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We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2026–2027 Center for RNA Biology Graduate Fellowships:
Treasurer: Gabby Javellana – Kearse Lab
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Congratulations to Center member, Dr. DawnChandler for being selected as the 2026 Pelotonia Scholars Program Mentor of the Year!
The Center for RNA Biology is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Undergraduate Fellowship Awards. These fellowships recognize outstanding undergraduate researchers and support their…
The Center for RNA Biology congratulates Center member Dr. Anita Hopper, Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics, on being awarded this year’s Honors Faculty Service Award by the Arts &…
The Center for RNA Biology congratulates Center member Sharon Amacher, Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics, on receiving the 2026 OSU Faculty-to-Faculty Mentorship Award…
The Center for RNA Biology congratulates CRB Associate Director Dr. Guramrit Singh, Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics, on receiving the 2026 Alumni Award for…
The Center for RNA Biology congratulates CRB member Dr. Susan Cole, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics, who is a recipient of the 2026 President and Provost’s…
Paolo Sinopoli, a senior undergraduate in the Hopper lab, has been diligently contributing to the world of RNA research for almost 4 years. As a result of his proactive involvement in science, he…
Congratulations to Yi-Hui Wang for receiving a Presidential Fellowship in the 2025–2026 competition. The Presidential Fellowship, the highest award…
Dr. Wen Tang, Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, has been named the inaugural holder of the Arthur Burghes Professorship. This endowed…
Julia Warrick, a 2024 CRB fellow, has just begun her 5th year in the Kearse lab, but the end of her PhD looms large. Read on to learn about her work with the unique topoisomerase TOP3B, her…
The Center for RNA Biology partnered with the Ohio 5-SURE Program for CBC’s Capstone event last Friday, bringing together students, mentors, and faculty for a day of research…
CRB Trainee Spotlight: Rylan Watkins (Musier-Forsyth lab)
Written by Andrew Savidge (Nakanishi lab)
Over the past five years, Rylan Watkins has been hard at work…
Jane Jackman together with Brandt Eichman were honored for their successful organization of the Nucleic Acids Gordon Research Conference held June 22-27, 2025 in Tuscany near…
We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2025–2026 Center for RNA Biology Graduate Fellowships:
Debadrita Paul – Singh Lab Michael Brandt …
Congratulations to Rocio Zaldivar (Panfil lab) for winning the Best Poster Award and the first place Retrocard Prize at the 2025 Cold Spring Harbor…
A big Congratulations to the poster award winners at our CMBP/CRB Annual Symposium:
Manu Sanjeev (Singh lab)
Julia Warrick (Kearse lab)
The Center for RNA Biology is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Summer Research Fellowships. Please join us in congratulating this year’s recipients:
Michael Muccio
Dr. Hopper was surprised with this honor, which was announced during a ceremony following the CRB monthly seminar on March 18. The award was announced by Helen Malone, Vice Provost for Academic…
Mariana Correia’s Sorbonne Experience (Hopper Lab) Written by Andrew Savidge (Nakanishi lab)
Mariana Correia is a senior undergraduate…
Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing production of certain messenger RNAs and appear to help cells respond to…
Congratulations to Tasnin Nila (Musier-Forsyth lab) for winning the 1st place award in the "RNA Collaborative Lightning Talk Workshop Competition” offered by the RNA Collaborative…
Congratulations to Xiaoyuan Yang, advised by Dr. Tianmin Fu, for winning the 2024 Presidential Fellowship Award for her proposal entitled "Exploring diverse Argonautes to expand genome-editing…
Thanks to Dr. Wen Tang and Dr. Regina Nostramo (Hopper lab) for making our first RNA Collaborative seminar on Oct 23, 2024 a huge success! A special thank you to …
CRB Trainee Spotlight: Jonathan Montgomery (Foster lab)
Written by Andrew Savidge (Nakanishi lab)
Jonathan Montgomery is a 5th year Ph.D. student in Mark Foster’s lab and is…