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.

Congrats to McKenna Lab alumni Dr. Trushar Patel for being awarded the 2021 Biophysical Society of Canada Young Investigator Award! Trushar receives the award based on his fantastic progress as a Tier 2 CRC at the University of Lethbridge investigating the interaction of viral nucleic acids with host proteins.

For more details check here.

Danny Gussakovsky was awarded the Women's Health Research Foundation of Canada graduate scholarship for his work related to the study of a non-coding RNA important in ovarian cancer. Congrats Danny!

As of May 1, 2021, Dr. McKenna will be joining the Faculty of Science Dean's office as the Associate Dean - Undergraduate Programs.

Congrats to Danny Gussakovsky on receiving a 3-year NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship to support his doctoral work investigating non-coding RNAs!