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. Michael Been, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Biochemistry 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.