and maturation! www.rnacanada.ca/researcher-h...

RNA Canada ARN is thrilled to share two RNA-themed escape games, created in collaboration with students at the University of Toronto at Scarborough, as part of their coursework with Dr. Aarthi Ashok! www.rnacanada.ca/rna-canada-a...

Scientists from Canada and all over the world recently convened at the University of Lethbridge for the annual RiboWest conference (June 8th to 11th). Read our wrap up written up by Mark Bayfield, Jessica Willi, & @trushar7.bsky.social www.rnacanada.ca/ribowest-202...

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...

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 🤭

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

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...

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...

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...

Hello out there! Are you looking for a friendly community to share your RNA research and hear about some cool RNA biology? Register for @trendrna.bsky.social on July 10-11 now! Oral abstract deadline is May 30th! Co sponsored by @rnacanada.bsky.social!

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...

he RNA Canada ARN Spring Newsletter is here - and it's a big one! Featured: an opinion piece by Chair of the Board of Directors, Howard Lipshitz, on the Canadian funding environment. Read here: www.rnacanada.ca/members/news... (for members only - Join us!)

RNA Canada ARN is pleased to invite nominations for three awards to be made in 2025. Nomination packages are due Friday, May 16th, 2025! www.rnacanada.ca/rna-canada-a...

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.

Read here our newest researcher highlight on Dr. Christine Roden, assistant professor of Biochemistry at University of Montreal, working on what she affectionately calls "RNA blobs". She's also becoming an active member of the canadian RNA community! www.rnacanada.ca/researcher-h...

@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.

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

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

A reminder that you should attend this very interesting seminar on CRISPR tomorrow at 3pm EST/noon PST. Free for RNA Canada members! www.rnacanada.ca/etn/rna-cana...

RNA Canada ARN will be hosting a forum in their Perspectives on RNA series entitled: CRISPR and its Applications. Wednesday, February 19th, 3-4:30 pm EST / 12 -1:30 pm PST. Open only to RNA Canada ARN members! To join RNA Canada ARN, visit: www.rnacanada.ca/members/

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cyber Monday: RNA Gear for Canadian Scientists! Exclusive RNA Canada-themed merchandise! This Cyber Monday, RNA Canada ARN offers 15% off on all products - perfect for RNA enthusiasts or lab mates. Head over to our store rnacanadaarn.creator-spring.com and use the promo code CYBERMON15.

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...

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...