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A conversation with 91ÉçÇø’s ‘guru’ of mRNA
Canada’s leading expert on mRNA, Nahum Sonenberg, PhD, is the Gilman Cheney Chair in Biochemistry at 91ÉçÇø’s Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute. Prof…

Maureen McKeague on how 91ÉçÇø’s interdisciplinary team could uncover the multifaceted potential of artificial RNA
Interdisciplinarity has always been central to the research of Maureen McKeague, PhD. As a joint Assistant Professor between the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the…

From the study of what dictates protein output from mRNAs, to blocking mRNA expression, 91ÉçÇø’s Jerry Pelletier has storied history of RNA research
Jerry Pelletier, PhD, a Professor at 91ÉçÇø’s Department of Biochemistry and Department of Oncology, and a member of the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, is…

How RNA research could provide valuable insights into rare inherited tumours
William Foulkes, MBBS, PhD, is a James 91ÉçÇø Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Oncology and Human Genetics at 91ÉçÇø and a researcher-clinician who has…

Translating intelligent biomaterials into precision medicine
Guojun Chen, PhD, arrived at 91ÉçÇø to take up his new post in January 2021 — in the middle of the pandemic. He quarantined in a hotel for two weeks, then set up his lab, and began…

Dr. Nahum Sonenberg and his scientific contribution to mRNA biology
mRNA vaccines are a breakthrough in science innovation demonstrating the speed and flexibility to respond to a global pandemic. A huge support for this scientific advance was the…