The McKenna Lab welcomes Alyssa Cohen as a new MSc student in the group. Alyssa completed their Microbiology degree last year at the University of Manitoba, and had previously worked int he McKenna lab as an honours thesis student.

In collaboration with Dr. Mark Nachtigal from Biochemistry & Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba, work from our group led by Dr. Evan Booy describing the processing of a non-coding RNA, BC200, into a stable Alu monomer with relevance to Ovarian cancer was accepted in RNA Journal.

The McKenna Lab is thrilled to report that we received 5 years of funding from the NSERC Discovery Grant Program to support our research investigating regulation of pattern recognition receptors by viral and endogenous RNA.

Congrats to former McKenna Lab members Amit, Lok, and Nikki who published a comprehensive review on 2'-5'-oligoadenylate syntheses in Biochemistry & Cell Biology

Congrats to Evan on his work with the Sabine Kuss Lab at the University of Manitoba recently published at PNAS investigating cytochrome c oxidase deficiency detection!

Welcome to Navreet Ghuman, a grade 12 student from the Maples Met School, pursuing an internship project in the McKenna lab related to investigation of non-coding RNAs!

Check out our collaborative work with the Herbert Lab at the University of Manitoba investigating photoactive anticancer complexes here!

Congrats to group member Daniel Gussakovsky on publication of his paper RNA Journal explaining regulation of specific Alu RNA expression by the SRP9/SRP14 heterodimer. Check out Daniel's work here.

Congrats to Danny Gussakovsky being awarded the Biosciences Associate of Manitoba Biosciences Student of the Year award based on his work in the McKenna Lab. Watch the awards video here! Read the press release here!

Congrats to group member Daniel Gussakovsky on publication of his review in RNA Biology providing an overview Alu RNA in human disease states. Check out Daniel's work here.