Small RNAs that Regulate Genes and Treat Disease

Small RNAs that Regulate Genes and Treat Disease
Presented by David Bartel, Member, Whitehead Institute

In this webinar, Whitehead Institute Member David Bartel will explore how microRNAs function and their role in health and disease. He'll consider questions such as: How are microRNAs created and how have they evolved? How do microRNAs bind to – and repress the function of – messenger RNA sequences (mRNA). And, what role does mRNA-repression play in normal development and in disease?

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BIO

David Bartel earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Goshen College in 1982 and his Ph.D. degree in Virology from Harvard University in 1993, under the mentorship of Jack W. Szostak. Bartel joined Whitehead Institute in 1994 as a Whitehead Fellow. In 1996, he was appointed an Associate Member of Whitehead and assistant professor of biology at MIT. Bartel is now a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a Member at Whitehead, and professor at MIT.

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MODERATOR

Iain Cheeseman
Member, Whitehead Institute
Professor of Biology, MIT
Margaret and Herman Sokol Chair in Biomedical Research, Whitehead Institute