RNA at Penn State University





				RNA at Penn State
		RNA Research at Penn State has undergone tremendous growth in the recent years. We have an active "RNA Club", where research groups come together and present their latest results and share ideas. Students present their findings and receive lively feedback from other students and principle investigators. Our interests span a range of fields including RNA structure, enzymology, gene regulation, and virology. Meetings are on Fridays at 3:30 pm and the schedule can be obtained by contacting Phil Bevilacqua or Paul Babitzke. Following is a list of research groups at the Penn State University Park campus that are involved in RNA Club. Hope to see you there some Friday! Sally Assmann RNA metabolism in Arabidopsis Michael Axtell Functional genomics of plant microRNAs and siRNAs Paul Babitzke Regulation of prokaryotic gene expression by RNA structure and RNA-binding proteins Phil Bevilacqua RNA folding, catalysis, and protein interactions Craig Cameron RNA virus genome replication Biao He RNA virus-host interactions Ken Keiler Control of translation by tmRNA Emine Koc Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomes Andrey Krasilnikov Structural biology of RNA and RNA-protein complexes Tae-Hee Lee Single molecule investigations of the dynamics of translation and tRNA recognition Katsu Murakami Structural biology of RNA polymerases Joe Reese UV Resistance Pathways in Eukaryotes Michael Teng Virus-host interactions in the pathogenesis of viral infection