The Messenger - The NCCR RNA & Disease Newsletter

Editorial
Ana Claudia Marques
Success stories of three NCCR RNA & Disease professors 
Passion and diligence: A silver bullet to reach the top?
Is unconscious bias piercing the pipe?
How does implicit bias hinder career progression?
Lessons learned from the pioneers of the “Pregnancy and Maternity leave compensation” scheme 
Bridging parental leave in an academic environment
STEMM Equality Congress 2018 
International exchange of strategies – Lessons learned
Role models and mentoring 
Inspiration by role models    
Research highlights
Too much Stress and Pressure/ Ribosomal proteins taking over / If it’s complex, it’s possibly quadruplex
Announcements 
People, events, jobs, support grants and more

Editorial
David Gatfield
Retrospect Phase 1
Propelling Swiss RNA Research forward
Interview with the co-directors
"There are plenty of interesting stories ... We just need to tell them"
Research highlights
Disrupting Telomerase / miRNAs are not just "on" or "off" / RNA impact maps
Announcements
People, events, jobs, support grants and more

Editorial
Ramesh Pillai
Interview with Chuan He
"There is no room for a zoo of modifications on mRNA"
Research highlights
Cleaving with preferences / How to undo splicing deficits / TRICK and TREAT
Technology platforms
High-Throughput Crystallization Platform / Structural Mass Spectrometry Platform
NCCR Retreat
Fostering the Network Spirit
Announcements
People, events, support grants and more 

Editorial
Frédéric Allain
Junior principal investigators of the NCCR RNA & Disease
Fostering the new generation of Swiss RNA researchers
Research highlights
A noncanonical way out of pluripotency / Identifying the drivers amongst the passengers
Unconscious bias
Detecting and mitigating bias
Announcements
People, events, support grants and more

Editorial
Oliver Mühlemann
Interview with Jonathan Hall
Exciting developments in the field of oligonucleotide drugs
Research highlights
Stop does not always mean stop / A protein as a “lock keeper”
Mobility grant
A great opportunity to build international connections
Announcements
People, events, support grants and more

Editorial
Thomas A. Cooper
Interview with Prof. Daniel Schümperli
"The field has kept on providing surprises and interesting things that nobody ever believed possible." 
Research highlights
Major role for minor spliceosome / Expanding the genome editing toolkit 
Equal opportunities
New support schemes for young scientists with family care duties
Announcements
People, events, support grants and more

Editorial
Witold Filipowicz
First Annual RNA & Disease Retreat
Where NCCR scientists inspire each other
Met in Kandersteg: Robert J. Schneider
The deeper we dig, the more surprises we find
Research highlights
Pioneering work from NCCR laboratories
Announcements
People, events, support grants and more

Editorial
Oliver Mühlemann
Technology platforms
Where expertise meets researcher's needs
Portraits
Welcome to associate members of the NCCR RNA & Disease
Looking back
50 years ago / 100 years ago
Announcements
People, events, support grants and more