Associated Junior Group
In 2025, Nina Ripin was awarded funding from the Elite Network of Bavaria to establish her junior research group at the University of Regensburg, affiliated with the RNAmed program.
Her group investigates three key areas:
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RNA condensation and aggregation in RNP granules,
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regulatory RNA-binding proteins or RNA chaperones, and
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the role of RNP granules in the integrated stress response.
Nina Ripin
Principles and Properties of Ribonucleoprotein Granules: Nina Ripin, Regensburg
Nina Ripin applies interdisciplinary approaches to investigate the properties, function, and disease relevance of stress-induced ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules.
She studied Biochemistry at Goethe University Frankfurt, followed by a PhD in Molecular Biology and Biophysics at ETH Zurich, where she focused on the structural and functional characterization of RNA-binding proteins. As a postdoctoral researcher in Roy Parker’s lab at the University of Colorado Boulder, she explored the role of RNA-binding proteins—particularly RNA chaperones—in the assembly and disassembly of stress granules.
In 2025, she was awarded funding from the Elite Network of Bavaria to establish her junior research group at the University of Regensburg, affiliated with the RNAmed program. Her group investigates three key areas: (1) RNA condensation and aggregation in RNP granules, (2) regulatory RNA-binding proteins or RNA chaperones, and (3) the role of RNP granules in the integrated stress response.
Within RNAmed, Nina Ripin contributes expertise on the biophysical mechanisms of protein and RNA condensation and its potential implications for RNA-based therapeutics.
Elena Adlmanninger
Maria Schmoll
