[bioundgrd] Reminder: Annual HHMI Lecture This Thursday!

[Hannah Merrick]

We hope to see you there!

The Biology Undergraduate Student Association (BUSA) presents our annual HHMI lecture with
Dr. Thomas Tuschl

When: Thursday March 17, 4pm
Where: Whitehead Auditorium (WI-110)

RNA-Centric Views of Gene Regulation
Molecular biologists develop experimental approaches to precisely define the RNA recognition elements bound by RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and ribonucleoprotein complexes and examine their regulatory function at a transcriptome level. Current studies focus on characterizing RBPs that control mRNA stability or where mutations cause genetic diseases. The identification of posttranscriptional regulatory networks will increase our understanding of the molecular causes of disease and lead to the design of new therapeutic agents.

Dr. Thomas Tuschl is head of the Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology at Rockefeller University. His lab studies how studies how RNA-binding proteins and small-RNA-containing ribonucleoprotein complexes regulate messenger RNAs in human cells.
Dr. Tuschl is a professor at The Rockefeller University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. He is also a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and has received multiple awards recognizing his contributions to discovery and characterization of small regulatory RNAs including the Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine, the Max Delbrück Medal, and the Karl Heinz Beckurtz Award.


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Diana Wang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Biology
dgwang at mit.edu<mailto:dgwang at mit.edu> | 845-235-7545


Hannah Merrick
Undergraduate Program
Biology Education Office 68-120
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-4718
fax: (617) 258-9329
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