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Labsgiving 2025

Labsgiving 2025

November 15, 2025

We kept our annual tradition alive with yet another wonderful Labsgiving potluck at Nicole's home. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Epitranscriptome Workshop

Epitranscriptome Workshop

October 31, 2025

Nicole and Wendy recently attended The Epitranscriptome meeting at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, where Wendy presented a talk entitled "Pseudouridines and PUS7 are regulated during neurodevelopment." Congratulations to Wendy for her outstanding talk!

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NedMart 2025

NedMart 2025

August 14, 2025

We had our third annual joint retreat with the Niederer Lab from the University of Michigan this summer. We enjoyed exploring the outdoors and bonding over our shared love for RNA!

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Summer Happy Hour

Summer Happy Hour

July 11, 2025

Our lab recently hosted the CSB departmental Happy Hour, where we celebrated summer with a variety of snacks and cold drinks. Thank you to everyone who joined!

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RNA Society Annual Meeting

RNA Society Annual Meeting

June 5, 2025

Nicole and Becca recently attended the 30th annual RNA Society Meeting in San Diego. Nicole chaired a session focused on RNA modifications, while Becca presented a talk titled "Investigating the Sequence, Structure, and Cell-Type Specificity of PUS7-Mediated Pseudouridylation with Nanopore Sequencing" to an audience of over 1,000 attendees. Congratulations to Becca on her successful talk!

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Martinez Lab Welcomes Two Rotating Students

Martinez Lab Welcomes Two Rotating Students

April 1, 2025

Zoya Gauhar and Kailey Worner, first-year graduate students in Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Biology respectively, have started their rotations in our lab!

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Congratulations to Ronit on winning a poster prize!

December 17, 2024

Ronit was awarded a poster prize at the Bay Area RNA Club meeting in San Francisco for his poster titled "Investigating PUS7 Function Using Long-Read Nanopore Sequencing Approaches to Pseudouridine Detection." His research focused on the role of pseudouridine synthase PUS7 in post-transcriptional gene regulation. Congratulations, Ronit!

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Labsgiving 2024

Labsgiving 2024

November 9, 2024

Our yearly Labsgiving celebration was filled with friendship, delicious food, and fun times!

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The Complex Life of RNA Symposium

The Complex Life of RNA Symposium

October 18, 2024

Nico and Ronit presented research at The Complex Life of RNA Symposium, hosted by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany.

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Fall Happy Hour

Fall Happy Hour

September 27, 2024

Our lab hosted the CSB departmental Happy Hour on Friday, September 27. The fall-themed spread, featuring chocolate tasting and mulled wine, was a hit with everyone!

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The Lab Welcomes Two New Rotation Students

The Lab Welcomes Two New Rotation Students

September 23, 2024

Laney Flanagan and Olga Merino-Chavez, two first-year CSB graduate students, have started their three month rotations in our lab!

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Lab Summer Party

Lab Summer Party

September 14, 2024

We enjoyed paella at our lab’s yearly summer party!

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DevBIo and CSB Retreats

DevBIo and CSB Retreats

September 13, 2024

Our lab participated in back-to-back retreats in Monterey hosted by the Developmental Biology and Chemical and Systems Biology departments. Congratulations to Janie Kim for winning the Mansour Prize for Best Poster!

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Packard Fellows Symposium

Packard Fellows Symposium

September 4, 2024

Nicole Martinez was a speaker at the Packard Fellows Symposium at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, organized by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

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NedMart2024

NedMart2024

June 16, 2024

The Martinez Lab held our second annual retreat with the Niederer Lab from the University of Michigan at Yosemite National Park this summer. We had a blast sharing our love for RNA and the outdoors with our colleagues and friends.

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DevBio Happy Hour

DevBio Happy Hour

April 12, 2024

Our lab hosted the Developmental Biology departmental Happy Hour.

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We definitely had the Holiday spirit!

We definitely had the Holiday spirit!

December 22, 2022

Our holiday celebrations included lab decorations, a Secret Santa and a visit to the lovely gardens at Filoli.

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Fall Festivities

Fall Festivities

October 23, 2022

Pumpkin carving, apple cider and mulled wine.

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We had a blast attending our first pair of CSB and DB retreats as a lab this fall.

We had a blast attending our first pair of CSB and DB retreats as a lab this fall.

October 14, 2022

The Developmental Biology retreat took place at the Monterey Tides and the Chemical and Systems Biology retreat was at Asilomar. Shout out to grad student Becca Rodell for winning the 2nd Best Talk Mansour Prize at the CSB retreat!

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We hosted our first CSB department Happy Hour

We hosted our first CSB department Happy Hour

September 9, 2022

Our theme was Hometown Happy Hour featuring treats from where lab members are from.

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