RNA Therapeutics Institute Faculty
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Neil Aronin, MD
Professor of Department of Medicine and Cell Biology, Chief of Division of Endocrinology, Higgins Family Professor of NeuroscienceFocus:
Pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, especially Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease.
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Wenwen Fang, PhD
Assistant ProfessorFocus:
RNA sensing in innate immunity; microRNA biogenesis
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Nikolaus Grigorieff, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, ProfessorFocus:
High-resolution electron cryo-microscopy of macromolecular machines to understand their molecular mechanisms and the cellular processes they are involved in.
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David Grunwald, PhD
Associate ProfessorFocus:
The interface between microscopy development and (nuclear) cell biology, with a strong focus on the travels of mRNA and nucleocytoplasmic transport.
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Anastasia Khvorova, PhD
Remondi Family Chair in Biomedical Research, ProfessorFocus:
Development of novel oligonucleotide-based therapeutics, drug development. Mechanism of small RNA trafficking, RNA medicinal chemistry and delivery.
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Li Li, PhD
Assistant ProfessorFocus:
Chemical biology of synthetic mRNA; mechanisms of translational control; in vitro evolution
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Craig Mello, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Blais Chair of Molecular Medicine, ProfessorFocus:
Investigation of the mechanism of RNA interference; investigation of how embryonic cells differentiate and communicate during development.
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Athma A. Pai, PhD
Assistant ProfessorFocus:
Kinetics of RNA processing; genetic and genomic investigations of the dynamics of alternative mRNA splicing.
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Erik Sontheimer, PhD
Pillar Chair in Biomedical Research, ProfessorFocus:
Biology and mechanism of RNA-based gene regulation; CRISPR interference; RNA-directed genome editing and gene control.
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Jonathan K. Watts, PhD
Associate ProfessorFocus:
Chemistry and chemical biology of oligonucleotides; Nucleic acid drug development.
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Wen Xue, PhD
Associate ProfessorFocus:
Mouse models of cancer. Use CRISPR genome editing to functionally dissect cancer mutations in liver and lung cancer.
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Phillip Zamore, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Gretchen Stone Cook Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Chair and ProfessorFocus:
Dissecting the RNAi and miRNA pathways.
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Departmental Faculty
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Darryl Conte, PhD
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Angela Messmer-Blust, PhD
Senior Scientific Advisor, Assistant Professor