Dr. Lareau [HHMI Fellow] is investigating how the cell regulates translation, the process that turns the information in our genes into proteins.  Misregulation of protein production is a hallmark of many forms of cancer.

 

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Project Title: "Global analysis of the role of 5' untranslated regions in the regulation of translation"

Institution: Stanford University

Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): Patrick O. Brown, MD, PhD

Cancer Type: All cancers

Research Area: RNA (RNA processing, miRNA and piRNA mechanisms, enzymatic RNAs etc.)