RTI Faculty

 

Victor Ambros, Ph.D.          Lab | Faculty Page

Silverman Professor of Natural Sciences, Professor Program in Molecular Medicine, Co-Director RNA Therapeutics Institute

Molecular and genetic control of animal development;microRNA regulatory mechanisms.

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Andrei Korostelev, Ph.D.   Lab | Faculty Page

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

 

Structure and function of ribosome.

 

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Craig Mello, Ph.D.                 Lab | Faculty Page

Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Blais Chair of Molecular Medicine, Professor Program in Molecular Medicine, Co-Director RNA Therapeutics Institute

Investigation of the mechanism of RNA interference; investigation of how embryonic cells differentiate and communicate during development.

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Melissa J. Moore, Ph.D.      Lab | Faculty Page

Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Co-Director RNA Therapeutics Institute

Post-transcriptional gene regulation in eukaryotes via mechanisms involving RNA.

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Phillip Zamore, Ph.D.          Lab | Faculty Page

Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Gretchen Stone Cook Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Co-Director RNA Therapeutics Institute

 

Dissecting the RNAi and miRNA pathways.

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RTI Affiliated Faculty

 

 

Neil Aronin, M.D.                  Faculty Page

Professor, Department of Medicine

Pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, especially Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease.

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Robert Brown, M.D.              Faculty Page

Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology

Neuromuscular diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), muscular dystrophy, adrenoleukodystrophy, hereditary neuropathy and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis.

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Michael P. Czech, Ph.D.     Faculty Page

Professor and Chair, Program in Molecular Medicine

RNAi-based therapeutic strategies for inflammatory and metabolic diseases.
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Fen-Biao Gao, Ph.D.           Faculty Page

Professor, Neurology

Understanding frontotemporal dementia and neuronal microRNAs.

 

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Guangping Gao, Ph.D.       Faculty Page

Professor Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, Director Gene Therapy Center & Vector Core, Scientific Director UMMS-China Translational Research Initiatives

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector mediated gene transfer for gene therapy & gene therapy of inherited neurodegenerative Canavan Disease.


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Michael Green, Ph.D., M.D.   Faculty Page

Professor and Director, Program in Gene Function and Extression, Professor Program in Molecular Medicine

Eukaryotic gene regulation and cancer molecular biology.

 

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Gang Han, Ph.D.                   Faculty Page

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Synthetic nanomaterials for siRNA delivery and biomolecule imaging.

 

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Allan Jacobson, Ph.D.         Faculty Page

Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems

Cytoplasmic Aspects of the Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression.
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