Section: Biography

Postdoctoral Position Available

Craig Mello, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Program in Molecular Medicine

Other Affiliation(s):
   Cancer Center
   Cell Biology
   Cell Dynamics Group
   Center for AIDS Research
   Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Academic Background

Dr. Craig C. Mello received his B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Brown University in 1982, and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1990. From 1990 to 1994 he conducted postdoctoral research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA.  He has been a member of the University of Massachusetts Medical School faculty since 1995, and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator since 2000.  His pioneering research on RNAi, in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Fire, has been recognized with numerous awards culminating with the prestigious 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Office: Biotech Two, Suite 219
Phone: 508-856-1602
E-mail: Craig.Mello@umassmed.edu
Keywords: RNA Interference (RNAi), Signal Transduction, Gene Expression, Developmental Biology

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Postdoctoral Position Available A postdoctoral position is available to study in this laboratory. Contact Dr. Mello for additional details.