Welcome to the RNA Society. We’re a non-profit, international scientific society with more than 1800 members dedicated to fostering research and education in the field of RNA science. We host a peer-reviewed scientific journal, RNA, and an annual scientific conference, along with sponsoring other RNA-related scientific conferences through direct financial support and student travel grants. Mostly, we are a community of scientists who are passionate about better understanding the fascinating world of RNA biology.
Welcome
News
Applications open for RNA Salons 2019/20
Details hereApplications open for The Elisa Izaurralde Award for Innovation in Research, Teaching, and Service.
Details here.Applications open for Scaringe, Early & Mid-Career Awards.
Details here.In Memoriam: Marie Öhman
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our friend and colleague Marie Öhman on February 3, 2019, to colon cancer. Marie was graduate student with Gerhart Wagner and Britt-Marie Sjöberg, and did postdoctoral work with Brenda Bass before becoming a professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, at Stockholm University. Her research added important details regarding the functional consequences of adenosine to inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing in neurons and in understanding how editing contributes to the variety of the transcriptome during brain development and neuronal stimulation. Marie served the RNA Society as a member of the editorial board for the journal, RNA, as a member of the Meetings Committee, and as a poster judge at our annual meetings. She is survived by her husband, her brother, and two wonderful sons of whom she was very proud.
Spring 2019 Newsletter Available
The RNA Society's Spring 2019 Newsletter is now available for download. Hear from President Anna Marie Pyle, read previews of RNA 2019, find out about this year’s award recipients, and more.
Employment Opportunities
The Single Molecule Imaging Group, led by Professor David Rueda, at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS), and … more
About us We founded Sixfold to tackle the biggest challenge in healthcare: how to safely deliver therapeutics to diseased cells. … more
About Sixfold Bioscience We founded Sixfold to tackle the biggest challenge in healthcare: how to safely deliver therapeutics to diseased … more
A postdoctoral position is available in a newly established group of Dr Lovorka Stojic at the Barts Cancer Institute in … more
Research Technician / Research Associate position available to study RNA-protein interactions and mechanism, University of Delaware The Mugridge Lab (mugridgelab.org) … more
View All Job Postings
What's Hot in RNA Selected from the Society's Journal
Crystal structure of the A24U/U25A/A46G mutant XPT-PBUX guanine riboswitch aptamer domain in complex with hypoxanthine (Protein Data Bank code: 4fen)
Upcoming Conferences
RNA 2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada
May 26 - May 31, 2020 more
RNA 2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada
20th Annual RiboClub Meeting
September 22, 2019 - Orford, Quebec, Canada moreRNA Biology Symposium 2019
October 3, 2019 - NUS, Clinical Research Centre (MD11) Auditorium (3 Research Link, Singapore 117602) moreEMBO | EMBL Symposium: The Non-Coding Genome
October 16, 2019 - EMBL Heidelberg, Germany moreSymposium on RNA Biology XIII: RNA Tool and Target
October 17, 2019 - Duke University, Durham, NC moreRNA UK 2020
January 24, 2020 - Windermere, UK moreMember Spotlight Series
About
In recognition of the outstanding lives and accomplishments of our members, each month we profile two RNA Society members—one Full member and one Student/Post-doctoral Fellow member—as part of our Member Spotlight Series.
Featured Spotlights
Dr. Anita Corbett is Professor of Biology at Emory University. Read about how her lab combines multiple model systems to study RNA binding proteins, her advice for junior scientists, and her unusual travel to the 2014 Annual RNA Society Meeting in Quebec City.
Mr. Cody Hernandez is a graduate student at the University of Chicago in Professor Jonathon Staley’s lab. Read about his scientific path from taking remedial classes in college to graduate school and his advocacy efforts to make science better for trainees coming after him.
RNA Salons
About RNA Salons
RNA Salons are reoccurring, regional RNA science-based gatherings that cultivate year-long interaction, engagement, sharing of knowledge among RNA researchers and support of junior scientists. Read more about RNA Salons here.
Current RNA Salons
In 2017/18, the RNA Society is supporting 37 RNA Salons worldwide. A complete list of funded RNA Salons can be found here.
Featured RNA Salons
The RNA Society regularly features the activities of exemplary RNA Salons. Our latest featured RNA Salon: The Hong Kong RNA Club—A new hub for RNA aficionados.
Previously featured:
Australia’s first RNA Salon – meRNA at Monash University
Hungarian RNA Salons
Arizona RNA Salon
Dutch RNA Salon