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Rhiju Das
Rhiju Das’s research group seeks an agile and predictive understanding of how RNAs code for information processing and replication in living systems. We are creating new computational and chemical tools to enable the precise modeling and design of these RNAs.
Contact
(650) 723-5976
Location
Beckman Center, Room B421A
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Dr. Rhiju Das featured in Stanford Medicine Magazine for crowdsourced molecular computers that open a path toward a better TB test
Geneticist William Greenleaf, PhD, and biochemist Rhiju Das, PhD, gathered insights from citizen scientists via a Stanford Medicine-designed video game to help create an affordable RNA sensor for tuberculosis. -
Das Lab launches Part 2 of the Stanford RNA Folding Challenge on Kaggle to solve RNA structure prediction!
Deadline is March, 2026. Hidden leaderboard targets now include cryo-EM structures of new-to-Nature RNA folds, RNA complexes with small molecules and proteins, and assemblies up to 6000 nts, solved in collaboration with the AI@HHMI initiative at Janelia Research Center and experimental groups around the world. -
Das Lab kicks off the new year with a feature in PDB!
PDB’s first 2026 “Molecule of the Month” are natural RNA-only assemblies discovered by Rachael Kretsch, Postdoctoral Scholar in Das Lab! -
Das Lab Publishes CASP16 Findings in PROTEINS
CASP16 special issue papers assess the quantitative 3D accuracy and biological relevance of blind RNA structure predictions.
