the big questions

We are interested in links between transcription and splicing as well as the role of cellular sub-compartments in RNA biogenesis. Our major tools include next generation sequencing and imaging techniques that capture RNA-protein interactions. We study these phenomena in fission and budding yeast, mammalian tissue culture cells, zebrafish, and green algae.

News Highlights

7 July 2026 - Leena’s forum article on coordinated pre-mRNA processing was published in Trends in Genetics. Click here to check it out!

22 June 2026 - Click here to check out the JoVE video for co-transcriptional structure tracking sequencing!

12 June 2026 - Welcome to our new undergraduate student, Sabrina!

8 June 2026 - Farewell to Ouyang; we hope you enjoyed your sabbatical with us and wish you the best of luck returning as an associate professor to UMass Amherst!

1 June 2026 - Welcome to our new undergraduate student, Clara!

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