What is RNA ? Why is it relevant for science? Learn Stress Free Episode 4

Does RNA change DNA?

What is RNA?

Did you know that RNA is the foundation of all living organisms?

Did you know that a better understanding of RNA will completely transform medicine, leading to incredible medical treatments that could benefit in particular, people with cancer?

Yet RNA is the target of a great deal of misinformation from the anti-science movement.

We often hear that RNA vaccines against COVID-19 were “out of nowhere” when in fact, RNA has been studied by the scientific community for over 100 years.

In this episode, Karine Choquet, PhD, a professor of functional genomics at the University of Sherbrooke, demystifies RNA and explains what the future holds thanks to the scientific community’s advances in RNA research.dowloadable transcript : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yu5D1EKfDo8bjFoA1cbkh-kWJuE1IYlU/view?usp=sharingOur expert : Karine Choquet holds a Ph.

D. in human genetics from McGill University, where she studied the genetic and molecular basis of rare inherited diseases.

She then completed her postdoctoral fellowship in genetics at Harvard University, where she specialized in RNA biology and nanopore sequencing.

Since July 2023, she has been an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics at the University of Sherbrooke.

Dr.

Choquet’s research program aims to better understand the mechanisms of RNA maturation and how mRNA splicing defects lead to human diseases.

To know more about Karine: Professional page : https://www.usherbrooke.ca/recherche/fr/specialistes/details/karine.choquetLinkedIn profile : https://www.linkedin.com/in/karine-choquet-b0a631133/Choquet Laboratory : https://www.choquetlab.comNOT A SPONSORRelevant links : Link to episode 1 : What is science?

The scientific method explained! https://youtu.be/lzF6ptXxpxcDisclaimer: It is important to note that scientific knowledge advances every day.

The scientific information presented during the recording of this episode is based on the scientific knowledge available at the time of recording.

New discoveries may have been made since.

Date of recording : April 28th 202600:00:00 - Introduction00:01:57 - Karine's presentation00:04:29 - What is RNA?00:10:15 - RNA application in reasearch00:20:46 - Karine's research on RNA00:25:22 - Since when does the scientific community studies RNA?00:31:38 - How do mRNA vaccines work?

Brief explanation00:38:34 - How can discoveries related to RNA benefit society?00:42:09 - How is RNA different than DNA?00:48:01 - The importance of fundamental research and financing it00:52:58 - What are the misconception about RNA?00:54:07 - Recap of the key aspects00:55:52 - What are the future research avenues for RNA and for Karine?00:59:54 - Closing comments from Karine01:03:41 - OutroMy social mediaPatreon : https://patreon.com/Learnstressfree?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Linktree : https://linktr.ee/learnstressfree Threads : https://www.threads.com/@learnstressfree?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563777218224 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/learnstressfree?igsh=ZXdxaDVsZWVjbTN2&utm_source=qrBluSky : https://bsky.app/profile/learnstressfree.bsky.socialCreditsIntro sound : Uplifting Ident - synth & piano Artist : Oakvale Of Albion Intro animation : Adobe stock #2004948185Thumbnail photo background: Adobe Stock #331605882Thumbnails photo DNA and mRNA: Adobe Stock #819717566Outro MusicHometown – artist : Northwestern Music from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/northwestern/hometownLicense: HRVCMTVRGSRAA6FE #podcast , #learnstressfree, #science, #education, #eli5, #learning, #PhD, #professor, #university, #vulgarisation, #apprendresansstress, #newpodcast, #knowledge, #sciencefacts, #school, #research, #sciencepodcast, #sciencecommunicator, #sciencematters, #funwithscience, #arn, #arnm, #rna, #mrna, #aging, #health, #splicing, #dna, #adn, #vaccine, #covid, #antisc