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MURN LAB NEWS

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  • 05/05/25 - Our paper on cellular quiescence induced by rapid depletion of RNase MRP is accepted at Nature Communications! Congrats Yuan, Shiyang et al!!
  • 04/22/25 - Jernej gets tenure!
  • 03/19/25 - The Dominguez lab with our contribution has a story on RNA selectivity mediated by tandem RBDs accepted at J Biol Chem - congrats Dan et al! 
  • 03/12/25 - A collaborative study spearheaded by the Cheloufi lab on histone chaperones in maintenance of cell fate is accepted at Genes & Development. Congrats to Sihem, Reuben, Brian, Jonah, Meijuan et al!!
  • 03/04/25 - Jernej presents work on Stopping biological time via induced cellular quiescence at the NSF ATP-Bio Y5 Annual Meeting at the Riverside Convention Center.
  • 02/23/25 - Our manuscript on the composition and RNA binding specificity of metazoan RNase MRP is now on bioRxiv.
  • 01/10/25 - Shiyang receives the TRANSCEND postdoctoral fellowship from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Congrats Shiyang!!
  • 01/09/25 - Rithu Madhyanam is our new undergraduate student - welcome Rithu!
  • 12/27/24 - Our collaborative study with the Wang lab on identification of a novel pseudouridine-binding protein is accepted at the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Songbo, Shiyang, Kriti, Yinsheng et al! 
  • 12/03/24 - Megha Saha joins our lab as a Junior Specialist. Welcome Megha!
  • 09/23/24 - Lena Kogoj, our 2024 ASEF Fellow, joins us as a visiting student! Welcome Lena!
  • 08/01/24 - Zi (Nicole) Yang from the ETOX Graduate Program joins us for a summer rotation. Welcome Zi! 
  • 07/31/24 - Our collaborative study with Daniel Dominguez on species-specific and  conserved RNA-protein interactions is accepted at Nature Communications!
  • 07/17/24 - The Murn Lab receives the University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) award, our third so far!
  • 07/05/24 - Our collaborative work with the Larsen lab on the roles of the stem cell transcription factor ERF115 in plants is accepted at  Plant, Cell & Environment!
  • 06/17/24 - Vivian Huang joins us for a summer rotation. Welcome Vivian!
  • 06/07/24 - The Murn Lab receives a Proof-of-Concept Award from the Office of Technology Partnerships to commercialize our invention on organ preservation.
  • 06/07/24 - Ibrahim receives the 2024 CNAS Academic Excellence Award!
  • 05/29/24 - Anzie is elected a 2024-2025 Chancellor Research Fellow, congrats!
  • 05/21/24 - Shiyang defends his PhD thesis, in style! Congrats, dr. He!!
  • 05/20/24 - Jernej presents work on cellular quiescence at the RNA Mini-symposium of the UCR Center for RNA Biology and Medicine.
  • 04/18/24 - Jernej presents at the Research Conference on RNA Regulation at Stowers Institute in Kansas City.
  • 03/28/24 - Our study entitled "Regulation by the RNA-binding protein Unkempt at its effector interface" is accepted at Nature Communications!
  • 03/11/24 - Ibrahim gets an accepts an offer to do his graduate studies at Stanford University. Congrats!!
  • 03/08/24 - Jernej presents work on RNase MRP at the GGB recruitment symposium
  • 02/23/24 - Shiyang receives the Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award - congrats Shiyang!
  • 09/21/23 - New manuscript from our lab and the collaborating Valkov lab posted on bioRxiv: "A paradigm for regulation at the effector interface with RNA-binding proteins". Great job Kriti, Shiyang, David, Eugene et al!!
  • 06/22/23 - Dr. Benedict Smail joins us as a postdoc in our quest to unravel the mysteries of RNA biology - welcome Ben!
  • 06/21/23 - Jernej gives a talk at the EMBO Workshop on Eukaryotic RNA turnover and viral biology in Brno, Czech Republic.
  • 06/09/23 - Kriti defends her PhD thesis as the first student in the Murn lab to do so. Way to go, dr. Shah, congrats!!
  • 06/07/23 - Žana Brilej, a 2023 ASEF Fellow, joins us as a visiting student!
  • 03/31/23 - Ibrahim wins the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship!
  • 12/06/22 - Jernej gives an invited seminar on RNA-binding proteins as living fossils in human cells at the University of Michigan.
  • 11/23/22 - Our study on phosphorylation-dependent activity of Unkempt done in collaboration with Joe Bateman's lab has been accepted at J Biol Chem.
  • 10/24/22 - Our analysis entitled The nexus between RNA-binding proteins and their effectors is accepted at Nature Reviews Genetics.
  • 09/12/22 - Tjaša Mlakar, our visiting student, defends her master's thesis under Jernej's mentorship. Congrats Tjaša!!
  • 09/07/22 - Jernej gives a talk at a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting on Translational control.
  • 07/05/2022 - Jona Novljan joins the lab as an ASEF-sponsored visiting student from Slovenia - welcome Jona!
  • 06/08/2022 - NIH awards an equipment supplement to fortify research in the Murn lab.
  • 06/02/2022 - Congrats to Ibrahim for receiving the Chancellor's Research Fellowship to support his work in the Murn lab!
  • 02/10/2022 - Jernej gives a seminar on RNA-binding proteins at the ASEF Speaker Series (in Slovenian!)
  • 01/26/2022 - Our collaborative work with Cheloufi lab on regulation of chromatin accessibility by the histone chaperone CAF-1 is accepted at Nature Communications - great job Reuben, Shiyang et al!

  • 12/31/2021 - Murn Lab receives an R01 grant from NIH/NIGMS to work on post-transcriptional control of neuronal morphogenesis.

  • 10/05/2021 - Tjaša Mlakar, a 2021 ASEF Fellow, joins our lab as a visiting student. 

  • 09/03/2021 - Murn Lab receives the University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) award.

  • 07/21/2021 - New article accepted at Scientific Reports. Title: "The zinc finger/RING domain protein Unkempt regulates cognitive flexibility"

  • 07/03/2021 - Jernej gives a talk at the 45th FEBS Virtual Congress. 07/

  • 06/29/2021 - Murn Lab receives a continuing grant from NSF (MCB) to study regulation of RNases P and MRP by their protein subunits. 

  • 04/27/2021 - Dr. Chen Cai is joining our lab as a postdoc - welcome Chen!

  • 04/22/2021 - Kriti is awarded the Dissertation Year Program Award. Congrats!!

  • 03/18/2021 - New article entitled "Cell Fate Decisions in the Wake of Histone H3 Deposition" accepted at Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

  • 02/10/2021 - New article accepted at Nature Cell Biology. Title: "PANDORA-seq expands the functional small RNA repertoire by overcoming RNA modifications"

  • 10/29/2020 – New article published on bioRxiv entitled "CAF-1 Histone Chaperone is a Repressor of Mixed Lineages in Myeloid Progenitors" "

  • 05/08/2020 – Shiyang He joins Murn lab as a Graduate Student - welcome Shiyang!

  • 04/07/2020 – Jernej gives an interview for ASEF on the impact of Covid-19 on life and research (in Slovenian :-).

  • 04/06/2020 – Jennifer Le receives the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship - congrats Jennifer!!

  • 09/30/2019 – Jernej's talk at EMBO Workshop: RNP network dynamics in development and disease

  • 09/01/2019 – Welcome to Ikrame Naciri who is joining us as a Postdoctoral Fellow!

  • 07/12/2019 – Murn Lab receives the University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) award.

  • 07/08/2019 – Pia Marija Oblak, a 2019 ASEF Fellow, joins the Murn Lab as a visiting student

  • 06/20/2019 – Murn Lab receives an Omnibus Travel grant from the Division of the Academic Senate @ UCR.

  • 05/31/2019 – Murn Lab receives a NIH-NIMH-R21 grant to study the functional landscape of microexons in neuronal development.

  • 05/22/2019 – Congratulations to undergraduate Jennifer Le for receiving the Chancellor’s Research Fellowship to support her work in the Murn Lab!

  • 03/26/2019 – Welcome to Dr. Yuan Liu who is joining us as our first Postdoctoral Scholar!

  • 03/07/2019 – Welcome to Ann Song who is joining us as a Graduate Student (CMDB)!

  • 02/27/2019 – Jernej's talk at Keystone Symposium: RNA-Protein Interactions

  • 06/04/2018 – Murn Lab receives a Regents Faculty Fellowship from the Academic Senate at UCR.

  • 04/16/2018 – Jennifer Le receives a Research in Science & Engineering (RISE) 2018 scholarship from CNAS to support her summer research - congratulations!

  • 04/03/2018 – Our visiting student Rok Razpotnik receives a fellowship from The American Slovenian Education Foundation (ASEF).

  • 03/20/2018 – New article published on bioRxiv entitled “Barcoded oligonucleotides ligated on RNA amplified for multiplex and parallel in-situ analyses.”

  • 03/06/2018 – Welcome to Kriti Shah who is joining us as our first Graduate Student (BCMB)!

  • 09/20/2017 – Murn Lab receives a CDMRP Discovery Award from the Department of Defense

  • 07/12/2017 – Murn Lab opens doors

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