FBS Colloquia No.308RNA Biofunction Laboratory

Seminar or Lecture	Membraneless organelles designed by RNAs Tomohiro Yamazaki [Lecturer, RNA Biofunction]
Date and Time	29 Sep. 2022 (Thu), 12:15～13:00
Place	Online (Zoom) \| An email will be sent with the meeting URL, ID, and password to all FBS members.
Language	Japanese
Contact	Tomohiro Yamazaki (Associate Professor) E-mail: tyamazaki[at]fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp

Membraneless organelles designed by RNAs

It has become clear that many membraneless organelles (MLOs) formed by a phase-separation mechanism exist in the cell. Among RNAs present in a variety of MLOs, many RNAs act as a blueprint for MLOs and define their properties and functions. Such RNA function is one of the fundamental modes of action of RNA. In this seminar, I would like to show our analysis of the MLO formation mechanism by applying soft matter physics theory and our reconstitution approach to understand how MLOs with RNA scaffolds form and function.