Professor, Head of Laboratory of RNA Biology & Molecular Neuroscience, St. John's University, New York, USA. Humanist, Spearfisherman & Freediver. Views my own.https://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mtynn67ois2s📢🧬 Publication alert! Hereditary #cancer gene panels often turn up "variants of uncertain significance" (VUS) — DNA changes we can't yet call harmful or benign. A new study in J Med Genet tackles one of the hardest VUS types: variants that may disrupt RNA #splicing. 🧵 1/5 #CancerGenetics #VUS26 Aug 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtynn67ois2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mrcfubh3ck2d#scientistswhocook: while spearfishing in Sardinia, I caught a nice sea bream, which I oven roasted with garlic, Vermentino white wine, and Myrtle leaves over a bed of sliced potatoes. I catch it, I clean it, I cook it, I eat it. #spearfishing #Sardegna #Sardinia #Italia #Italy #sarago #seabream23 Jul 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcfubh3ck2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mqwqdhth2c2g#scientistswhocook: while spearfishing in Sardinia, I caught a nice grouper. I used the head to make a pasta sauce, topped with sautéed grouper roe. I catch it, I clean it, I cook it, I eat it. #spearfishing #Sardegna #Sardinia #Italia #Italy #cernia #grouper #spaghetti18 Jul 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwqdhth2c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mp6bdlo3t22bThis is why #IloveVenice. #Venezia #Venice #Italia #Italy #PiazzaSanMarco26 Jun 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6bdlo3t22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mourht7j6k22Always fantastic to be back in Turin to give a series of lectures on alternative splicing and cancer for masters students and PhD students! Thank you, UniTO for this wonderful opportunity! The name of the room where I gave my presentations is Eraclito; Panta rei! #UniTO #alternativesplicing22 Jun 2026 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mourht7j6k22https://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mnpue5c2ds2yThis is why #IloveTurin: Open House Turin 2026. OpenHouseTorino.it A thread. #OpenHouseTorino #Torino #Turin #Italia #Italy07 Jun 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpue5c2ds2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mmvghdnivk2fIt always feels great to be back in Turin! Welcoming, beautiful city, with its murals and balconies. #thisiswhyIloveTurin #Torino #Turin #Italia #Italy28 May 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmvghdnivk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mmhdccfqa22rAlways a bittersweet feeling when one of your UG students graduates and leaves the lab 🥲 Christopher Beauvil was an amazing student who spearheaded the cloning of many of the #splicing factors we use in the lab, His latest: splice variant 1 of mouse #T-Star #Khdrbs3 fused to #GFP. We will miss you!22 May 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhdccfqa22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mlyi4jcds22d📣 Congratulations to my amazing PhD student Md Mostafizur "Mostafiz" Rahman for being awarded the 2026 Haldar Award for excellence in research at St. John's university! Well done, Mostafiz! 👏 You make me proud 🥲16 May 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyi4jcds22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mkzzrli4js2x#scientistswhocook: stuffed squid. Stuffing made with sauteed tentacles, white bread soaked in milk, panko, garlic, lemon zest, parsley, butter, olive oil, white wine. Based on a recipe from @honestcooking.bsky.social #squid #calamari04 May 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzzrli4js2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mkb5h6t3ss2fThank you 🙏 @aanmember.bsky.social for awarding my PhD student Md Mostafizur Rahman a Futures in Neurologic Research Scholarship 🏆 to attend the 2026 American Academy of Neurology Meeting! https://www.aan.com/events/annual-meeting24 Apr 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb5h6t3ss2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mk6alwvtrs2fCongratulations to my PhD student Md Mostafizur Rahman for winning an award at St. John's University Student Research Conference 2026 with his poster entitled: "Alternative Splicing as a Driver of CaV1.3 Functional Diversity"🏆 #ionchannel #calciumchannel #CACNA1D #AlternativeSplicing #RNAsplicing23 Apr 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6alwvtrs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mji3xhk3ic2o1/4 Wonderful to see a packed Taffner Field House today for Student Research Conference 2026 at St. John's University! Students from my lab presented 3 posters. #SJU #stjohnsuniversity #undergradresearch #gradresearch14 Apr 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mji3xhk3ic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mja2yb2cfk2fWonderful meeting St. John's University alumnus and BPGbio.com President & CEO Dr. Niven R. Narain yesterday, and talk about science and novel therapeutics for mitochondrial disease. He also gave a fantastic presentation for our undergraduate students.11 Apr 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mja2yb2cfk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mitrobi2y22v#scientistswhocook: chicken with leeks. Recipe adapted from OrazioFoodExperience.com on YouTube. I added bell peppers and shiitake mushrooms. Served with rice. #chicken #leeks #shiitake #mushrooms #thyme06 Apr 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitrobi2y22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mhqguwxalc2w#scientistswhocook: Spaghetti with roasted halibut and striped bass, squid, cherry tomatoes, yellow foot mushrooms, and spinach. I used halibut and striped bass collars that I marinated in wine, garlic, and olive oil and then roasted in the oven. #spaghetti #halibut #stripedbass #squid #mushrooms23 Mar 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqguwxalc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mg3kwhoszs2a#scientistswhocook: Spaghetti with roasted halibut, squid, and cherry tomatoes. I used halibut collars that I roasted in the oven with garlic, salt, pepper, butter, and white wine. I then added the meat to sauteed squid and cherry tomatoes. #spaghetti #halibut #squid02 Mar 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3kwhoszs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mfhayrdxe22h#scientistswhocook: Oven-roasted branzino/spigola (from #Chinatown) with roasted potatoes and sauteed spinach. Enjoyed with a glass of Vallisto Torrontes from Argentina. #branzino #spigola #spinach #Torrontes #Argentina22 Feb 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhayrdxe22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3md2ir7pjm22hThis is why #ILoveNYC: this amazing #sunset.23 Jan 2026 01:00 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3md2ir7pjm22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mcag7awcsk2j🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Our method paper entitled: "Semi-quantitative RT-PCR Assay for the Analysis of Alternative Splicing of Interleukin Genes" is out now on the volume "Immune Mediators in Cancer"! 🧵 Thread 👇 #AlternativeSplicing #SpliceVariant #Interleukins #Cytokines12 Jan 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcag7awcsk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mbwbek2g4c2t#scientistswhocook: spaghetti with tilapia, shrimp, cherry tomatoes, and Taiwanese bottarga. #spaghetti #tilapia #bottarga #Taiwan08 Jan 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwbek2g4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mbhkljk5ok2h#scientistswhocook: spaghetti with shrimp, maitake (Hen of the Woods) mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, parsley, mascarpone, and bottarga from Taiwan 🇹🇼. Served with a Ferrari spumante to celebrate the New Year 🎆 #spaghetti #shrimp #maitake #mushroom #mascarpone #bottarga #Taiwan #spumante #Ferrari02 Jan 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbhkljk5ok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3mbcvjsodw22tHolidays 🎄 lab dinner! I feel so grateful for my awesome team for such an amazingly productive (4 papers!) 2025! From L in the first picture: Damyan, Chris, Daisy (former UG student) me, Faruk (former PhD Student), Mostafiz and his wife, Amatun Noor, Katelyn.31 Dec 2025 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbcvjsodw22thttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3maue6srpas2pThank you, Dr. Hsien-Sung Huang for hosting me during my stay in #Taipei & for inviting me to present my work at #NationalTaiwanUniversity. I had a wonderful time talking #organoids, #AlternativeSplicing, #RNAediting, & Rbfox 3. Huang lab (黃憲松實驗室) https://share.google/Rv5o6uwhByHVw9oXF #Taiwan #IonChannels26 Dec 2025 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3maue6srpas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3m5thkcdnck2k#scientistswhocook: spaghetti with bonito (palamita in Italian) marinated in rosé wine, and bottarga. #spaghetti #bonito #palamita #bottarga17 Nov 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5thkcdnck2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3m4nhljx2vs25#scientistswhocook: oven roasted rainbow trout on a bed of sliced onions, potatoes, peppers and cherry tomatoes. The fish was marinated in olive oil and rosé wine. #rainbowtrout02 Nov 2025 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4nhljx2vs25https://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3m35x63r6lk2b🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Our paper entitled: "Synergy between RNA editing and alternative splicing modulates the biological properties of the voltage-gated calcium channel CaV1.3" is out now on Journal of Biological Chemistry! https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(25)02276-8/fulltext #AlternativeSplicing #RNAediting 🧵 👇14 Oct 2025 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m35x63r6lk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3m33opu73v22e#scientistswhocook: spaghetti with squid 🦑 (ink 🫟 included) in a white wine, garlic, butter and parsley sauce; pan seared swordfish with a side of grilled vegetables. #spaghetti #squid #swordfish13 Oct 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m33opu73v22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rnadoctor.bsky.social/post/3m2md4uocyc2yI just got my annual #FluShot 💉. Thanks to my employer, St. John's University, for organizing the Flu Clinic on campus every year. #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives07 Oct 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:apiue5smanflkypstosxozgh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2md4uocyc2y