Hili group at Canada’s Wonderland enjoying Hallowe’en Haunt!

Our most recent work in ChemRxiv — "PhOxi-Seq: Single-nucleotide resolution sequencing of N2-methylation at guanosine in RNA by photoredox catalysis" chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Our latest work describing a photo-oxidative sequencing (PhOxi-seq) method for the identification of guanosine N2-methylation sites in RNA is now online J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congrats to Kimberley, Yasaman, and Christopher! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

We have some very exciting news to share! Prof. Jennifer van Wijngaarden (Jennifer van Wijngaarden (she/her)) will be joining the Department of Chemistry at York University as a Full Professor and our new Department Chair. Canadian Chemistry Faculty

Had a great time in Calgary at #CCCE2022! See you next year in Vancouver!

Congrats to Areeba and Nicole, and all the talented undergrads on their excellent presentations at York’s NSERC USRA conference. Big congrats to Areeba who scored a best oral prize!

York University YorkU - Chemistry is hiring an Assistant Professor in Biological Chemistry. Come join our dynamic and collaborative department! Details here: webapps.yorku.ca/academichiring… #chemjobs

Welcome to our newest undergraduate researcher, Krista Hastings, who will be pursuing her BSc thesis in DNA-Encoded Library research. Also, a bit late, but big congrats to Emily, Molly, and Matina for receiving OGS scholarships this year!

Enjoyed reading the first independent paper from Hili Lab alum, Chun Guo, in Bioconjugate Chem. The first of many! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Grateful to Cancer Research Society and their donors for supporting our work with hansenhe and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre on developing m6A demethylase inhibitors as cancer treatments

Just a reminder that applications for our Assistant Professor position in Biological Chemistry are due on October 15th!

We have an opening for a #chempostdoc in medicinal chemistry York University for a Cancer Research Society funded project to develop small-molecule inhibitors against proteins involved in epitranscriptome regulation. See attachment for details. Position is available immediately. Please RT.

Big night at the CIC Toronto 🧪 awards! Congrats to CIC Silver Medal recipients Nicole (biochemistry) and Alex Akhundov (chemistry) on their well-deserved awards!!

Exceptionally proud of Hili Group alumni, Areeba and Nicole, for receiving the prestigious Faculty of Science Gold and Silver Medals!! Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement!

New preprint from our lab in collaboration with Andy Bannister and Tony Kouzarides Lab. Using PhOxi-seq we identify m2G sites within the human transcriptome. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congrats to Elizabeth, Luca, and Savreet on a productive summer research experience! Thanks to YSSA and NSERC USRA for support!

Our recent preprint on transliterating between XNA and DNA libraries is now out ChemRxiv chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

For those in the modified nucleic acids/XNA community interested in attending #Pacifichem 2025, I encourage you to submit an abstract to "Design and Screening of XNA Libraries" (#BIO014). Call for abstracts is open until 2 April 2025. See you there! pacifichem.org