Gary Ruvkun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gary Ruvkun

American geneticist

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1952

Place of Birth: Berkeley, California, United States

Profession: university teacher, geneticist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Gary Ruvkun

  • Gary Bruce Ruvkun (born 26 March 1952, Berkeley, California) is an American molecular biologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
  • Ruvkun discovered the mechanism by which lin-4, the first microRNA (miRNA) discovered by Victor Ambros, regulates the translation of target messenger RNAs via imperfect base-pairing to those targets, and discovered the second miRNA, let-7, and that it is conserved across animal phylogeny, including in humans.
  • These miRNA discoveries revealed a new world of RNA regulation at an unprecedented small size scale, and the mechanism of that regulation.
  • Ruvkun also discovered many features of insulin-like signaling in the regulation of aging and metabolism. He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.

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