Center for RNA Biology





		The mission of the Center for RNA Biology (CRB) is to develop and foster research activities in the broad area of RNA biology. Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, M.D., Ph. D., Professor in the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Medicine, directs the Center. Robin P. Wharton, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology co-directs the Center. The CRB brings together experts in many aspects of RNA biology including the study of RNA binding proteins and their biological function, RNA-based therapies, post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression, non-coding RNAs and RNA interference (RNAi), ribozyme function, and RNA viruses. Laboratories from the School of Medicine, the Institute of Genome Science and Policy (IGSP), the University, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences participate in the Center for RNA Biology.