Research at the
Center For Molecular Biology of RNA
Structure, Function and Origin of the Ribosome

Harry F. Noller
Director, Center for Molecular Biology of RNA
Professor of MCD Biology
Mechanisms and Regulation of pre-mRNA Splicing

Manuel Ares, Jr.
Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Pre-mRNA Splicing and small RNA Function

Alan M. Zahler
Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology.
tRNA Functional Genomics and Regulation by RNA Modification

RNA Genomics

David Haussler
Scientific Director, UCSC Genomics Institute
Professor of Biomolecular Engineering
Spliceosome Structure and Function, cryo-EM

Melissa Jurica
Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
RNA Structure, Catalysis and the Origin of Life

RNA-binding Proteins and Post-Transcriptional Networks

Jeremy Sanford
Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Single-molecule Biophysics and the Telomerase Ribonucleoprotein

Dysregulation of pre-mRNA plicing and Cancer

The Role of Long Non-coding RNAs in Human Disease

Non-coding RNAs in Stem Cells and Cancer

Nanopore sequencing of single RNAs

RNA Sequencing Tools on a Population and Single-cell Level

mRNA Processing and Alternative RNA Splicing

Richard Green
UCSC Paleogenomics Lab
Professor, Biomolecular Engineering
mRNA Quality Control

RNA-mediated Intergenerational Inheritance

Tumor RNA as a Readout of Changes that Drive Cancer

Telomeres

Translational regulation
