The wonder of RNA: a personal reflection of the last 20 years
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Corresponding author: pcb5{at}psu.edu
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I remember the RNA journal starting out during the time I was a postdoc in the Cech lab. One day Tom Cech walked into the lunchroom and asked how we thought such a journal would be received, and if there might be sufficient interest in the community to sustain it. This was in 1994 and the first issue of the journal was published in March of 1995. I feel lucky to have worked my entire career in the RNA field beginning with graduate research with Doug Turner, followed by postdoc research with Tom, and continuing on with my research as a faculty member at Penn State. The RNA field has had countless advances over the last two decades, and the fledgling journal that Tom helped found in the mid-1990s is now one of the leading places to publish in our field.
As I look back over the last two decades …
