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Advancing RNA Discovery into Therapeutics and Biotechnologies


The McGill Centre for RNA Sciences (MCRS) unites world-class researchers to foster excellence in interdisciplinary RNA sciences at McGill and partner institutions, through training and translation of RNA discoveries into innovative clinical and technological applications.

The Centre’s common infrastructure, as it is progressively developed, will be distributed and organized to integrate common and interdisciplinary discovery research, training and translational initiatives for the RNA research community. The MCRS will foster and enrich scientific collaborations through events, team grants, training opportunities and the sharing of data, expertise and research resources. Common RNA technology platforms will be developed and operated in partnership with departments, faculties and clinicians, providing properly structured training within the common spaces of the Centre.
 

40+ Groups lead research programs on RNA sciences
$100 M Federal and private investments in RNA sciences

RNA Centre News

New study: Montreal researchers identify three drugs that could reduce mortality in severely ill COVID-19 patients

8 Jun 2022

Researchers from the RI-MUHC and the McGill Genome Centre examine differences in ICU patients who recovered or died from COVID-19 and identify candidate drugs to treat severe disease.

The dazzling potential of RNA therapies

2 May 2022

Billions of people around the world have now received a Moderna or BioNTech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Created with synthetically developed messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) that replicates one...

McGill University joins Moderna in battle against global health threats

25 Mar 2022

McGill is the first university in Canada to join the global platform that will accelerate the development of and expand the impact of mRNA vaccines and medicines...

Researchers unlock mysteries of complex microRNA oncogenes

27 Jun 2019

New research led by McGill’s Goodman Cancer Research Centre improves our understanding of microRNAs

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Welcome from the Director

A joint effort between the Faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences, Engineering and Science, the McGill Centre for RNA Sciences harnesses the tremendous potential of RNA functions in biotechnologies and treatments for a broad variety of human diseases.

Read more from the Director, Thomas Duchaine, PhD

Affiliated McGill Institutes

Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute
Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine
Lady Davis Institute

 

 

External Partners

Canadian Consortium for RNA Research (C2R2)

Montreal RNA Salon

 

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Fulfilling critical needs in the RNA sciences at McGill:

1.  Consolidating collaborative RNA research and favouring interdisciplinarity.

2.  Building direct and efficient partnership and engagement of clinical and industrial partners.

3.  Creating an integrated and accessible suite of platforms at McGill for the seamless acceleration of RNA discoveries.

4.  Meeting the needs of the next generation of RNA scientists to follow emerging career paths in industry, the clinic, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and entrepreneurship.

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