2 Aug talk by Prof Merlin Thomas, "More than the messenger: The disruptive technology of RNA therapeutics"

More than the messenger: The disruptive technology of RNA therapeutics

• Speaker: Professor Merlin Thomas
• Monday 2 August 12.30-1.30 pm 
• Click here to start or join. Or, go to https://monash.zoom.us/join   and enter meeting ID: 836 5090 3890  and passcode: 317325
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RNA therapeutics are a disruptive technology with the potential to actualize personalized medicine. Most RNA does not encode sequences for protein synthesis (mRNA; e.g. for vaccines). These other functions can be harnessed to selectively modulate protein expression by silencing, binding as aptamers and altering mRNA splicing. As an example, we are developing an oligonucleotide that modulates the alternate splicing of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products (RAGE), a key therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s disease.

Monash Bioinformatics Platform at CCS and Upcoming Workshops

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The Monash Bioinformatics Platform (MBP) has a representative based within the CCS in the form of Dr Nick Wong. The MBP is one of many research platforms offered by Monash University. Unlike other platforms, the MBP has at it's core, a team of bioinformaticians with a diverse skill-set who are here to facilitate research requiring bioinformatics analysis. While we may not have the expertise you require immediately, we are likely to know researchers that do and could link groups together with common research interests.