RNA Interference Websites

CHI organizes RNAi-related conferences throughout the US and Europe, including therapeutics, pharmaceutics, drug development, target discovery, and biodefense. Provides biotechnology news and conferences information.

Online resource for RNA Interference (RNAi) technology. Offers overview of technology, references, and links on other RNAi-related web resources.

An animation from Nature Publishing Group on the mechanism of RNA Interference (RNAi).

Directory on gene silencing by RNA interference (RNAi) literature and resources.

Online article describing the basics of RNA Interference (RNAi) mechanism.

Focus RNA Interference - online resource publishing recent advances in RNAi field, and novel applications in Nature Cell Biology and Nature Reviews.

Online RNA Interference (RNAi) resource. Provide scientific and technical support, information on microRNA and small interfering RNA application in gene expression research.

Israel-based microRNA genomics company, develops bioinformatic tools for miRNA gene detection approach.

Animation of post transcriptional gene silencing or RNA Interference (RNAi) by Nature Reviews Genetics.

Informational resource, including RNAi mechanism, overview of current studies, and related research protocols.

Informational RNAi resource on studying drosophila genes and their roles in development by Society for Developmental Biology.

Online article describing gene silencing mechanism and how RNAi can be used for HIV treatment.

Describes small interfering RNA (siRNA) function, structure, use in research, and potential application for therapy.

Web resource from BioMed Central. Provides RNA Interference (RNAi) research highlights, journal links, news, and meeting information.

Oligonucleotide design software for applications such as RNAi, DNA methylation, antisense, and genome arrays.

Publishes peer-reviewed articles addressing the biology and application of RNA interference and gene silencing. Includes information about journal aims and scope, publication policies, and manuscript submission. Provides online access to journal articles.

Review of transfection techniques such as electroporation, denrimers and lipids that are used for transfection of DNA, RNA, and siRNA. Includes information on optimized cell type specific transfection systems.

Gene expression database of tunicates. Provides the descriptions of 12 transcription factors and 140 promoters.

Informational portal for researchers interested in nuclear receptor signaling.

Online review of RNA Interference biological phenomena. Includes citations of recent research publications, RNAi animations, and science news articles.

Review of microRNA role in cancer by Nature journal. Provides full-length research papers and reviews.

Portal about genome-wide applications of RNAi by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Online resource for researchers looking for experimentally validated siRNAs and shRNAs against target genes, with a focus on genes thought to be involved in cancer.

Provides tools for researchers interested in studying gene expression of these organisms. Includes keyword search of genes and homologs, and a literature scan.

Online review of microRNA application for leukemia and lung cancer therapeutics by Dr. Dmitri Ovcharenko.

Annual RNAi meeting hosted by Cambridge Healthcare Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Online meeting information is available: plenary sessions, exhibits, and poster presentations.

Collection of published miRNAs from the microRNA registry and predict putative miRNA precursors based on genome-wide mapping of conserved RNA secondary structures.

Yearly conference organized by New York Academy of Sciences. Includes information about conference registration, preliminary program, and abstract submission.

Online resource for scientists, researchers, technologists, and executives engaged in RNA Interference, functional genomics, and drug discovery. Offers industry news, product reviews, and meetings information.

Online software provided by the Whitehead Institute for prediction of microRNA targets. Provides research data and online software for microRNA target identification and analysis.

Review article from PLoS Biology journal. Describes mechanism of RNA Interference, potential applications towards therapeutics, and current problems associated with delivery.

Online resource offering information RNA interference and related issues: news, interviews, articles, techniques.

NOVA scienceNOW TV program describes RNAi as a major breakthrough in gene therapy with enormous medical promise. Provides basic overview of RNAi technology, current therapeutic approaches, and interview with the experts in the field. Includes 15-minutes TV broadcast segment on RNAi.

A NOVA ScienceNOW science program by PBS feature the possible applications for RNAi therapy. Provides animations of key biological processes and mechanism of RNA Interference.

Interactive online resource from Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Presents RNAi mechanism and overview of key scientific findings.

Description of RNA Interference (RNAi) mechanism, post-transcriptional gene regulation, and RNAi experiments by Tuschl Lab at Rockefeller University.

Society host conferences on academia and industry-based research and development of oligonucleotide therapeutics: RNAi, antisense, and others. Provides society overview, publication materials, meetings, and contact information.