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Nicholas R. Guydosh, PhD
Dr. Guydosh [HHMI Fellow] is studying how proteins are manufactured in cells. Small changes in this process can lead to the production of defective proteins and result in many types of cancer.
Project Title: "Genome-wide regulation and dynamics of ribosome elongation"
Institution: The Johns Hopkins University
Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): Rachel D. Green, PhD
Cancer Type: All cancers
Research Area: RNA


