Dr. Manuel Ascano, Jr. of Vanderilt University presents
September 23 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Manuel Ascano, Jr., PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Dean Faculty Fellow
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Seminar title: 鈥淢ise en place: A Viral Recipe for Offshore Manufacturing鈥�
This seminar will be in 1131 Bioinformatics
Please join us and show support for our seminar speakers!
(For those unable to attend, a zoom link is available upon request to聽Mimi Baltz.)
Host: Mauro Calabrese
The Ascano lab has made seminal contributions to our understanding of RNA-protein interactions and the role of RNA-binding proteins in viral replication and host defense. They recently made a discovery that unexpectedly connects viral defense to the mechanisms that underlie gene silencing during X-chromosome Inactivation.
“In an effort to understand the molecular arms race between host and pathogen, the research program of the Ascano laboratory is centered on exploring the mechanisms that cells use to differentiate whether a nucleic acid is derived from self or non-self, and the innate immune events that ensue following that decision point.”
