RNA Biology club Berlin
RNA Club Berlin is a seminar series that includes RNA research groups in Berlin and provides opportunities to exchange expertise throughout the community. We are supported by the RNA Society, Lexogen and Macherey-Nagel.
We are excited to announce the continuation of the Berlin RNA Club in 2025! Meetings will alternate between BIMSB/Mitte and the MPI for Molecular Genetics/Dahlem and will also be accessible via Zoom in a hybrid format. We will host three events, each featuring four talks.
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RNA club Berlin currently includes the following labs
| Lab head | Institute | website link |
| Chakrabarti Sutapa | Free University (FU) | website |
| Charpentier Emmanuelle | MP unit for the Science of Pathogens (MPUSP) | website |
| Chekulaeva Marina | Max Delbrück Center (MDC) | website |
| Heyd Florian | Free University (FU) | website |
| Ilik Aktaş Tuğçe | MPI for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG) | website |
| Kragler Friedrich | MPI for Molecular Plant Physiology (MPIPP, Potsdam) | website |
| Kraushar Matthew | MPI for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG) | website |
| Kurreck Jens | Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin) | website |
| Landthaler Markus | Max Delbrück Center (MDC) | website |
| Marsico Annalisa | MPI for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG) | website |
| Mashreghi Mir-Farzin | Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ) | website |
| Mayer Andreas | MPI for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG) | website |
| Meyer Irmtraud | Max Delbrück Center (MDC) | website |
| Ohler Uwe | Max Delbrück Center (MDC) | website |
| Rajwesky Nikolaus | Max Delbrück Center (MDC) | website |
| Ringrose Leonie | Humboldt University (HU) | website |
| Seitz Oliver | Humboldt University (HU) | website |
| Schmitz-Linneweber Christian | Humboldt University (HU) | website |
| Schulz Edda | MPI for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG) | website |
| Spahn Christian | Charité | website |
| Walther Dirk | MPI for Molecular Plant Physiology (Potsdam) | website |
| Wahl Markus | Free University (FU) | website |
| Wulzcyn Gregory | Charité | website |
| Zoschke Reimo | MPI Molecular Plant Physiology (MPIPP, Potsdam) | website |
Here you will find the schedule of our meetings.
2025 program:
| Date | Time | Location | Speaker | Topic |
| 12.02.25 | 1:00 – 4:15 PM | MPIMG-Dahlem | Yang Gao (Zoschke Group, MPI-MP, Golm) Simon Lauer (Spahn Group, Charité, Berlin) Yoichiro Sugimoto (Sugimoto Group, MDC, Berlin) Marcus Jahnel (Jahnel Group, PoL, Dresden) | Deciphering the molecular dance of translation: revealing superwobbling efficiency and tRNA isoacceptor substitutability Structural Insights into Ribosome Assembly and Its Targeted Disruption by Antimicrobial Peptides Oxygen-dependent RNA regulation to shape physiology RNA under tension: folding and misfolding in the age of condensates |
| 14.05.25 | 1:00 – 4:15 PM | BIMSB-Mitte | ||
| 17.08.25 | 1:00 – 4:15 PM | MPIMG-Dahlem |
2024 program:
| Date | Time | Location | Speaker | Topic |
| 14.02.24 | 5:00 PM | BIMSB-Mitte | Tomasz Czerniak (Sáenz Group, TU Dresden, CMCB) | Lipid membranes modulate the activity of RNA through sequence-dependent interactions |
| 14.02.24 | 5:30 PM | BIMSB-Mitte | Hajar Benredjem (Lexogen) | LUTHOR HD: unmatched sensitivity in the subcellular sequencing |
| 13.03.24 | 5:00 PM | MPIMG-Dahlem | Lydia Herzel (Herzel Group, FU Berlin) | Towards understanding how RNA regulation impacts virulence-traits of the fungal pathogen C. albicans |
| 13.03.24 | 5:30 PM | MPIMG-Dahlem | Felix Ostwaldt (Heyd Group, FU Berlin) | SEC31A alternative splicing adapts lipid transport to tissue-specific requirements |
| 10.04.24 | 5:00 PM | BIMSB-Mitte | Sabrina Tetzlaff (Schmitz-Linneweber Group, HU Berlin) | Small RNAs expressed from mitochondrial genome recombination sites are integrated into Toxoplasma gondii mitoribosomes |
| 10.04.24 | 5:30 PM | BIMSB-Mitte | Eva Absmeier (Absmeier Group, FU Berlin) | Mechanistic insights into mRNA translation and turnover |
| 08.05.24 | 5:00 PM | MPIMG-Dahlem | Marta Couce Iglesias (Kraushar Group, MPI-MG) | Alignment of transcription and translation through neocortex development |
| 08.05.24 | 5:30 PM | MPIMG-Dahlem | Alexandrina Machado de Amorim (Chakrabarti Group, FU Berlin) | Orchestrating degradation of histone mRNA through the interplay of multiple decay factors |
| 12.06.24 | 5:00 PM | MPIMG-Dahlem | Elisabeth Altendorfer (Mayer Group, MPI-MG) | Towards unraveling the role of RBM15 at the functional interface of RNA modification and export |
| 12.06.24 | 5:30 PM | MPIMG-Dahlem | Michal Malszycki (Aktas Group, MPI-MG) | Genome Streamlining by Nuclear Speckles |
| 10.07.24 | 5:00 PM | BIMSB-Mitte | Zhennan Tian (Wahl Group, FU Berlin) | Structural basis for the autogenous control of the E.coli rpsJ operon |
| 10.07.24 | 5:30 PM | BIMSB-Mitte | Maximilian Hornisch (Piazza Group, MDC) | Metabolic regulation of nucleic acid-binding proteins |
2023 program:
| Date | Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 08.02.2023 BIMSB (Mitte) | 5 pm | Lena Grass/ Wahl lab | Structures and functions of the RNA helicase HrpA |
| 08.02.2023 BIMSB (Mitte) | 5:30 pm | Eleonora Oliani / Kraushar lab | Conversion of the transcriptome into the proteome in neurodevelopment |
| 15.03.2023 MPIMG (Dahlem) | 5 pm | Marco Preussner / Heyd lab | Mechanisms and functional consequences of regulated 3′ splice site selection after step 1 of splicing |
| 15.03.2023 MPIMG (Dahlem) | 5:30 pm | Vanessa Loiacono / Bock lab | tRNA introns are novel intrinsic antitermination signals in plant chloroplasts |
| 12.04.2023 BIMSB (Mitte) | 5 pm | Tomasz Czerniak/ Saenz lab | Lipid membranes modulate the activity of RNA through sequence-dependent interactions |
| 12.04.2023 BIMSB (Mitte) | 5:30 pm | Guangpu Xue / Chakrabarti lab | The Multiple Interactions of UPF2 in the Context of mRNA Decay Pathways |
| 10.05.2023 MPIMG (Dahlem) | 5 pm | Eleftheria Saplaoura / Kragler lab | Insights into tRNA-like structures (TLS) as motifs facilitating long-distance transport of mRNAs |
| 10.05.2023 MPIMG (Dahlem) | 5:30 pm | Gemma Noviello/ Schulz lab | Analogue tuning of gene expression with CasTuner and its application to study dose-dependent processes |
| 14.06.2023 BIMSB (Mitte) | 5 pm | Katharina Stemwedel/ Rudorf lab | Genetic components of the bacterial irradiation response |
| 14.06.2023 BIMSB (Mitte) | 5:30 pm | Megha Mallick / Chakrabarti lab | Functional implications of the interaction of the SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid protein with factors involved in Nonsense mediated mRNA decay |
| 12.07.2023 MPIMG (Dahlem) | 5 pm | Yang Gao/ Zoschke lab | Translation with a minimal set of tRNAs – chloroplasts as model for manipulating isoacceptor tRNA abundance |
| 12.07.2023 MPIMG (Dahlem) | 5:30 pm | Silvia Scalzitti / Heyd lab | Investigating the function of the RNA chaperone RBM3 |