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ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social @ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social · 21d

It’s nice to see Nature Biotech’s article featuring CityTX and my work!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

* Phil is Yuki Tomari’s advisor, not mine. I had my postdoc training under Dinshaw Patel (MSKCC).

Editor’s Pick: City Therapeutics - Nature Biotechnology

Each year, Nature Biotechnology highlights companies that received sizeable early-stage funding in the previous year. City Therapeutics is using very small cityRNAs to broaden the range of siRNA thera...

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osuchembiochem.bsky.social @osuchembiochem.bsky.social · 23d

Today’s MLS Seminar

Dr. Phil Zamore, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

4:10 — 5:05PM
DHLRI 170

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meisterlab.bsky.social @meisterlab.bsky.social · Sep 8

Argonaute conference #Argonaute2025 in Prague – researchers, clinicians & patient families coming together. Honored to co-organize this fantastic, inspiring meeting with amazing colleagues @svobodalab.bsky.social, @farmgirlphd.bsky.social & @curiousdina.bsky.social

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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · Sep 7

in these mostly wretched times, you have to find joy wherever you can. last week my ad hoc band the Argonautes (me, Yuki Tomari, Germano Cecere) had a blast playing in Prague. we rocked some old and new songs, and can't wait to do it again in Toronto 2027!

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Dr. Julie Claycomb @farmgirlphd.bsky.social · Aug 29

Kicking off our third day of #argonautes2025 with a talk by Nobel Prize winner and all around amazing person, scientist, and mentor, Victor Ambros! 🐙

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Argonautes 2025 - we made a special gift for participants - a card set with 32 different Argonautes + an extension pack with four Nobel prize winners from the small RNA field. Mello, Fire, Ambros & Ruvkun as jokers :-) #argonautes2025

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ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social @ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social · Aug 28

I will speak about “𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗥𝗡𝗔𝘀" at RNA Collaborative on 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁. 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵!

Zoom Registration:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G5a1Vp9oTvmF2NWKmdAGxw#/registration

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Argonautes are coming :-) ... soon at @imgprague.bsky.social ... finishing preparations. Still missing a few things like drums, guitar, badges, beer ... but it's under control. I think. I hope. :-))
#argonautes2025

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · Aug 10

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.

This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.

Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Jul 23

REMINDER: The registration deadline for ARGONAUTES 2025 is 31/7. It won't be extended. So, if you want to join us in Prague for the most important 🫣 Argonaute & RNA silencing meeting of the year, you have one week left!
#microRNA #piRNA #RNAi

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osuchembiochem.bsky.social @osuchembiochem.bsky.social · May 28

Biogen and City Therapeutics announce strategic research collaboration to develop select novel RNAi-based therapies. Congratulations to this #OhioStateStartup founded on technology developed by Kotaro Nakanishi

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ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social @ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social · May 28

cen.acs.org/business/sta...

Biogen taps start-up for RNAi collaboration

City Therapeutics inks neuroscience deal 8 months after launch

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City Therapeutics @citytx.bsky.social · May 27

Exciting news from City! We’ve partnered with Biogen to develop select novel RNAi-based therapies leveraging our next-generation RNAi engineering technologies. Learn more: www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

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ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social @ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social · May 6

My research group seeks a highly motivated Post-Bacc (or Tech). This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to research on cleavage-inducing tiny RNAs (cityRNAs) to treat neurological and neuromuscular disorders, Cancer, Alzheimer's diseases, etc.
u.osu.edu/cbcundergrad...

Job Opportunity for Recent Graduates (Post-Bacc) | CBC Undergraduate Program

u.osu.edu

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ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social @ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social · Apr 30

I'm honored that the Science Coalition highlights our research on cityRNAs as the science sparking American economic growth in 2025!
www.sciencecoalition.org/2025/04/29/s...

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ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social @ktr-nakanishi.bsky.social · Apr 21

Tulip festival in Ohio.

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Apr 4

Argonautes 2025 will cover progress in:

Structural insights
Effector complexes: formation, composition & function
Post-transcriptional silencing
Transcriptional silencing & DNA cleavage
Post-translational modifications and regulations
Medical aspects

27-30/8/2025
argonautes.img.cas.cz

Pls RT!

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Apr 11

Why NIH/NIGMS funding of basic research matters with our latest work now out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social sky.social. We solved a >30-year-old mystery of what transcription factor drives the Flamenco piRNA cluster required for female Drosophila fertility. /1
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Traffic Jam activates the Flamenco piRNA cluster locus and the Piwi pathway to ensure transposon silencing and Drosophila fertility

Rivera et al. discover Drosophila Flamenco piRNA cluster enhancers bound and activated by the Traffic Jam transcription factor. Traffic Jam also binds many follicle cell genes including activating mul...

www.cell.com

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Joana Vidigal @vidigaljoana.bsky.social · Apr 4

What was that you said? You are looking for new #RNA research to read in the weekend?

You are in luck!

📣 📣 Check out the new preprint from our lab!!!! 📣 📣

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

AGO2 slicing of a domesticated retrotransposon is necessary for normal vasculature development

Argonaute (AGO) mediated slicing of RNA, also known as RNAi, is a highly conserved phenomenon that is evolutionarily linked to the repression of transposons and other repeats. Although RNAi is no long...

www.biorxiv.org

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Joana Vidigal @vidigaljoana.bsky.social · Apr 3

In the midst of everything it feels particularly appropriate to highlight all the amazing #RNA research taking place at #NIH!

Follow this thread to join us for our biannual #RNASymposium, this year featuring intramural research superstars!

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David Bartel's Lab @bartellab.bsky.social · Mar 15

Check out the latest study from our lab, led by @mhall98.bsky.social :
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/2)

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openRxiv @openrxiv.bsky.social · Mar 11

openRxiv has arrived!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...

#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Mar 1

ARGONAUTES 2025 - argonautes.img.cas.cz

The grassroot meeting of Argonaute afficionados lives on! The registration for Argonautes 2025 is open. Join us in Prague at the Institute of Molecular Genetics @imgprague.bsky.social during 27-30/8, 2025. Check #Argonautes2025 for updates.

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Feb 13

#Argonautes2025 update ... it will happen this August (27-30) @imgprague.bsky.social. Our ITs are finishing and testing the website, the registration will open on March 1st. More info will be provided later (once all speakers reply to my e-mail, just saying, not pushing 😁). Poster announcement:

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Katja Petzold @katjapetzold.bsky.social · Feb 5

Looking for postdocs in regulatory RNAs in an international research environment. If you’re excited about using cutting-edge biophysical and structural biology (NMR, RNA probing), we’d love to hear from you.

petzoldlab.com/join-our-rna...

Join Our RNA Biophysics Team at Uppsala University!

We’re looking for 1–2 motivated postdocs to explore RNA regulation and microRNAs in a supportive, international research environment. If you’re excited about using cutting-edge biophysical and structu...

petzoldlab.com

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