@RNA_Life

Genetics; Computing; Viruses; RNA | The Laboratory for RNA-Based Lifeforms | Molecular Genetics / Donnelly Centre @ UofT 🇨🇦

 Toronto
RNAlab.ca
Joined July 2022
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CIFAR@CIFAR_NewsSep 2
📣 Applications are open for the CIFAR Global Scholars program! Develop and lead highly interdisciplinary research, expand your network and gain valuable leadership training. 🔗 Learn more and apply by November 4: cifar.ca/next-generation/glo…
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Donnelly Centre@DonnellyCentreAug 5
Spanning eight years and over 4,800 experiments, a Hughes Lab global collaboration has concluded with the creation of the Codebook: an enormous database that has illuminated how transcription factors influence human gene regulation: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.c…

The Codebook: cracking the puzzle of human transcription factors

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@CalebLareauMay 2
A history of viral encephalitis is one of the strongest risk factors for developing dementia. With @JacobJacobog02, Yifan Chen, @RNA_Life, and @RyanDhindsa, we refine this link by describing a neuronal cell type that can reactivate HSV-1 in humans 1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on induced proximity and functional genomics! Join our team in Toronto 🇨🇦 to tackle major challenges in oncology and neurodegeneration. nature.com/naturecareers/job…

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW - Toronto (City), Ontario (CA)

The Taipale lab in the Donnelly CCBR and University of Toronto is looking for a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow

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#UofT launches $24-million program to create 100 new postdoctoral positions, accelerate independent research ➡️ uoft.me/bZI
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@jobRxiv12 Oct 2025
Turn your #PostDoc into a Global Impact. 🌍 Join @UofT/#RNAlab to evolve plastic-degrading enzymes #SynBio. 🧬🔬 SYNTHETIC + MOLECULAR BIOLOGY on MICROPLASTICS - POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW @RNA_Life University of Toronto See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/university-o… #enzymology #microplastics #moleculargenetics #syntheticbiology #Yeastgenetics #ScienceJobs jobrxiv.org/job/university-o…

SYNTHETIC + MOLECULAR BIOLOGY on MICROPLASTICS - POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

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After years of research and continuous refinement, we’re thrilled to share that our paper on the MetaGraph framework — enabling Petabase-scale search across sequencing data — has been published today in Nature (nature.com/articles/s41586-0…).

Efficient and accurate search in petabase-scale sequence repositories

Nature - MetaGraph enables scalable indexing of large sets of DNA, RNA or protein sequences using annotated de Bruijn graphs.

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Now online, our work in nucleorhabdoviruses
nicolas bejerman@nicobejerman1 Oct 2025
our latest manuscript with @humbertodebat and Ralf Dietzgen is just out in Virology! We identified 47 novel nucleorhabdoviruses in our final chapter of a trilogy exploring the hidden diversity of plant-associated rhabdoviruses sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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A warm welcome to Donnelly's newest Faculty member, Dr. Khalid Al-Zahrani! Our next news story will talk about his research and his journey; from elementary school trips to Canada Science and Technology Museum, to the first time he did bench work.
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Have you ever wanted to peek behind the curtain of a hackathon? Our most recent article covers everything, from the creation of the winning projects to the private judging deliberations. Read it here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.c…
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Rayan Chikhi@RayanChikhi3 Sep 2025
One year after our initial preprint, we're excited to post a major update to Logan. At its heart, Logan is the assembly of 27 million samples (50 Pbp) using a 6-day cloud-compute peaking at 2.2M vCPUs. This compresses the SRA 140x compared to raw FASTQs. github.com/IndexThePlanet/Lo…
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Rayan Chikhi@RayanChikhi3 Sep 2025
🌎👩‍🔬 For 15+ years biology has accumulated petabytes (million gigabytes) of🧬DNA sequencing data🧬 from the far reaches of our planet.🦠🍄🌵 Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open. doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.30.6…
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We are happy to announce that our latest manuscript has been published in Nature Communications! We identified the highly abundant and prevalent giant extrachromosomal element in the human mouth, named "Inocle". nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Giant extrachromosomal element “Inocle” potentially expands the adaptive capacity of the human oral...

Nature Communications - This study identified prevalent giant extrachromosomal elements from the human oral microbiome. The genetic and ecological analysis provides insight on the potential...

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Artem Babaian retweeted
University of Toronto@UofT4 Jun 2025
#UofT and its hospital partners are celebrating the life and legacy of Professor Emeritus James Till, whose research demonstrated the existence of stem cells and fundamentally transformed the field of medical science. uoft.me/bDb
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The @DonnellyCentre is excited to announce the Cloud Research Lab! The new lab uses @awscloud computing and #AI to shave years off data analysis for large-scale biomedical research. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/CloudResearchLab
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The Take: It’s Time for Canada’s Brain Gain - Maclean’s apple.news/ABZTbKXLARrqKNTnb…

The Take: It’s Time for Canada’s Brain Gain

Trump’s America is sabotaging its reputation as a beacon for researchers, scientists and academics. We should seize the moment.

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Professor Gary Bader is a faculty member at the @DonnellyCentre. Check out our new Q & A series with our faculty to learn more about the researchers driving innovation in health and #medicine. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/MeetGaryBader
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Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #biorxiv_micrbio

Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse

Hepatitis D-like viral satellites, known as deltaviruses, have been recently discovered in a wide range of animals. These viruses are thought to expropriate glycoproteins from helper viruses to form...

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preprint alert! with @humbertodebat and Ralf Dietzgen identified 47 novel nucleorhabdoviruses in our final chapter in a trilogy exploring the hidden diversity of plant-associated rhabdoviruses biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Expanding the known nucleorhabdovirus world: the final chapter in a trilogy exploring the hidden...

Nucleorhabdoviruses, classified into four distinct genera within the family Rhabdoviridae (subfamily Betarhabdovirinae ), are plant-infecting viruses, characterized by nucleus-associated, enveloped,...

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Join us at the Donnelly Centre for our next #seminar series speaker: Steven L. Salzberg from @JohnsHopkins! 📅 Thursday, May 15 at 11am ET 📍 Red Seminar Room at Donnelly Centre | Zoom Save your spot 👉 uoft.me/StevenLSalzberg
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