Repeat Expansions Instigate Cellular Supply Chain Issues in the Nucleus and Cytoplasm
Eric Wang, Ph.D., received his B.A. in Biochemistry from Harvard College and his Ph.D. from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in Medical Engineering/Medical Physics with a focus on Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics. He received an NIH Director’s Early Independence Award and launched his independent research group at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Center for Neurogenetics and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Florida. His lab focuses on repeat expansion diseases, RNA biology, and development of therapeutic approaches. He has received grants from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy Association, FARA, HDF, NIH, and DOD. He is also a co-founder of Kate Therapeutics, focused on gene therapies for muscle diseases.
Date: 30 May 2024, 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 1&2
Speaker: Associate Professor Eric Wang (University of Florida)
Organising department: Medical Sciences Division
Host: Dr Thomas Roberts (Department of Paediatrics)
Part of: IDRM Seminar Series
Booking required?: Recommended
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Amanda Nicolle