The RNA Center at UC Santa Cruz comprised of a diverse set of expertise. From a Nobel Laureate to the Breakthrough Prize recipient the experience and knowledge base is unmatched.
RNA Center Leadership
Harry Noller
Founding Director of UCSC RNA Center
Professor of MCD Biology
Research focus: Structure, Function and Origin of the Ribosome
Michael D. Stone
Co-Director of UCSC RNA Center
Professor of Chemistry
and Biochemistry
Research focus: Single-molecule Biophysics and the Telomerase Ribonucleoprotein
Susan Carpenter
Co-Director of UCSC RNA Center
Robert L. Sinsheimer Professor of MCD Biology
Research focus: The Role of Long Non-coding RNAs in Human Disease
Jeremy Sanford
Co-Director of UCSC RNA Center
Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Research focus: RNA-binding Proteins and Post-Transcriptional Networks
Phyllis Tveit
RNA Center Administrative Assistant
Research Groups
Manuel Ares, Jr.
Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Research focus: Mechanisms and Regulation of pre-mRNA Splicing
Alan M. Zahler
Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Research focus: Pre-mRNA Splicing and small RNA Function
Todd Lowe
Professor of Biomolecular Engineering
Research focus: tRNA Functional Genomics and Regulation by RNA Modification
David Haussler
Scientific Director, UCSC Genomics Institute, Professor of Biomolecular Engineering
Research focus: RNA Genomics
Melissa Jurica
Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Research focus: Spliceosome Structure and Function, cryo-EM
William G. Scott
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research focus: RNA Structure, Catalysis and the Origin of Life
Angela Brooks
Professor of Biomolecular Engineering
Research focus: Dysregulation of pre-mRNA plicing and Cancer
Daniel H. Kim
Professor, Biomolecular Engineering
Research focus: Non-coding RNAs in Stem Cells and Cancer
Mark Akeson
Professor, Biomolecular Engineering
Research focus: Nanopore sequencing of single RNAs
Chris Vollmers
Professor, Biomolecular Engineering
Research focus: RNA Sequencing Tools on a Population and Single-cell Level
Richard Green
UCSC Paleogenomics Lab
Research focus: mRNA Processing and Alternative RNA Splicing
Joshua Arribere
Associate Professor, MCD Biology
Research focus: mRNA Quality Control
Upasna Sharma
Assistant Professor, MCD Biology
Research focus: RNA-mediated Intergenerational Inheritance
Olena Morozova Vaske
Associate Professor, MCD Biology
Research focus: Tumor RNA as a Readout of Changes that Drive Cancer
Sarah Loerch
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research focus: Translational regulation
Sofie Salama
Professor, MCD Biology
Research focus: Human Brain Development and Disease
Karen Miga
Associate Professor, Biomolecular Engineering
Research focus: Expanding functional studies of satellite DNAs in complete genomes