Tag Archives: RNA

Whitehead Institute’s Silvi Rouskin on solving the structure of the coronavirus genome

October 13, 2020Uncategorizedbiochemistry, biology, biology podcast, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, genome, podcast, RNA, rna structure, sars-cov-2, science communication, science podcast, structural biology, Whitehead Instituteaudiohelicase

In this episode of AudioHelicase Podcast, Whitehead Fellow Silvi Rouskin discusses her research on solving the structure of the novel coronavirus’s RNA genome, with the goal of revealing weak points in the virus’s gene regulation that new drugs could potentially target.

Music: “Versailles” by Pierce Murphy (CC-BY 4.0). Produced by Conor Gearin.

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Whitehead Institute’s Ankur Jain on RNA clumps and the neurodegenerative diseases they are associated with

February 19, 2019ScienceALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Ankur Jain, biology, biomedical research, epeat expansion disorders, Huntington's disease, neurodegenerative disease, RNA, science, Whitehead Instituteaudiohelicase

In this episode of AudioHelicase, Whitehead Institute Member Ankur Jain discusses how RNA can clump in cells and the diseases, such as Huntington’s and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), that are associated with these aggregations.

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