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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 16

Congratulations to all the prize winners from the Nucleic Acids Forum 2025! An amazing selection of talks and posters to choose from! Thank you to our prize sponsors Chemgenes and RSC Chemical Biology!
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Michael Booth @drmikebooth.bsky.social · Jul 14

It was a privilege to organise the 2025 RSC Nucleic Acids Forum at Burlington House last week - @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social!

The NAF has been my favourite event every year, so it was amazing to run it myself!

Full crowd, fantastic talks and posters, and a wonderful community 🧬❤️

Me presenting my title slide for the event, with the wonderful sponsors!

an image of the ~130 attendees of the NAF!

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our final speaker of the day is Thomas Maher from Imperial College London, presenting his work on the “Interrogation of the nuclear G quadruplex interactome through SG4directed proximity labelling“

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

Next, we have Alissa Drees from the University of Cambridge, discussing “Illuminating G-quadruplex stability by optical high-throughput sequencing”

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our next speaker is Daniel Whitaker from UCL, presenting work on the “Non-enzymatic aminoacylation of RNA”

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

The first speaker of session 3 is Johann Fritzen from the University of Mainz, on the “Programmable DNA Protonuclei Reveal Hidden Determinants of Protein Phase Separation in Nuclear-Mimetic Environments”

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our final speaker of this session is Korak Kumar Ray from the MRC Laboratory, discussing “ANKLE1 is a DNA branch-point processing endonuclease stimulated by mechanical tension”!

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

Next we have Alexia Rottensteiner from UCL, talking about “A DNA nanodevice that measures the nanomechanics of live-cell membranes”

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

The first speaker of session 2 is Sophia Fountain from the University of Sheffield, presenting her work on "qqFRET: A Direct Method for Monitoring DNA Allostery"

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

As part of NAF 2025 we held a career event/panel discussion, sponsored by Glen Research! We are grateful to Stacey-Lynn Paiva, Hannah Pendergraff, and David Hammond for discussing their careers paths and all their advice! The session was chaired by our group's ECRs, Ellen Parkes and Vicky Kamperi!

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Yiliang Ding @yiliangding.bsky.social · Jul 11

Career discussion #2025NAF @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our final speaker of this session is Debashis Dhara from Oxford Univeristy, discussing "Synthesis and Properties of Densely Functionalised Charge Neutral Phosphothiotriester Oligonucleotides"

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our third speaker is Malou Coche from University College Doublin, talking on "Prodigiosin Modified Triplex-Forming Oligonucleotide Hybrids Enable Autocatalytic DNA Cleavage"

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

Next, we have Corinna Schlosser from UCL, discussing "Breaking barriers - Development of targeting peptides for enhanced delivery of antisense oligonucleotides to the brain"

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our first speaker, Disha Kashyap from Oxford Univeristy sharing her research on "Engineering antisense oligonucleotides for targeted mRNA degradation through lysosomal trafficking"

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

A big thank you to Mike Booth for organising this meeting! We have a great line-up for a very exciting day! Once again we would like to thank our sponsors for their support!
@drmikebooth.bsky.social

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jul 11

Starting off our NAF 2025 meeting with an introduction of the RSC Nucleic Acids Group's new chair, Marco Di Antonio! An exciting new era for our group begins! 🧬
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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jun 26

1 DAY TO GO! The registration deadline for this year's NAF is tomorrow, the 27th of June! You don't want to miss this meeting! Register here: www.rsc.org/events/detai...
See you there🧬🧪🥼

21st RSC Nucleic Acids Forum – 2025

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jun 24

As we get closer to our NAF 2025 we would like to thank some more of our sponsors for their support!! Thank you to Exciting Instruments @ei-science.bsky.social, Veritas Scientific, New England Biolabs and RSC Chemical Biology @rscchembio.rsc.org! We couldn't do it without you!🧬🧬

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jun 13

Poster presentation abstract deadline is in less than 1 week!! Submit yours now!🧬 www.rsc.org/events/detai...

RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Jun 2

DEADLINE TODAY!! The deadline for the oral abstracts is today! Make sure you get your submissions in!🧬
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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · May 28

LESS THAN 1 WEEK LEFT for oral presentation abstract deadline! Perfect opportunity for PhDs and Post-Docs to present their work! 🧬🧬
Register and submit abstracts here: www.rsc.org/events/detai...

RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · May 28

Continuing with our sponsor appreciation, we would like to thank Fluorochem, Lumicks and Oxford nanopore for their support!!
Remember to register now!! @fluorochemltd.bsky.social @lumicks.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com

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Michael Booth @drmikebooth.bsky.social · May 21

The oral abstract deadline for the annual RSC Nucleic Acids Forum is in less than 2 weeks! Excellent opportunity for PhD and postdocs to present their work to a vibrant community!!!

🧪 🧬 #chemsky

RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · Feb 17

Registration is now open! Register here for our 21st RSC Nucleic Acids Forum: www.rsc.org/events/detai...
Abstract submissions now open!
See you there🧬🧪

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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · May 16

Continuing with our sponsors, we would like to thank Merck and Glen research for supporting us! Register for the 21st RSC Nucleic Acids Forum here:https://www.rsc.org/events/detail/80720/21st-rsc-nucleic-acids-forum-2025