Members Database

Sherif Abou Elela

Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: Ribosome translation intron splicing snoRNA

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Pauline Adjibade

Organization: CHU de Québec -Université Laval

Research keywords: miRNA

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Gabriel Aguiar-Tawil

Organization: Concordia University

Research keywords: T7, aptamer, transcription, logic, sensing

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Tommy Alain

Organization: CHEO Research Institute, University of Ottawa

Research keywords: Viruses, mRNA translation, Immunotherapies, cancer, molecular biology.

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Mary Allen

Organization: University of Colorado Boulder

Research keywords: eRNAs, bioinformatics, disease

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Yahya Al-Shamali

Organization: University of Alberta (The COBRA Lab)

Research keywords: Pseudoknots, RNA Folding, Secondary Structure, Gibbs free energy

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Nazanin Amanat

Organization: University of Manitoba

Research keywords: RNAi - Uptake Pathway - Cell Culture

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Michael Amiss

Organization: Univeristy of Alberta

Research keywords: tertiary structure, IRESes, structural similarity, disease transcriptomes

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Ina Anreiter

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: Drosophila, behaviour, gene regulation, RNA modifications

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Sven Ansorge

Organization: CASTL

Research keywords: biomanufacturing, RNA therapeutics, GMP training, biotechnology

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Manny Ares

Organization: UC Santa Cruz

Research keywords: Splicing, Spliceosome, Splicing regulation, Evolution

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Jake Armstrong

Organization: Andon Bio

Research keywords: tRNA

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Arezou Arvand

Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research keywords: AGO2, Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70), RNAi, chaperones, mitochondrial RNAi, small non-coding RNA

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Ohanes Ashekyan

Organization: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Research keywords: miRNAs, lncRNAs, muscle stem cells, heterogeneity, quiescence

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Sarah Assmann

Organization: Penn State University

Research keywords: RNA structure-function, RNA and abiotic stress, RNA in agriculture

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Timothy Audas

Organization: Simon Fraser University

Research keywords: Amyloid, noncoding RNA, Cellular Stress, Heat Shock, Biomolecular Condensates

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Chantal Autexier

Organization: McGill University

Research keywords: telomerase, dyskerin, ribonucleoprotein, aging, cancer

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Taha Azad

Organization: universite de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: self amplifying RNA, Cancer Vaccine, RNA therapeutics, Cancer Immunotherapy,

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Artem Babaian

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: Computational Biology, RNA Viruses, Virology, Ribozymes,Viroids

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Francois Bachand

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: Ribosome biogenesis, polyadenylation, cotranscriptional RNA processing, ribosomal proteins, poly(A)-binding proteins

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Simon Bache

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: Splicing, polyadenylation, nanopores, bioinformatics

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Clément Baret Micaelli

Organization: INRS Armand Frappier

Research keywords: CRISPR RIBOZYME RNA

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Georgia Barone

Organization: CU Boulder, MCDB Department

Research keywords: Transcription Termination, RNA Polymerase II, Disassociation, Nascent Sequencing

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Amadou Barry

Organization: INRS

Research keywords: Single-cell, Multi-omics, Data integration, Health equity, Data science

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Prisca Baruani

Organization: Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Research keywords: glycoRNA, synthetic RNAs, innate immunity

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Robert Batey

Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

Research keywords: riboswitch, RNA structure, x-ray crystallography, aptamer

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Mark Bayfield

Organization: York University

Research keywords: La and La related proteins, translational control, tRNAs, RNA binding proteins, RNA processing

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Aura-Lee Beliveau Caron

Organization: Université Sherbrooke

Research keywords: Granule de stress, m6a, Stress thermique, eif2a, condensation protéique

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Brendan Bell

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: transcription, alternative splicing, cancer, HIV, genomics

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Sanjana Bhatnagar

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: Intronic Splicing Regulatory Motifs

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Olivier Binda

Organization: uOttawa

Research keywords: Nonsense-mediated RNA decay, SMA, chromatin

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Benjamin Blencowe

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: Alternative splicing, RNA binding proteins, transcriptomics, functional genomics, neurobiology

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Lianne Blodgett

Organization: Whitehead Institute/MIT

Research keywords: miRNA, target-directed miRNA degradation, mRNA metabolism

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Hemashree Bommadevara

Organization: University of british Columbia

Research keywords: mRNA, cRNA

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Hendrik Boog

Organization: Simon Fraser University

Research keywords: RNA world, RNA polymerase ribozyme, catenane,

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Simon Boudreault

Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Research keywords: Alternative splicing, virus, oncolytic virus, reovirus, mRNA processing

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Amel Bouhamar

Organization: Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Research keywords: viruses, glycoRNA,

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Cédric Boulanger

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: Transcription, RNA polymerase II, rpb1-CTD

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Nassima BOUZIDI

Organization: Riboclub

Research keywords: Immunotherapy, Alternative splicing, cancer antigens,

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Julie Brill

Organization: The Hospital for Sick Children

Research keywords: posttranscriptional regulation, eIF4E variants, lncRNAs, Drosophila spermatogenesis

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Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: splicing, antisense, gene therapy

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Yong Jia Bu

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: translation, bioorthogonal chemistry, non-canonical amino acids

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Rémi BUENO

Organization: Universite de sherbrooke

Research keywords: Pol II, transcription, sm-FRET, folding, co-transcriptionnal.

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Gertraud Burger

Organization: University of Montreal

Research keywords: trans-splicing, RNA editing, ribonucleoprotein complexes involved in RNA splicing & editing

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Helen Burston

Organization: Sygnature Discovery

Research keywords: multidisciplinary, RNA technology, method development, RNA therapeutics

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John Calarco

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: Alternative splicing, RNA processing, Neurobiology, C. elegans

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Alicia Cantrell

Organization: University of British Columbia

Research keywords: IRESs, mRNA regulation,RNA-protein interactions,

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Dora Capatos

Organization: AAFC

Research keywords: RNAi, pesticides, gene editing, CRISPR, transcriptomics

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NEIL CASHMAN

Organization: UBC

Research keywords: NEURODEGENERATION, TDP-43, FUS, RACK1

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Victoria G Castiglioni

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: Virus, Immunity, RNAi, Argonautes, Defense

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Thomas Cech

Organization: University of Colorado Boulder

Research keywords: Transcription, ribozyme, RNA, proteins, nucleic acid

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Benoit Chabot

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: cancer, senescence, small molecules,

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Malik Chaker-Margot

Organization: Université de Montréal

Research keywords: lncRNAs, cryo-EM, RNA structure

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Visnu Chaparro

Organization: INRS - Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie

Research keywords: Macrophage, Immunity, Infection, Protozoan, Leishmania, Toxoplasma

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Dr. Michael Charette

Organization: Brandon University

Research keywords: SSU Processome, ribosome assembly, ribosomopathies, translation regulation, yeast

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Pascal Chartrand

Organization: Université de Montréal

Research keywords: lncRNAs, telomerase RNP, single-molecule imaging, RNAs with expanded triplet repeats, RNA trafficking

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Aditya Chaubey

Organization: adMare BioInnovations

Research keywords: RNA therapeutics

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Louis-Philippe Chaumont

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: snoRNA, alternative splicing, bioinformatics

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Junsheng Chen

Organization: HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN

Research keywords: LLPS; Stress granule; Nucleus

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Sara Cherry

Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Research keywords: Innate immunity, viral RNA

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Karine Choquet

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: Splicing, polyadenylation, genetic variants, nanopore sequencing

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Joseph-Patrick Clarke

Organization: Western University

Research keywords: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Optogenetics, TDP-43, hnRNPA1, SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein

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Julie Claycomb

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: Argonaute, small RNA, gene regulation, epigenetics, C. elegans

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ALAN COCHRANE

Organization: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Research keywords: HIV-1, ALTENATIVE SPLICING, THERAPEUTICS

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Samuel Coderre

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: snoRNA, host gene, conservation, expression

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Jocelyn Côté

Organization: University of Ottawa

Research keywords: RNA-Binding Proteins, RNP Granules, Stress Granules, Splicing, Translation

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Luis Daniel Cruz-Zaragoza

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: mitochondria, ASO, gene expression, RNA processing, methods

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Haissi Cui

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: tRNA, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, neurodevelopmental disease

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Marianne Cyr

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: snoRNA, regulation of alternative splicing

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Beauty Dam

Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Research keywords: Neuroblastoma, SH-SY5Y, siRNA, Neuronal Differentiation, Gene Silencing

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Matthew Daugherty

Organization: University of California, San Diego

Research keywords: Host-virus interactions, innate immunity, evolutionary biology, mRNA translation control

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Jared Davis

Organization: Northern RNA

Research keywords: mRNA manufacturing, RNA structure and function, LNP formulation

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Carrigan Dawson

Organization: University of Lethbridge

Research keywords: Ribosomal mutations, ribosomal minimization, cell-free expression

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Nolan De Leon

Organization: The University of Manitoba

Research keywords: Circular RNAs, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Epigenetics, Lung Development

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Baudouin de Préval

Organization: Université de Sherbooke

Research keywords: pseudouridine, snoRNA, ribosome heterogeneity, unsupervised classification, Nanopore

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Theresa Degenhard

Organization: The Montreal Neurological Institute

Research keywords: Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Advanced Therapeutics

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Emma Delannoy

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke - IRCUS

Research keywords: Splicing, Cancer, PDAC

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Luc DesGroseillers

Organization: Universite de Montreal

Research keywords: RNA localization, extracellular vesicles, RNA-binding proteins

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Ned Devereux

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: tRNA, lncRNA

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Stephanie DeWitte-Orr

Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University

Research keywords: double-stranded RNA, RNA interference, type I interferon, innate immunity, cell culture

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Geneviève DiTomasso

Organization: Université de Montréal

Research keywords: miRNA, RNP

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Kezia Dobson

Organization: University of Colorado Anschutz

Research keywords: tRNA, rRNA

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Wenzhao Dong

Organization: University of Michigan

Research keywords: translation

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Mike Downey

Organization: Sussex Research Laboratories

Research keywords: glycans, oligonucleotides, targeted delivery, glycopeptides

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François Dragon

Organization: UQAM

Research keywords: nucleolus, ribosomes, snoRNPs, RNA processing, ribosomopathies

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Michael D'Souza

Organization: University of Lethbridge

Research keywords: Alphaviruses, RNA Structure, CRISPR-Cas, biodefence, Viral noncoding RNAs

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Thomas Duchaine

Organization: McGill University

Research keywords: microRNA, 3'-untranslated regions, mRNA translation, mRNA decay, RNA cancer biology

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Samira Ebrahimi

Organization: Simon Fraser University

Research keywords: Regnase-1, NFKBIZ, Endoribonuclease, DLBCL, COVID-19

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Yassine El Bakkouri

Organization: AReNA / Montreal InVivo

Research keywords: n/a

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Noha Elsakrmy

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: RNA splicing, SRRM2, nuclear speckles, RBP, neurodevelopmental disorders,

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Léo Eusebi

Organization: RiboClub

Research keywords: Vaccine, Cancer, Splicing, RNA, Bioinformatics

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Marc Fabian

Organization: McGill University

Research keywords: mRNA , miRNA, translation, turnover, DICER1, RNA granules

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Étienne Fafard-Couture

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: snoRNA, machine learning, bioinformatics, transcriptomics, genomics

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Hana Fakim

Organization: University of Montreal

Research keywords: G3BP1, ALS, stress granule

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Brook Falk

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: Drosophila, spermatogenesis, genetics, cell biology

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YuYing Fan

Organization: University of Toronto

Research keywords: Mycobacterium RBP sRNA

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Laurence Faucher-Giguère

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: snoRNA, Ovarian Cancer, translation, rRNA modification,

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Beruwalage Fernando

Organization: University of Lethbridge

Research keywords: Translation initiation, eIF5B, Oral squamous cell carcinoma,shRNA

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Léa Ferreira

Organization: Université de Sherbrooke

Research keywords: Alzheimer, Transcriptomic, mouse, mitochondria

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