The University of Michigan Center for RNA
Biomedicine brings together RNA scientists …
… whose passion and research are
at the frontier of RNA discoveries.
University of Michigan
Co-Director
Center for RNA Biomedicine
Mats Ljungman, Ph.D.Co-Director
Center for RNA Biomedicine
Nils Walter, Ph.D.Clinical Director
M-RNA Therapeutics
Peter Todd, M.D., Ph.D.Director
M-RNA Therapeutics
Michelle Hastings, Ph.D.
M-RNA Therapeutics
Michigan Medicine

The University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine brings together RNA scientists, whose passion and research are at the frontier of RNA discoveries.

Thank you for attending the 8th Annual RNA Symposium!

What a thrill to welcome our keynote speakers, including the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate for Physiology and Medicine Dr. Drew Weissman, and registrants to the U-M Ann Arbor campus last Friday, as well as those who joined us LIVE via Zoom.

MiSciWriters correspondents were once again on hand to LIVE Tweet throughout the event and capture all the stories. Be sure to check out their Blog articles posting soon!

Thanks to all our speakers, attendees, sponsors, friends, and colleagues. Stay tuned for further updates and some exciting announcements!


About Us

Our vision is to build a synergic community and empower collaborations between RNA researchers to help streamline the discovery of novel, individualized disease targets; and establish a system of in-house RNA production that would enable U-M investigators to produce and screen therapeutics rapidly and cost-effectively.

What is RNA?

What is RNA’s role in the cell and in diseases?

Publications

We are pleased to announce the publication of our second annual magazine and report, RNA Translated. This year’s issue focuses on RNA therapeutics research. It is, in a way, the continuation of RNA Translated, 2020, The Year of the RNA Virus. 18 U-M scientists and scholars present their research on three RNA therapeutics areas: mRNA vaccines, ASOs, and CRISPR. The second half of the magazine highlights the main activities of the Center for the July 2020–June 2021 period.

Core Facilities

President Ono Launches the 2024 Symposium

Annual Symposium

The Center for RNA Biomedicine symposia bring together national leaders of the scientific, medical and engineering communities working on recent advances of our understanding of RNA. It provides means of exchanging new ideas across disciplines, spurring new collaborations nationwide, while supporting a rapidly growing RNA community at the University of Michigan.

RNA Innovation Seminar Series

The Center offers bi-weekly RNA Innovation Seminars that feature visiting professors, U of M faculty, and students. The seminars cover a broad array of topics about RNA research and its application. In addition to learning about the latest research in the field, it is an opportunity to meet colleagues, network, and foster collaborations.

Become a member

We are a hub for RNA research across a wide range of scientifice and medical disciplines at the University of Michigan.

Media

Inaugural Symposium Video Highlights
Who We Are, What We Do and Why
Co-Director Nils Walter on RNA and Life on Earth
On Your Mark, Set… Grant Sprints!

Recent News

Mats Ljungman, Ph.D., awarded watershed $3.7 million grant from NIH for KLIPP cancer therapy study
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Mats Ljungman, Ph.D., awarded watershed $3.7 million grant from NIH for KLIPP cancer therapy study

We are thrilled to announce that Mats Ljungman, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Center for RNA Biomedicine at the University of Michigan, has just been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the purpose of continuing his groundbreaking work with precision-targeting KLIPP cancer therapy – the project’s highest funding by…

Nils Walter and Adrien Chauvier publish new review article – and it’s about time… literally!
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Nils Walter and Adrien Chauvier publish new review article – and it’s about time… literally!

Center for RNA Biomedicine Co-Director Nils Walter, Ph.D. is excited about sharing some news about yet another fascinating role RNA plays in gene regulation – and it’s about time… literally.  In a new review article, “Regulation of bacterial gene expression by non-coding RNA: It is all about time!” published January 10, 2024 in the journal…