The Schoenberg Lectureship
The Center for RNA Biology (CRB) launched an annual lectureship in 2023 to honor Dr. Daniel Schoenberg’s nearly quarter century-long leadership of RNA research at OSU and the Midwest. Among his many achievements in his distinguished career, two of Dr. Schoenberg’s key legacies are the founding (along with partner institutions) of the Rustbelt RNA Meeting in 1999 and establishment of the Center for RNA Biology at OSU in 2012. He served as the CRB’s first director from 2012-2018.
The Schoenberg Lectureship is an annual celebration of the triumphs of RNA research with participants from the scientific community and the general public. The lectureship is comprised of two talks, a public lecture and a technical research seminar. By showcasing the remarkable recent achievements and tremendous future potential of RNA research to revolutionize medicine and address big societal challenges, we expect this two-lecture format to capture the interest of the general public and inspire the OSU research community.
2025 Schoenberg Lecture
November 9 - 10, 2025
Dr. Craig Mello
UMass Chan Medical School
Dr. Mello is an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine, and co-director of the RNA Therapeutics Institute at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. His lab uses the nematode C. elegans as a model system to study embryogenesis and gene silencing. His collaborative work with Dr. Andrew Fire led to the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi), for which they shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
November 9, 2025 - 3PM
Science Sunday Lecture - The Fawcett Center
RNAi: A Molecular Spark in an Information Inferno
Reception to follow
November 10, 2025 - 2PM
Technical Talk - 170 DHLRI
TBA
Past Events
2024 Schoenberg Lectureship - Dr. Adrian Krainer
2023 Schoenberg Lectureship - Dr. Melissa Moore