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RNA modifications and cancer · Molecular Biology

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h-index52
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Publications292
Citations14,323

Grants

7 total · 1 active

NIH #R01NS131409

Leveraging Natural Phenotypic Variations of Heterogenous ALS Populations-in-a-Dish to Enable Scalable Drug Discovery

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2022-09-18 → 2027-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

NIH #R01CA244634

The RNA structural code underlying pathological regulation of RNA splicing in metastasis

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2021-07-01 → 2026-06-30
PIs
1

NIH #R01HG012227

Editing CG and non-CG DNA methylation to identify genomic elements that regulate gene expression

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2021-09-10 → 2025-06-30
PIs
1

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All Grants

7 total · 1 active

NIH #R01NS131409

Leveraging Natural Phenotypic Variations of Heterogenous ALS Populations-in-a-Dish to Enable Scalable Drug Discovery

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2022-09-18 → 2027-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

NIH #R01CA244634

The RNA structural code underlying pathological regulation of RNA splicing in metastasis

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2021-07-01 → 2026-06-30
PIs
1

NIH #R01HG012227

Editing CG and non-CG DNA methylation to identify genomic elements that regulate gene expression

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2021-09-10 → 2025-06-30
PIs
1

NIH #R01CA240984

An antisense RNA-mediated regulatory program that drives cancer metastasis

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2019-07-01 → 2024-06-30
PIs
1

NIH #R01GM123977

Targeted regulation of transcript stability through RNA methylation and intron retention

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2017-09-01 → 2022-08-31
PIs
1

NIH #R00CA194077

Systematic dissection of an aberrant splicing program driving cancer metastasis

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2016-05-01 → 2019-04-30
PIs
1

NIH #K99CA194077

Structural RNA elements and their roles in post-transcriptional regulation

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2015-07-21 → 2016-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

Recent Public Signals

  1. New preprint: Back to basics: Observed statistics are sufficient to predict drug responses2026-06-12
  2. New paper: Programmable RNA translation through deep learning-driven IRES discovery and de novo generation (Nature Machine Intelligence)2026-04-24
  3. New NIH award: Leveraging Natural Phenotypic Variations of Heterogenous ALS Populations-in-a-Dish to Enable Scalable Drug Discovery2022-09-18

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  • Grants as of 2026-09-01

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ORCID: 0000-0002-9648-8949

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