Bridging Innovative RNA Biology and Drug Discovery
Our mission:
By combining multidisciplinary academic innovators with biotech-inspired objectives and focus, our goal is to uncover novel disease solutions by advancing the science of RNA regulation, developing new technological platforms, and discovering early-stage therapeutics.
Our Approach:
Recruit and nucleate current and next generation leaders in RNA biology and cultivate environment of collaboration, technology innovation and entrepreneurship
Build multi-disciplinary drug discovery teams focused on translating transformative RNA discoveries into therapeutics utilizing biotech best practices
Integrate academic innovators with therapeutic teams to bridge the gap between discovery and clinically applicable therapies
CENTER Happenings
recent media & publications
Congratulations to Dr. Irfana Saleem , Dr. Tony Mustoe, and colleagues for their recent publication “Multi-site DMS probing reveals higher-order structure of RNA-protein complexes in living cells” in Molecular Cell!
Drs. Surbhi Sharma and Furqan Fazal recently published “APEX-seq maps transcriptome-wide subcellular RNA localization in living cells” in Nature Protocols. Congratulations!
Congrats to Dr. Eric Van Nostrand and graduate student Zhuoyi Song on publication of their review “Progress and challenges in profiling protein-RNA and protein-associated RNA-RNA interactions”!
upcoming events
Our next THINC Seminar Series will be May 5th. We are pleased to welcome Angela Koehler, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the MIT Health & Life Science Collaborative. The new seminar time will be 3:30pm at Helix Park-Dynamic One. Hope to see you there!
Our next RNA Group will be May 4th, at 10am in 187A. Dr. Shuang Li, Cooke Lab Post-doc from Methodist and Jazmine Cardenas from the Yu Lab will present their work. Hope to see you there!