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Danny IncaRNAto
@incarnatolab.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics | University of Groningen | Chief R&D Officer @ Serna Bio | #RNA structural ensembles & dynamics | https://www.incaRNAtolab.com | Views are my own
To all the #RNAFramework users who updated to v2.9.6: please issue a "git pull" to ensure the latest Core::Utils module gets updated as this escaped the last commit. Apologies for the inconvenience!
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Beyond significant speed-ups, this version features a complete rewrite of the rf-correlate module for calculating pairwise correlations between samples. The new version has no sample number limit, and it generates clustered correlation heatmaps.
February 9, 2026 at 10:52 AM
#RNA Framework 2.9.6 is out! Several additions, important fixes and improvements. Please update! Check it out: buff.ly/4guLWsP & see the CHANGELOG (buff.ly/4gtJ67u) for the details!
February 9, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Second: DRACO v1.3 is out! Greatly improved algorithm for increased sensitivity and accuracy in the reconstruction of #RNA conformation reactivity profiles. The biggest improvement: replicate support (for more information, check the documentation: shorturl.at/zY3nu). Check it out: lnkd.in/gBhpnisG
draco - DRACO
shorturl.at
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The biggest improvement is the introduction of paired-end support in rf-count (for more information, check the documentation: shorturl.at/LZcou). (2/n)
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
As it's almost Christmas, here're 2 presents from the lab! 🎄

First: #RNA Framework 2.9.5 is out! Several additions, fixes and improvements. Check it out: lnkd.in/gi3QDNeq & see the CHANGELOG (shorturl.at/Lcobs) for the details! (1/n)
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Until a fix will be released, we advice users to install ViennaRNA v2.7.0 in a separate folder and to provide the path to RNAplot v2.7.0 via the -vrp parameter of rf-fold. (4/n)
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
!!! Important note: A bug was introduced in ViennaRNA v2.7.0, which breaks the pseudoknot detection functionality of rf-fold. However, RNAplot v2.7.0 is required to take advantage of the new secondary structure plotting functionality. (3/n)
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Highlights: new normalization method in rf-norm (Mitchell method, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37334863/), statistics plots in rf-count & rf-count-genome, and secondary structure plots in rf-fold (powered by ViennaRNA v2.7.0) (2/n)
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#RNA Framework 2.9.4 is out! Several additions, fixes, improvements. Check it out: github.com/dincarnato/R... & see the CHANGELOG (buff.ly/4gtJ67u) for the details! (1/n)
GitHub - dincarnato/RNAFramework: RNA structure probing and post-transcriptional modifications mapping high-throughput data analysis
RNA structure probing and post-transcriptional modifications mapping high-throughput data analysis - dincarnato/RNAFramework
github.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Reposted by Danny IncaRNAto
Please join us for our next seminar, featuring Danny IncaRNAto, PhD: “Discovery of RNA regulatory structural switches via ensemble mapping”
@incarnatolab.bsky.social #rna #casprnasig #rnastructure
October 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
So excited to see this out in @natgenet.nature.com! An amazing collaboration with @gagneurlab.bsky.social, I am happy I was (a small) part of. Nucleotide dependencies can capture regulatory elements, including #RNA structures! Congrats to the whole team! Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nucleotide dependency analysis of genomic language models detects functional elements - Nature Genetics
Mapping pairwise nucleotide dependencies by leveraging genomic language models highlights functional genomic elements and predicts deleterious genetic variants more effectively than alignment-based conservation metrics.
www.nature.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Looking forward!
Please join us for our next seminar, featuring Danny IncaRNAto, PhD: “Discovery of RNA regulatory structural switches via ensemble mapping”
@incarnatolab.bsky.social #rna #casprnasig #rnastructure
October 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by Danny IncaRNAto
Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Check out this new fantastic method from @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social to predict #RNA structure + 3D motifs and pseudoknots guided by covariation
Integrated prediction of RNA secondary structure jointly with 3D motifs and pseudoknots guided by evolutionary information.
@aakaran31.bsky.social and @rivaselenarivas.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
All-at-once RNA folding with 3D motif prediction framed by evolutionary information - Nature Methods
Structural RNAs exhibit a vast array of recurrent short three-dimensional (3D) elements found in loop regions involving non-Watson–Crick interactions that help arrange canonical double helices into tertiary structures. Here we present CaCoFold-R3D, a probabilistic grammar that predicts these RNA 3D motifs (also termed modules) jointly with RNA secondary structure over a sequence or alignment. CaCoFold-R3D uses evolutionary information present in an RNA alignment to reliably identify canonical helices (including pseudoknots) by covariation. Here we further introduce the R3D grammars, which also exploit helix covariation that constrains the positioning of the mostly noncovarying RNA 3D motifs. Our method runs predictions over an almost-exhaustive list of over 50 known RNA motifs (‘everything’). Motifs can appear in any nonhelical loop region (including three-way, four-way and higher junctions) (‘everywhere’). All structural motifs as well as the canonical helices are arranged into one single structure predicted by one single joint probabilistic grammar (‘all-at-once’). Our results demonstrate that CaCoFold-R3D is a valid alternative for predicting the all-residue interactions present in a RNA 3D structure. CaCoFold-R3D is fast and easily customizable for novel motif discovery and shows promising value both as a strong input for deep learning approaches to all-atom structure prediction as well as toward guiding RNA design as drug targets for therapeutic small molecules.
link.springer.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Happy #RNA day to all my fellow RNA lovers!
August 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thanks Lars! It definitely was :-)
July 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Thanks Dirk-Jan!
July 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thanks Rita!
July 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thanks Fede!
July 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Thanks Sebastian!
July 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thanks Ivano!
July 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
And a huge thanks to @erc.europa.eu for funding that made all of this possible! (11/n)
July 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Shoutout to rockstar Ivana Borovská, who led this incredible work, and to our collaborators, particularly @mtwolfinger.bsky.social and Wim Velema! (10/n)
July 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
While our study still presents many limitations, we sincerely hope this will represent a stepping stone in better understanding and characterizing the structural dynamics of cellular RNAs, and their roles in regulating gene expression. (9/n)
July 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM