News from the Nucleic Acid Chemistry Center at UMass Chan Medical School

A roundtable panel, led by Rep. McGovern and Dean Flotte, discussed the immediate impacts of potential cuts to NIH funding.

PhD candidate Jesse Lehman has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein grant for mRNA immunology research.

PhD candidate Alejandro Félix Mejía has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein grant for mRNA research.

Top story: UMass Chan Medical School researcher Victor R. Ambros, PhD, will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his co-discovery of microRNA, the very short, single-stranded RNA molecules that are now understood to play a critical role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

Victor R. Ambros, PhD, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Tuesday, Dec. 10 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Victor Ambros, PhD, presents 2024 Nobel Lecture: A marvelous unfolding story of microRNAs.  

Victor R. Ambros, PhD, will be in Stockholm, Sweden, celebrating Nobel Prize week.

The 2024 Nobel Prize Symposium in Washington, D.C., was hosted by the Embassy of Sweden and the National Academy of Sciences.

The Conversation Weekly podcast interviewed UMass Chan Nobel Laureate Victor R. Ambros, PhD, to learn more about his role in the discovery of microRNA and what comes next. Dr. Ambros shares the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with collaborator Gary B. Ruvkun, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.  

Victor Ambros, PhD, shared his gratitude to his wife and collaborator, Rosalind “Candy” Lee, as well as to the Medical School and scientific community, at a celebration of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine he co-received with Gary Ruvkun, PhD, professor at Harvard Medical School, for their discovery of microRNA.