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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…
City Therapeutics Launches with $135 Million Series A Financing to Lead the Future of RNAi-based Medicine
Harnessing next-generation siRNA…
Study reveals how 2 proteins team to shut down stray DNA. Read the full story here
We are delighted to announce the winners of 2024-2025 CRB Fellowships: Margaret Bohmer – Guo Lab Andrew Savidge – Nakanishi Lab Xiaoyuan…
Congratulations to our CRB Students who were amongst those awarded at the 2024 IGP Symposium!
Plenary student presenters:
Joseph Kanlong - OSBP - Musier-Forsyth…
Congratulations to our CRB Students who received 2024 Molecular Biophysics Training Program Awards!
Best oral presentation:
Kaylee Grabarkewitz (Musier-Forsyth and…
Congratulations to our 2024 poster award winners:
Kyle Ernzen (Grad student, Panfil lab)
Sepideh Fakhretaha Aval (Grad student,…
The Ohio State University was awarded a multi-PI (MPI) Program Grant P01 entitled “Role of the non-canonical inflammasome in SARS-CoV-2-mediated pathology and coagulopathy”. Drs. Amal Amer…
Sharon Amacher's research focuses on muscle development and disease. She loves engaging with the community, and her most extensive effort is establishing and running the Columbus BioEYES program…
Sharon Amacher, professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics, was recently elected to the Society of Developmental Biology Academy. "As developmental biology…
Matthew Sullivan, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to…
Congratulations to Center for RNA Biology postdoctoral fellow, Rene Arvola (Amacher & Singh Labs) for receiving a K99 by NIGMS/NIH via the MOSAIC program!
A chemical modification in the HIV-1 RNA genome whose function has been a matter of scientific debate is now confirmed to be key to the virus’s ability to survive and thrive after infecting host…
Shan-Lu Liu, MD, PhD, professor of virology and co-director of the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Viruses and Emerging Pathogens Thematic Program, has been elected president of the American…
OSU 2024 Early Career Innovator of the Year Award. Congratulations to CRB member Dr. Kotaro Nakanishi, who is the recipient of the 2024 Early Career Innovator of the Year Award!…
OSU President's Research Excellence (PRE) Catalyst Award. Congratulations to CRB members, Dr. Peixuan Guo (PI), Dr. Karin Musier-Forsyth (MPI), Dr. Wayne Miles (MPI), and Dr…
Congratulations to Madison Allegretti (Jackman lab) for receiving an ASBMB 28th Annual Undergraduate Honorable Mention poster award!
Congratulations to Dina Bayachou (Musier-Forsyth lab) for receiving a Denman Undergraduate Research Forum Honorable Mention poster award!
The Center for RNA Biology released their first tri-annaul newsletter the Ribo News Alert!
Read the full newsletter here.
Read the full story here: 65 Fellows Elected into American Academy of Microbiology
Congratulations to Tianmin Fu and his research team for their recent publication in Molecular Cell!
Read about the story here: https://news.osu.edu/a-rare-enzyme-role-change-with-bacterial…
RUSTBELT RNA MEETING OCT 27-28, 2023
Congratulations to all the trainees who attended and presented their research at RRM2023 in East Lansing, MI. A total of 23 trainee talks and >160 posters were…
We are excited to announce that three Center for RNA Biology students have won the 2023 Presidential Fellowship! (https://gradsch.osu.edu/news/2023/11/17/2023-24-presidential-fellowship-recipients…
The Schoenberg Lectureship
The Center for RNA Biology (CRB) is excited to launch an annual lectureship to honor Dr. Daniel Schoenberg’s nearly quarter century-long leadership of RNA research…
The Center for RNA Biology would like to congratulate the following students selected for this year’s fellowships: Julia Warrick – Kearse Lab, Oliver…
Dear CMBP/CRB Symposium Participants,
We wanted to thank everyone for attending our Annual Symposium—it was great to see everyone in person and feel the energy in the room! The oral and…
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of its new members for 2020, which include two faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences: Clark …
The Center for RNA Biology would like to congratulate the following students selected for this years fellowships:
Jackson Trotman– Schoenberg Lab Anne Witzky…