The inaugural 2023 Schoenberg Lectureship was presented by Dr. Melissa J. Moore.
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We have now officially entered the era of programmable or language-based medicines. These medicines, based on our ability to read and write in the language of life (the genetic code), have the potential to completely transform how we can prevent and treat previously intractable diseases, as well as more equitably deliver healthcare across the globe. Melissa Moore will take us down to the molecular level, unraveling how RNA in our bodies helps maintain health, prevent disease, and how it can be used to instruct the human body to treat ailments that have haunted humanity for millennia.
About Dr. Melissa J. Moore
Dr. Moore is a distinguished RNA scientist who has spent decades researching RNA, mainly working to extend fundamental knowledge around how it is created, used — and destroyed — in mammalian cells. After many years as an academic researcher, she joined Moderna and served as its chief scientific officer 2016-2022. Work from her team on mRNA engineering and delivery was foundational to the rapid production of Moderna’s highly effective mRNA vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. In her current role at Moderna, she is passionate to educate the public, industry leadership and other stakeholders about what she sees as the coming age of RNA medicines. She has earned numerous academic accolades, including a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigatorship and election to the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Congratulations to the poster award winners!
Poster Title: Splicing: Critical for good movies and good health
Labs: Burghes and Singh lab collaboration
Presenters: Anton Blatnik and Caleb Embree
Click to view the Inaugural Schoenberg Lectureship Posters
Click to see photos of the Schoenberg Lecture Science Sunday Talk