MOLECULAR & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES STAPLES LECTURESHIP in BIOCHEMISTRY 2018 David Bartel’s research centers on RNA, with a special interest in microRNAs (miRNAs), short RNA molecules that regulate gene expression. He and his laboratory utilize a variety of methods that allowed them to discover the abundance of miRNAs, to investigate how miRNAs are made, and to predict which genes miRNAs regulate in both plants and animals. The Bartel Laboratory also has shown how a specific miRNA helps to prevent cancer and has contributed to the development of RNA as a tool for silencing gene expression. In addition, they have been studying messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and the functions of the tails added to the ends of most mRNAs. Dr. Bartel’s research has been recognized with the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize (2002), the National Academy of Sciences Molecular Biology Award (2005) and the Institut de France Louis-D. Prize (2005). Dr. Bartel received his undergraduate degree from Goshen College (IN) before completing his doctorate in Virology at Harvard University. He subsequently joined the Whitehead Institute as a Whitehead Fellow and was appointed as an Associate Member of the Whitehead and Assistant Professor of Biology at MIT (1996). He was named an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 2005 and elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2011. Dr. Bartel is currently an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a Member at the Whitehead Institute and Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). David P. Bartel PUBLIC LECTURE Small RNAs that Regulate Genes and Treat Diseases Thursday November 15 4:30PM McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House Research Seminar 1 MicroRNAs and Other Regulatory RNAs Thursday November 15 11:00AM Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, ERSB Research Seminar 2 The Dynamics of Cytoplasmic mRNA Metabolism Friday November 16 1:00PM Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, ERSB All lectures are free and open to the public . For additional information contact the Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences 581-2810 The University of Maine is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. .