Overview
Victor Ambros is a genetics specialist with an H-index of 62 at UMass Medical School (Member). Has been published in Cell, Nature, Science. Based in Unknown, Unknown, Global.
Biography
Victor Robert Ambros is an American developmental biologist who discovered the first known microRNA (miRNA). He is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed both his undergraduate and doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ambros received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2024 for his research on microRNA.
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5 Publications
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Postepy BiochemNatureJ Cell BiolPLoS Genet
Key Publications
Heterochronic Genes.
MicroRNA-mediated gene regulation and the resilience of multicellular animals.
The functions of animal microRNAs.
Victor Ambros: the broad scope of microRNAs. Interview by Caitlin Sedwick.
In the tradition of science: an interview with Victor Ambros.
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Medical Specialties
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