Prof. Zissimos Mourelatos University of Pennsylvania, USA

Dr. Mourelatos is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA. He is involved in the Genetics and Gene Regulation Program at the University. Dr. Mourelatos obtained his MD from Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1991. His laboratory... read moreresearch focuses on 3 broad areas: characterization of the mi/siRNA-guided endoribonuclease (RNAi endoribonuclease) and biochemical characterization of argonaute proteins, molecular dissection of mammalian miRNA-directed translational repression and the role of miRNAs and miRNPs in human diseases.