Education Part II: Making Sense of Nonsense By URMC Communications May. 3, 2018 As in most areas of life, mistakes in cells happen all the time. Luckily, the human body has built-in systems to eliminate potentially harmful slip-ups. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is one of ...
Research Part I: Lynne Maquat’s 40-Year-Voyage to Solve the Mysteries of Gene Expression By Emily Boynton Apr. 30, 2018 Years of meticulous focus led to Lynne Maquat’s discovery of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), one of the most prominent surveillance systems in the body to protect against mistakes in gene ...
Research Biological Sex Tweaks Nervous System Networks, Plays Role in Shaping Behavior By Mark Michaud Mar. 7, 2018 New research published today in the journal Current Biology demonstrates how biological sex can modify communication between nerve cells and generate different responses in males and females to the ...
Research Inaugural Wilmot Distinguished Professor, Director of Translational Research to Join Wilmot Cancer Institute By Lydia Fernandez Mar. 7, 2018 Paula M. Vertino, Ph.D., will focus on building collaboration among scientists and clinicians to advance laboratory discoveries into technologies or treatments in the clinic.
Patient Care Looking to RNA for Answers By Lydia Fernandez Mar. 6, 2018 Wilmot scientists are studying how this versatile molecule may lead to new cancer treatments.
Research Maquat Wins Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences By Emily Boynton Feb. 20, 2018 Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D., the J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, is the ...
Research Lynne Maquat Wins Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science By Emily Boynton Nov. 28, 2017 Maquat is the recipient of the annual award that honors women scientists with a “stellar record” of research accomplishments who have made significant contributions to mentoring other women in ...
Research URMC Scientist Lynne Maquat Elected to National Academy of Medicine By Emily Boynton Oct. 16, 2017 Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D., an internationally recognized researcher who studies what happens in our cells during disease, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. The accolade places her ...
Research Unraveling RNA and Stereotypes: Q&A with Award-Winning Scientist Lynne Maquat By Emily Boynton Aug. 29, 2017 You might wonder…what makes such a successful scientist tick? We asked.
Patient Care Are We on the Heels of a Gene Signature for High-Grade Breast Cancer? By Leslie Orr Jul. 10, 2017 A pathology researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center believes she’s discovered an important phenomenon in normal-looking breast tissue that could foreshadow an aggressive tumor known ...
