Phillip D. Zamore
American molecular biologist
Phillip D. Zamore is an American molecular biologist and biochemist who co-developed the first in vitro system for studying the mechanism of RNA interference (RNAi). He is the Gretchen Stone Cook Professor of Biomedical Sciences at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts. Zamore is chair of the RNA Therapeutics Institute (RTI), established in 2009, and has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator since 2008.
Research
The Zamore lab seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms and biological functions of RNAi and related pathways in animals, including how small RNAs (microRNAs, small interfering RNAs, and PIWI-interacting RNAs) regulate gene expression and suppress transposons. In addition to a focus on basic research, the Zamore lab is working to develop novel nucleic acid-based drugs to treat human disease. Zamore has more than 60,000 citations on Google Scholar.
Biography
Zamore received his A.B. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1986 and continued graduate studies with Michael Green at Harvard, receiving his Ph.D. in 1992. After completing postdoctoral studies at The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, and the Skirball Institute at New York University Medical Center with Ruth Lehmann, James R. Williamson, and David Bartel, Zamore began his academic career as an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology in 1999 at UMass Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Zamore has trained 40 PhD and MD/PhD students and post-doctoral scholars.
Involvement with biotechnology
Zamore's research has led to a career in biotechnology, co-founding Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in 2002.
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