Our lab is a part of the scientific community involved in studies of ribonucleic acids (RNA) in Poznań. The RNA laboratories from Faculty of Biology AMU, and from the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS cooperate within the RNA Research Center in Poznań (link: http://ibmib.amu.edu.pl/en/rna-research-center-in-poznan/), and participate in the programs of the RNA Society (link: https://www.rnasociety.org/), such as RNA Salons. Below are pictures from some of the visits of renowned RNA scientists in Poznan, and from some RNA-themed conferences.
Lab reunion during Polish RNA Biology Meeting in Warsaw in September 2023. From left Julia Kurzawska, Joanna Zwolenkiewicz, Maciej Basczok, Joanna Kwiatkowska, Mikołaj Olejniczak, Ewelina Małecka i Ewa Stein.During the 7th Meeting on Regulating with RNA in Bacteria and Archea in St. Petersburg (Florida, USA) in September 2023. On the left picture from the left: Mikołaj Olejniczak, Joanna Zwolenkiewicz, Maria Mamońska and Maciej Basczok.In our lab in 2022. Ewa Stein, Maciej Basczok, Maria Mamońska, Julia Kurzawska, and Mikołaj Olejniczak.During the visit of Prof. Olke Uhlenbeck from Northwestern University and University of Colorado in Boulder (USA), who gave a talk on “MS2 Redux: The Interaction between MS2 Coat Protein and RNA”. At the Faculty of Biology on May 25th 2017.Marcin Osuch, Zuzanna Wróblewska, and Joanna Kwiatkowska during The Ribosome Meeting in Strasbourg in July 2016.A group photo during the visit of Prof. Gisela Storz from National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, USA), who gave a talk on “The genes that were missed: intricate regulation provided by small RNAs and small proteins” at the Faculty of Biology on May 13th 2016.In front of Collegium Biologicum during the visit of Prof. Rachel Green from Johns Hopkins University (USA), who gave a talk on „mRNA surveillance starts on the ribosome: biochemical and ribosomal profiling approaches” at the Faculty of Biology on July 2nd 2015. The visit was co-financed by the City of Poznań.Postdocs and PhD students from the Faculty of Biology at the 20th RNA Meeting in Madison (USA) in June 2015. The RNA Society, which was established in 1996, is a community of scientists interested in all aspects of the properties and functions of RNA molecules. Annual meetings of the Society gather around 1000 researchers and are a great opportunity to discuss newest discoveries related to RNA.Prof. Sarah Woodson from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA) uses biochemical and biophysical approaches to study the RNA folding. Her research interests include the process of the maturation of the ribosome and the functions of the RNA chaperone proteins. During her visit she gave a talk on „Dynamic Hfq-RNA interactions during sRNA regulation”. At the Faculty of Biology on September 18th 2014.The E. coli cake complete with small RNAs, Hfq, ribosomes, and aminoacylated tRNAs. December 2014.Zuzanna Wróblewska and prof. Ted Karginov (University of California in Riverside) in the lab. October 2014.Planting the oak tree in front of the Faculty of Biology on May 16th 2013. Prof. Thomas Cech from University of Colorado in Boulder (USA) received the Nobel prize for the discovery of catalytic RNA molecules. His research interests are focused on the structure and function of RNA molecules, including long noncoding RNAs. During his visit he gave a talk on “From the RNA World to the RNP World: Ribozymes, Telomerase, and lncRNAs”. The visit was co-financed by the City of Poznań.In the Old Town in Poznań in May 2013. From left Zuzanna Wróblewska, Thomas Cech, Paul Zaleski, Daria Sobańska, Joanna Stróżecka, Ewelina Małecka-Grajek, Agata Groszewska, Mikołaj Olejniczak.
