THINC News - 2025
The Mustoe Lab publishes in Nature Communications
July 25, 2025 - Dr. Tony Mustoe, THINC faculty member and assistant professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, and Khoa Dao, graduate student in the Mustoe lab, published their work describing the unexpected discovery that cryptic splicing significantly impacts measurements made in 3' UTR massively parallel reporter assays. Read all about their findings in Nature Communications!
Dr. Jeffrey Rosen receives Komen Leadership grant
June 23, 2025 - Dr. Rosen, THINC member and Distinguished Service Professor in molecular and cellular biology, was awarded the Susan G. Komen Leadership Grant to support his work at the intersection of breast cancer disease mechanisms and models.
THINC attends 30th Annual RNA Society Meeting
May 27, 2025 - Several THINC faculty and trainees headed to San Diego for a week of seminars covering all aspects of the latest RNA science. Congratulations to Surbhi Sharma, Ritwika Bose, Zhuoyi Song and Rebekah Rothacher for presenting excellent talks and Justin Van Riper for winning a poster award!
Dr. Angela Yu featured in RNA society member spotlight
May 6, 2025 - Dr. Angela Yu, THINC faculty member and assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology, was featured in May’s RNA society member spotlight.
Dr. Peggy Goodell elected to the national academy of sciences
April 29, 2025 - Dr. Goodell, THINC member professor and chair of molecular and cellular biology, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences joining 120 new members this year. Her election was in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Congratulations on this honor!
THINC moves to Dynamic one in helix park
March 14, 2025 - THINC completes its much-anticipated move to Dynamic One in Helix Park, a 37-acre ecosystem bringing together the brightest minds in medicine, science and academia to rapidly advance new breakthroughs. THINC will join the Tailored Antibacterials and Innovative Laboratories for phage (Φ) Research (TAILΦR) and the Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research (CMMR), which together are poised to accelerate research and commercialization through an entrepreneurial spirit.
DR. Eric van nostrand and colleagues publish in genome biology
February 25, 2025 - Dr. Eric Van Nostrand, THINC faculty member and assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology, and Joey Song, a graduate student in the Van Nostrand lab, published their work describing new technology to map snoRNA interactions with their RNA targets via snoRNA binding proteins. Read about this exciting work in Genome Biology!
Dr. Angela yu joins THINC as a new faculty member
January 6, 2025 - Dr. Angela Yu, THINC’s newest faculty recruit, has officially opened her lab. Her group will utilize AI and machine learning approaches to better understand RNA regulation and structure and apply her learnings to the development of new therapeutics.