{"id":7358,"date":"2025-10-14T09:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rnasociety.org\/conferences\/?page_id=7358"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:09:32","slug":"rna-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rnasociety.org\/conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"RNA 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome<\/h1>\n

The 31st Annual Meeting of the RNA Society<\/strong> will be held at the Palais des Congr\u00e8s<\/a> in Montr\u00e9al, Canada from May 26 – 31, 2026.<\/p>\n

Organizers:
\n<\/strong>Julie Claycomb<\/a>, University of Toronto
\nEric L\u00e9cuyer<\/a>,\u00a0Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montr\u00e9al (IRCM) \/ Montreal Clinical Research Institute
\nAnita Corbett<\/a>, Emory University
\nRotem Karni<\/a>, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
\nTsutomu (Tom) Suzuki<\/a>, University of Tokyo
\nMihaela Zavolan<\/a>,\u00a0Biozentrum, University of Basel<\/p>\n

Keynote speakers:<\/strong>
\nArcha Fox<\/a>, University of Western Australia
\nJ\u00f8rgen Kjems<\/a>, Aarhus University
\nNahum Sonenberg<\/a>, McGill University<\/p>\n

Special Guests
\n<\/strong>The Society welcomes and looks forward to celebrating two Lifetime Achievement in Science recipients in Montr\u00e9al:<\/p>\n

The 2026 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement in Science Award Recipient
\n<\/strong>Brenda Bass<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Utah School of Medicine, USA) – the 2026 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement in Science Award winner. Dr. Bass will present her research\u00a0lecture and accept her award during the Award Ceremony at the close of RNA 2026 on Saturday, May 30th!<\/p>\n

The 2025 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement in Science Award Recipient
\n<\/strong>David Tollervey<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Edinburgh, 2025 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement in Science Award winner) \u2013 Dr. Tollervey was unable to attend RNA 2025 in San Diego to receive his award and is scheduled to attend RNA 2026 and present his award lecture during the meeting in Montr\u00e9al!<\/p>\n

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RNA Society Research Presentation Fellowship Program<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Apply for support.<\/b><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0The RNA Society Research Presentation Fellowship Program<\/b><\/strong> aims to increase inclusion and participation at our annual meeting and provides full waivers of the meeting registration fee for current RNA Society members who would otherwise be unable to attend RNA 2026 due to financial considerations. Please email questions to meetingscommittee@null<\/span>rnasociety.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Childcare, Dependent-Care and Disability Allowance Program<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Apply for support.<\/b><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0The RNA Society Childcare, Dependent-Care and Disability Allowance Program<\/b><\/strong> aims to facilitate the attendance of current RNA Society members with care-giver responsibilities who might not otherwise be able to attend RNA 2026. This program is open to current members at all career states – undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, staff, and full members. Please email questions to meetingscommittee@null<\/span>rnasociety.org<\/a>. \u00a0 Please note only registered meeting attendees<\/u> will have access to the RNA 2026 meeting spaces. Children of any age are NOT permitted to attend RNA 2026 or be present during scientific sessions, breaks, meals or poster sessions. <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Session Chairs<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Name<\/strong><\/td>\nAffiliation<\/strong><\/td>\nWebsite<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manny Ares<\/td>\nUniversity of California Santa Cruz<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brenda Bass<\/td>\nUniversity of Utah<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristopher Brannan<\/td>\nHouston Methodist University<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benoit Chabot<\/td>\nUniversit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Cooke<\/td>\nHaverford College<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ramana Davuluri<\/td>\nStony Brook University<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Florian Erhard<\/td>\nUniversity of Regensburg<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Green<\/td>\nJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, HHMI<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Junjie Guo<\/td>\nYale University School of Medicine<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Markus Hafner<\/td>\nNational Institutes of Health<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amanda Hargrove<\/td>\nCentre for Medicinal Chemistry, University of Toronto<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michelle Hastings<\/td>\nCenter for RNA Biomedicine, University of Michigan Medical School<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cassandra Hayne<\/td>\nUniversity of Chicago<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tetsuro Hirose<\/td>\nOsaka University<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maria Hondele<\/td>\nBiozentrum, University of Basel<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samer Hussein<\/td>\nUniversite Laval<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornelia Kilchert<\/td>\nJustus-Liebig-University Giessen<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Markus Landthaler<\/td>\nMax Delbr\u00fcck Center for Molecular Medicine<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sebastian Leidel<\/td>\nUniversity of Bern<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chien-Ling Lin<\/td>\nInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne Mcbride<\/td>\nBowdoin College<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephanie Moon<\/td>\nCenter for RNA Biomedicine, University of Michigan Medical School<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yunsun Nam<\/td>\nUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam Norris<\/td>\nUniversity of California, Riverside<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eric Van Nostrand<\/td>\nBaylor College of Medicine<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sebastien Pfeffer<\/td>\nInstitut de Biologie Mol\u00e9culaire et Cellulaire, Universit\u00e9 de Strasbourg<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas Preiss<\/td>\nAustralian National University<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alicia Rogers<\/td>\nUniversity of Texas at Arlington<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aldema Sas-Chen<\/td>\nTel Aviv University<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arneet Saltzman<\/td>\nUniversity of Toronto<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anna-Lena Steckelberg<\/td>\nColumbia University<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nka Va\u0148\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1<\/td>\nCEITEC, Masaryk University<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franka Voigt<\/td>\nUniversity of Zurich<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chase Weidmann<\/td>\nCenter for RNA Biomedicine,
\nUniversity of Michigan Medical School<\/td>\n		Visit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve West<\/td>\nThe Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vihandha (Vi) Wickramasinghe<\/td>\nWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, University of Melbourne<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jessica Willi<\/td>\nUniversity of Lethbridge<\/td>\nVisit Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Topics<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Bioinformatics<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biotech and Industry Science<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LincRNA and circRNA<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New RNA-related technologies<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ribosomes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ribozymes and Riboswitches<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RNA in Neuroscience<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RNA and Disease<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RNA condensates<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RNA Modification and Editing<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RNA Processing, Maturation and Export<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RNA Protein Interactions & Assembly<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RNA Structure, Folding, Modeling<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RNA Surveillance and Degradation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RNA Therapeutics<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RNA Transport, Localization and Imaging<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small RNAs (including miRNAs, siRNAs, piRNAs)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Splicing and Alternative Splicing-Mechanisms and Regulation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transcription, Chromatin, Epigenetics<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Translation- Mechanisms and Regulation (including tRNAs)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Viral RNAs and Innate Immunity<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

More information will be posted as it becomes available, so please check back.\u00a0 In the meantime, plan to attend the RNA Society\u2019s Annual Meeting in May 2026!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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