Welcome Jayanti!
We’re welcoming our new postdoctoral researcher Dr. Jayanti Vaishnav who is joining us to work on ribosome dyamics and in-cell NMR.
Congratulations Katja and the whole lab!
Katja Petzold has been awarded the 2025 Eric K. Fernström Swedish Prize for her and the whole lab’s contribution to fundamental knowledge and understanding of structural biology and the dynamics of RNA at the molecular level. Congratulations! Read more here: https://www.uu.se/en/news/2025/2025-09-17-eric-k.-fernstrom-swedish-prize-awarded-to-katja-petzold
Welcome Zineb and Riccardo!
We are happy to welcome two new M.Sc. students to our lab: Zineb from Goethe University (Frankfurt, Germany) and Riccardo from Uppsala University. Welcome!
New preprint available!
We are excited to share our new preprint on ChemRxiv! In this study, we introduce a method to boost the sensitivity of RNA NMR by attaching a special spin label (AsymPol) directly to RNA. This enables selective signal enhancement, opening possibilities for studying RNA structure and function even at very low concentrations. Read more: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/68b808b6a94eede154466329
Welcome Harish!
We’re welcoming our new postdoctoral researcher Dr. Balasubramanian Harish who is joining us to work on microRNA targeting and RNA structural probing.
Congrats David!
Congratulations to David for having his publication on a novel approach for mapping microRNA pairing accepted in Nucleic Acids Research (NAR)
Looking for a new postdoc
We are currently looking for a new postdoc. Please send a 1 page coverletter, 2 page CV, publication record and list of references to katja.petzold@imbim.uu.se if you are interested.
Yeah for Marvin Albers!
Our former MSc student Marvin Albers is in the pre-finals of the Amsterdam Science and Innovation Award. You can vote for ‘grabRNA: Smart RNA delivery enables novel therapeutic strategies’ here: https://www.ixa.nl/amsia-pre-finalist/marvin-albers/
Join Our RNA Biophysics Team at Uppsala University!
We’re looking for 1–2 motivated postdocs to explore RNA regulation and microRNAs in a supportive, international research environment. If you’re excited about using cutting-edge biophysical and structural biology methods (e.g., NMR, RNA probing, SHAPE) to study RNA function and drug design, we’d love to hear from you. Read more here! Location: Uppsala University Start Date:…
Promising new computerized lab members
We are excited about two ‘new members’ that have joined our lab. The PromethION 2 Solo is a nanopore (ONP) sequencer which will perform DNA and RNA sequencing for us. And the InsightCell bioreactor will help us to keep cells alive and happy to perform in-cell NMR. This will enable us to study biomolecules in…