Congratulations to Dr. Chad Pecot, MD, director of UNC RNA Discovery Center and professor in the oncology division at UNC-Chapel Hill, whose team will present at AACR 2025 on a novel RNA-based drug that targets KRAS G12V!

We are excited to announce that Dr. Katherine Zhou, MD, PhD and Dr. Alessandro Porrello will present at the AACR Annual Meeting 2025 (April 25-30 in Chicago, Illinois). Chad Pecot, MD #RNA #Cancer #Metastasis #Genetics #UNCChapelHill #Research #Innovation #Discovery #UNCMedicine #Medicine

Our second annual UNC RNA Discovery Center retreat was a huge success! We are proud to see UNC RNA Discovery Center members present their incredible work. We had over 80 attendees and 23 posters showcasing the impactful studies. We hope to see you all next year! Chad Pecot, MD

Following our 2nd annual UNC RNA Discovery Center retreat, we are thrilled to begin announcing our Marzluff RNA Fellowship Award recipients: Graduate Student: Kayla Mason (Conlon Lab) Post-Doctoral Student: Dr. Rhese Thompson (Dominguez Lab) We are incredibly proud of both awardees!

Congratulations to the two amazing recipient groups of this year’s RNA Discovery Collaborative Award! 🏆 Dr. Mauro Calabrese, Dr. Hyejung Won, and Dr. Keri Smith, MSQM, PhD. 🏆 Dr. Rihe Liu and Dr. Owen Fenton. Follow UNC RNA Discovery Center for more!

Congratulations to our director Chad Pecot, MD and his team for publishing “Inverted chimeric RNAi molecules synergistically co-target MYC and KRAS in KRAS-driven cancers” in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Check out the full paper here: jci.org/articles/view/… #Research

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Owen Fenton for receiving the 2025 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Emerging Leader Award! Thank you for your contributions and leadership, Dr. Owen Fenton! We are proud to spotlight our amazing members! #RNADiscoveryCenter