The Ribozone

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Joana Silva, postdoctoral fellow at the Ribosome Dynamics Lab at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. Her work focuses on ribosome biology, and she recently published on translational impairment in the intestine during amino acid deprivation. You can follow her on twitter at (@TheJoanaSilva).

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Jake Wintermute, developer evangelist at Ginkgo Bioworks. Dr. Wintermute got his Ph.D. in Systems Biology at Harvard and is a former synthetic biology teacher and researcher at the CRI in Paris, France. Dr. Wintermute now works as a developer evangelist at Ginkgo Bioworks. You can follow and contact him on twitter (@SynBio1).

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Kathrin Leppek professor at the University of Bonn/University Clinic Bonn (UKB). She started her lab in January of 2022 and works on the intersection of innovative RNA and Ribosome biology with the Immune Response. She is also looking for new lab members! You can follow and contact her on twitter (@KatLeppek).

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Artem Babaian a Banting Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Babaian utilizes high-performance computing to study the interface between RNA and Genetics. Recently, he spearheaded the “Serratus: Ultra-deep virus discovery” project which uncovered over 130,000 new RNA viruses. You can contact him via email at artem{at}rRNA.ca.

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Nic Locker a professor of virology at the University of Surrey. Dr. Locker specializes in virus-host interactions, the role of RNA structures in viral life cycle, and the control of gene expression in relation with health and diseases. You can contact him on twitter @locker_nic. 

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Margaret (Maggie) Rodgers a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Sarah Woodson at Johns Hopkins University. She is one of two 2022 RNA Society/Scaringe Young Scientist Award Winners! You can find her on twitter @DrMaggieRodgers

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Craig Kerr a Senior Scientists at Inceptive, currently working on developing the next generation of RNA technologies at the intersection of machine learning and biology. You can contact Craig on twitter @RNA_bound.

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Dionna Kasper about her new position as an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine. You can find her on Twitter (@DionnaKasper) or email her at Dionna.M.Kasper@Dartmouth.edu.

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Kevin Folta a professor at the University of Florida and host of the Talking Biotech Podcast. You can find him on Twitter (@kevinfolta) or at kevinfoltacom[dot]wordpress[dot]com.

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Kristen Reimer a current Bioinformatics Scientist at Scribe Therapeutics and former Ph.D. student in Karla Neugebauer's lab at Yale University. You can find her on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstenreimer/

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Jen Quick-Cleveland, Chancellors Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Molecular Biology of RNA at Santa Cruz, California and member of the RNA Society DEI Committee. You can follow her on twitter @RNAisQueen. 

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Gene Yeo a professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California San Diego and a Co-Founder of four biotech companies including Locana and Eclipse Bioinnovations. You can follow Gene's lab on twitter @yeo_lab or email him at geneyeo@ucsd.edu.

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Ryan Flynn on the this episode of the Ribozone Podcast. Ryan recently published his exciting work on glycoRNAs. He is an Assistant Professor at Boston Children's Hospital and the Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Department at Harvard University (@raflynn5) and you can check out his lab website here! http://www.rafrna.com/

Luc Roberts (@ScienceLuc) interviews Dr. Alexandra East-Seletsky on the this episode of the Ribozone Podcast. Alex is a former PhD student in the lab of Nobel prize winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna at the University of Berkeley and currently working as an RNA biologist for Arrakis Therapeutics.