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.
Read about your colleagues’ career paths, their advice for succeeding in science, and their favorite RNA!
Featured Spotlights
Dr. Jeffrey Kieft is the Executive Director of the New York Structural Biology Center, where he spends his time untangling the mysteries of RNA structure. In this month’s piece, written by Jennifer Porat and edited by Paula Groza, he shares how his approach to mentorship shaped his lab culture, adopting a growth mindset to view challenges as opportunities, and why RNA structure is fundamental to so many biological processes.
Khondakar Sayef Ahammed is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Prof. Ambro van Hoof’s lab in the Department of Molecular Genetics at The Ohio State University, USA. Sayef completed his doctoral studies at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Houston, Texas, USA, where he investigated the functions of enzymes involved in eukaryotic RNA processing and degradation pathways, including the RNA exosome complex and tRNA splicing ligase. Written by Dr. Sayma Azeem and edited by Dr. Anna Sherwood, this piece details Sayef’s training and his advice to other trainees.
