Nucleic acids research at York University 🇨🇦
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4 Feb 2025
For those in the modified nucleic acids/XNA community interested in attending #Pacifichem 2025, I encourage you to submit an abstract to "Design and Screening of XNA Libraries" (#BIO014). Call for abstracts is open until 2 April 2025. See you there!
pacifichem.org/
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30 Jan 2025
Our recent preprint on transliterating between XNA and DNA libraries is now out @ChemRxiv chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…
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16 Aug 2024
Congrats to Elizabeth, Luca, and Savreet on a productive summer research experience! Thanks to YSSA and NSERC USRA for support!
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16 Aug 2024
New preprint from our lab in collaboration with Andy Bannister and @TKLABUK. Using PhOxi-seq we identify m2G sites within the human transcriptome.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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23 Jun 2023
Exceptionally proud of Hili Group alumni, Areeba and Nicole, for receiving the prestigious Faculty of Science Gold and Silver Medals!! Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement!
23 Jun 2023
Well done Sarah Pullano, Areeba Chaudhry, and Nicole Frias! These three students received the Faculty of Science Gold and Silver Medals at the Spring Convocation Ceremony yesterday! yorku.ca/science/2023/06/23/… | #YorkUConvo
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31 Mar 2023
Big night at the @CICToronto awards! Congrats to CIC Silver Medal recipients @nicolefrias21 (biochemistry) and @AlexAkhundov (chemistry) on their well-deserved awards!!
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9 Dec 2022
Introducing Dr. Yasaman Mahdavi-Amiri! Congrats on all of your research accomplishments and best of luck with the next chapter of your research career!
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10 Nov 2022
We have an opening for a #chempostdoc in medicinal chemistry @YorkUniversity for a @SRC_CRS funded project to develop small-molecule inhibitors against proteins involved in epitranscriptome regulation. See attachment for details. Position is available immediately. Please RT.
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12 Oct 2022
Just a reminder that applications for our Assistant Professor position in Biological Chemistry are due on October 15th!
1 Sep 2022
York University @YorkUChem is hiring an Assistant Professor in Biological Chemistry. Come join our dynamic and collaborative department! Details here: webapps.yorku.ca/academichir… #chemjobs
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28 Sep 2022
Grateful to @SRC_CRS and their donors for supporting our work with @hansenhe7 and @pmcancercentre on developing m6A demethylase inhibitors as cancer treatments
27 Sep 2022
ALL-TIME RECORD | We are proud to award 90  new research grants valued at $10.8 million as part of our annual competition. The grants are awarded to some of the most promising cancer research projects in Canada. 🎉🔬
👉 bit.ly/3xUiHfe
#CancerResearchSociety
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14 Sep 2022
Enjoyed reading the first independent paper from Hili Lab alum, Chun Guo, in @BioconjChem. The first of many!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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12 Sep 2022
Welcome to our newest undergraduate researcher, Krista Hastings, who will be pursuing her BSc thesis in DNA-Encoded Library research. Also, a bit late, but big congrats to Emily, Molly, and Matina for receiving OGS scholarships this year!
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1 Sep 2022
York University @YorkUChem is hiring an Assistant Professor in Biological Chemistry. Come join our dynamic and collaborative department! Details here: webapps.yorku.ca/academichir… #chemjobs
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18 Aug 2022
Congrats to Areeba and Nicole, and all the talented undergrads on their excellent presentations at York’s NSERC USRA conference. Big congrats to Areeba who scored a best oral prize!
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27 May 2022
We have some very exciting news to share!
Prof. Jennifer van Wijngaarden (@JAWijngaarden) will be joining the Department of Chemistry at York University as a Full Professor and our new Department Chair.
@ChemFacultyCDN
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22 Mar 2022
Our latest work describing a photo-oxidative sequencing (PhOxi-seq) method for the identification of guanosine N2-methylation sites in RNA is now online @J_A_C_S. Congrats to Kimberley, Yasaman, and Christopher!
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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19 Jan 2022
Our most recent work in @chemrxiv — "PhOxi-Seq: Single-nucleotide resolution sequencing of N2-methylation at guanosine in RNA by photoredox catalysis"
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…
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18 Oct 2021
Hili group at Canada’s Wonderland enjoying Hallowe’en Haunt!
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