January 2017:

Mark's paper on the crystal structure of an RNA containing a Se-modified fluorescent nucleoside analog from a collaboration with Dr. Seergazhi Srivatsan at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, has been accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations!

Stefanie Ung joins as a new undergraduate researcher. She will work with Austin and Lulu. Welcome!

Shi presents his research on a self-assembling RNA nanoprism at the 2017 Gordon Research Conference on RNA Nanotechnology. Thomas is serving as the Vice Chair of this GRC.

February 2017:

Thomas's review on Small Molecules Targeting Viral RNA was in the Top Ten articles in WIREs RNA accessed in 2016.

March 2017:

Alba's design wins the Chemistry Department's shirt design contest. Congratulations!

December 2017:

Austin Yu participates in a workshop at the Molecular Screening Shared Resource (MSSR) facility at UCLA organized by the UC San Diego Center for Drug Discovery Innovation (CDDI).

November 2017:

Zhiyuan Zhang joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher to work with Shi Chen on sel-assembling RNA nanosensors. Welcome!

October 2017:

Thomas gives his Department Colloquium for promotion to full professor. The group dresses up as German colors clones ... Thanks guys!

August 2017:

Austin Yu is awarded with a GAANN Fellowship by the U.S. Department of Education.(>>) Congratulations!

July 2017:

Zihao Wang defended his Masters thesis on Ligand Synthesis for the HCV IRES. Congratulations!