International exchange of strategies – Lessons learned
The underrepresentation of women in leading science positions has been recognized decades ago and is a globally discussed issue.…
Inspiration by role models
In the context of the NCCR seminar series, we regularly organize female scientist lunches with women speakers to provide junior women scientists the opportunities to meet…
Phase 2 Contract Signed: Outcome & Outlook
It is now almost 2 years ago when I could announce in “The Messenger” the decision of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to grant a second 4-year…
“The field as such was not looking for such types of RNA-binding proteins.”
In this interview Matthias Hentze gives his perspective on pursuing an academic career and tells us about the discovery…
Networking across borders
This year's annual retreat of the NCCR RNA & Disease took place in form of a special edition as a joint meeting with the Vienna RNA Biology Network.
Over 200…
Bringing Together the Swiss RNA Research Community
On January 25, 2019, the 20th edition of the Swiss RNA Workshop took place at the University of Bern, which was attended by over two hundred…
Still conFUSed?
Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) is an RNA binding protein associated with several neurodegenerative diseases. RNA binding has been suggested to be crucial for FUS function and recent research…
Turbocharger for the cell machinery
That‘s how we‘ve learned the molecular-biological narrative in school, in its classic simple form: Gene-RNA-protein. DNA is transcribed into RNA and the RNA serves…
Editorial Norbert Polacek - The Messenger No. 12
Dear colleagues,
The Training & Education activities are now in their sixth year. Therefore a look back is justified to evaluate the success of…
"Do not give up and stick to it, even if public opinion is against you."
In this interview, Joan A. Steitz shares her perspective on careers, mentoring and fixing the leaky pipeline.
What made you…