Garner Laboratory
Merging innovations in chemical biology with academic drug discovery        

The lab is awarded a MIRA from NIGMS to support our RNA-protein interaction research!

August 2024

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Welcome Jillian, Rhiannon, and Namrashee as rotation students this semester!

August 2024

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Welcome Natasa as an REU student this summer!

May 2024

 

Congrats to Dalia on being awarded the UM Med Chem Department Research Award!

May 2024

 

Congrats to Prof. Garner on being promoted to Full Professor!

May 2024

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Congrats to Sydney and Dalia on acceptance of their RiPCA HTS manuscript!

March 2024

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Congrats to Charlotte on being awarded a summer research fellowship!

March 2024

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Welcome Marc as a new graduate student in the lab!

March 2024

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Welcome Julianna as a PharmD student in the lab!

January 2024

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Welcome Gina and Anupama as new rotation students in the lab!

January 2024

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Congrats to Dalia on acceptance of her mRNA-protein interaction RiPCA manuscript!

November 2023

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Welcome Sierra and Yao as new rotation students in the lab!

October 2023

 

Congrats to Rachel for being awarded a best poster award at the ICBS Meeting!

September 2023

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Congrats to Maurinne for being awarded a Michigan Pioneer Postdoctoral Fellowship!

September 2023

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Welcome Marc, Nick, and Ileanexis as new rotation students in the lab!

August 2023

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Congrats to Dalia on being awarded a best student poster award at the Medicinal Chemistry Gordon Research Conference!

August 2023

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The lab is awarded a Breakthrough Science Initiative Award from the Ono Pharma Foundation!

July 2023

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Congrats to Yihao on successfully defending his thesis!

June 2023

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Congrats to Rachel on passing candidacy!

June 2023

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Welcome Maurinne as a new post doc in the lab!

May 2023

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Congrats to Dalia on being awarded a 2023-2024 ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship!

April 2023

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Welcome Brandon as a new graduate student in the lab!

March 2023

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Congrats to Gabriela on passing her candidacy exam!

March 2023

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Welcome Evelyn as a new undergraduate student in the lab!

January 2023

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Congrats to Rachel on her successful PhD defense!

November 2022

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The lab is awarded a Catalyst Award from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust for a stealth-mode project in RNA-targeted drug discovery!

November 2022

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Congrats to Yihao on winning an outstanding graduate research award at the Med Chem retreat!

November 2022

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Congrats to Sydney on acceptance of her RiPCA 2.0 manuscript!

October 2022

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Congrats to Gabriela for receiving an NIH Supplement Fellowship for her work investigating eIF4E!

September 2022

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Welcome Brandon as a new Med Chem rotation student in the lab!

September 2022

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Good luck to Arya as she begins her first year in the PhD Program in Chemical Biology!

August 2022

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Congrats to Sydney on her successful PhD defense!

August 2022

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Good luck to Dalia as she heads to San Diego to complete a summer internship at Trotana Therapeutics!

June 2022

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Welcome Casey as a new undergraduate researcher in the lab!

June 2022

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Congrats to Jose and Dalia on passing candidacy this semester!

May 2022

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Congrats to Maddie on her graduation from UM!

May 2022

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Welcome Gabriela as a new Garner lab graduate student!

April 2022

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Welcome Andrea as a new technician in the lab!

March 2022

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Welcome Gabriela as a new rotation student in the lab!

March 2022

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Welcome Rachel as a new Garner lab graduate student!

March 2022

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The lab is awarded Michigan Drug Discovery grant to continue our work in discovering new natural products targeting oncogenic pre-microRNAs!

February 2022

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Congrats to Sydney on acceptance of her RiPCA protocol manuscript!

January 2022

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Welcome Kate and Sahar as new rotation students in the lab!

January 2022

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Congrats to Prof. Garner for being awarded the 2022 David W. Robertson Award from the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry!

November 2021

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Welcome Robin as a new Masters student in the lab!

September 2021

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Welcome Rachel and Alex as new rotation students in the lab!

August 2021

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Congrats to Dalia for receiving a Cellular Biotechnology Training Program fellowship!

August 2021

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Congrats to Jose for receiving an NIH Supplement Fellowship for his work in targeting cellular RNAs!

August 2021

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RiPCA is highlighted in Promega Connections: https://www.promegaconnections.com/rna-protein-interactions-garner/!

May 2021

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Congrats to Emilio on receiving the 2021 Merck Research Award for Underrepresented Chemists of Color!

May 2021

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Welcome Dalia and Jose as new grad students in the lab!

April 2021

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Congrats to Emilio on receiving the 2021 Scarborough Graduate/PostGraduate Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry from the ACS MEDI division!

March 2021

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Congrats to undergrad researcher Maddie Hinkley on receiving a NIH summer research fellowship to study in Dr. Jordan Meier's lab!

March 2021

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Congrats to Team miRNA on acceptance of our first publication using natural products to identify new RNA binding scaffolds!

March 2021

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Welcome Shruti as a new post doc in the lab!

February 2021

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Welcome Noha as a new MS student in the lab!

January 2021

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The lab is awarded an Upjohn Award from the College of Pharmacy to start a new project in targeting RNAs with small molecules!

January 2021

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Welcome Jose as a winter semester rotation student in the lab!

January 2021

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Congrats to Sydney and Dan on acceptance of their RiPCA manuscript in RSC Chem. Biol.!

June 2020

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Welcome Dalia, Brad and Tommy as fall semester rotation students in the lab!

September 2020

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Welcome Gabriela as a new PREP student in the lab!

August 2020

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The Lab is awarded a new R01 grant for using our chemoproteomic approach to identify new 4E-BP1 kinases!

August 2020

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Our latest work describing our continuing efforts in developing 4E-BP1 stapled peptides has now been accepted in Eur. J. Med. Chem.!

July 2020

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Congrats to Yihao on passing his candidacy exam!

June 2020

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Our manuscript describing our assay for detection of pre-miRNA-protein interactions in live cells is now up on bioRxiv!

June 2020

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Congrats to Rachel for receiving a NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship!

June 2020

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Congrats to Prof. Garner on her promotion to Associate Professor with tenure!

May 2020

 

Congrats to Sydney for receiving a 2020-2021 ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship!

March 2020

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Congrats to Sydney for receiving a Travel Award to attend the 2020 RNA Society Meeting!

February 2020

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Congrats to Dylan and Arya on acceptance of their 4E-BP1/CDK4/Mitosis manuscript!

December 2019

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Congrats to Emily and Dylan on acceptance of their SART3 manuscript!

November 2019

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Check out Prof. Garner's new commentary on RNA-targeted drug discovery in Future Medicinal Chemistry

October 2019

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The Lab is awarded a new R01 grant for developing a live-cell RNA-protein interaction assay!

September 2019

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Welcome Maddie and Julia as a new Garner lab undergraduate students!

September 2019

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Welcome Emilio as a new Garner lab post doc!

August 2019

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Welcome Yihao as a new Garner lab graduate student!

June 2019

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Congrats to James, Erin and Arya on the acceptance of their E/Z 4E-BP1 stapled peptide manuscript!

June 2019

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Congrats to Rachel for passing candidacy!

June 2019

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Congrats to Emily and Dan on acceptance of their new RNA-protein interaction assay manuscript!

June 2019

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Congrats to James, Erin and Arya on the acceptance of their 4E-BP1 stapled peptide manuscript!

April 2019

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Congrats to the RNA team on the acceptance of their tetracycline and cat-ELCCA NPE discovery manuscripts!

April 2019

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Congrats to Sydney for passing candidacy!

February 2019

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Congrats to Dylan for successfully defending his PhD thesis!

February 2019

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Congrats to Dylan and Arya on the acceptance of their PhAXA manuscript!

February 2019

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Congrats to Tanpreet and Arya on the acceptance of their eIF4E degrader paper!

January 2019

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Congrats to Erin for completing her PhD!

December 2018

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Congrats to Oleta and Tanpreet on the acceptance of their new assay paper!

August 2018

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Congrats to James and Oleta as the 2nd and 3rd PhDs from the lab!

July and August 2018

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Congrats to Dan and Tanpreet on the acceptance of their Lin28 cat-ELCCA paper!

May 2018

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Welcome Rachel and Sydney as new Garner Lab grad students!

April 2018

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Congrats to Dan as the first PhD from the Lab!

March 2018

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Congrats to Dylan on receiving a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship!

February 2018

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Congrats to James on the acceptance of his PPI cat-ELCCA paper!

November 2017

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Congrats to Dan on the acceptance of his miRNA HTS paper!

June 2017

 

The Lab is awarded a pilot grant from the UM Cancer Center for our 4E-BP1 chemoproteomic work!

May 2017

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The Lab is awarded a pilot grant from the UM Center for the Discovery of New Medicines for targeting eIF4E PPIs!

January 2017

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The Lab is awarded funding from the Dr. Ralph and Marion Falk Medical Research Trust for targeting miRNAs!

November 2016

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The Lab is awarded its second R01 for our 4E-BP mimetic work!

June 2016

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Congrats to Dan on the acceptance of his IEDDA-based cat-ELCCA paper!

May 2016

 

The Lab is awarded its first R01 for our miRNA assay work!

March 2016

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