Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Columbia University Gene expression in mammalian cells is tightly controlled at several levels – from transcription to translation and protein degradation. However, to date, most studies focused on changes in overall mRNA abundance. Yet, the mammalian genome encodes over 1,500 RNA binding proteins (RBPs), several of which are recurrently mutated in diseases, such as cancer and […]
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Raju Tomer
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Columbia University Dr. Tomer’s lab develops and applies molecular, optical and data analytic methods for multi-scale understanding of complex biological systems. Personal Website
Oliver Hobert
Professor of Biological Sciences Columbia University Dr. Hobert’s lab studies molecular mechanisms that control the generation of the enormous diversity of cell types in the nervous system. Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system, his laboratory decodes genomic cis-regulatory information of gene batteries expressed in specific neuronal cell types and identifies trans-acting factors that act at various stages of neuronal development to impose specific […]