RNA and lessons from viruses
- Myles H. Thaler Center for AIDS and Human Retrovirus Research, Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
- Corresponding author: mh7g{at}virginia.edu
This extract was created in the absence of an abstract.
I still remember my excitement when the RNA Society was started, especially when I found out that a new journal “RNA” was in the works. I was thrilled to find out that the Editor-in-Chief was going to be the outstanding basic RNA biologist, Tim Nilsen. After 20 years Tim and RNA are still going strong, in itself a remarkable achievement! Also, the past 20 years have been full of often unexpected and truly exciting new discoveries and accomplishments in RNA biology. We will never know exactly how much having the RNA Society and “our” journal have contributed to these successes. However, I know for a fact that they have played major roles in my own scientific thinking and work.
What have been the most significant advances in the field since the inception of the journal? While there have obviously been many, I have decided to focus my reflections …
