Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1975) (Ph.D., 1979)
Known for
discovery of the first known microRNA
Scientific career
Fields
Biology
Institutions
M.I.T. Center for Cancer Research (1975–1976) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1976–1979) Harvard University(1985–1992) Dartmouth College(1992–2001) Dartmouth Medical School (2001–2007) University of Massachusetts Medical School (2008–)
Victor R. Ambros (born 1953, Hanover, New Hampshire) is an American developmental biologist who discovered the first known microRNA (miRNA). He is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Victor R. Ambros (born 1953, Hanover, New Hampshire) is an American developmental biologist who discovered the first known microRNA (miRNA). He is a professor...
mechanism by which lin-4, the first microRNA (miRNA) discovered by VictorAmbros, regulates the translation of target messenger RNAs via imperfect base-pairing...
Catalan: Ambrós}, Croatian: Ambroš, and may refer to: Ambrós, name for Miguel Ambrosio Zaragoza (1913–1992), distinguished comic strip cartoonist Ambros Martín...
Elected member National Academy of Sciences in 2005. Co-recipient (with VictorAmbros, Andrew Fire and Gary Ruvkun) of Brandeis University's Lewis S. Rosenstiel...
advancing public health through enlightened philanthropy. 2008 Basic VictorAmbros Discoveries that revealed an unanticipated world of tiny RNAs that regulate...
Commonwealth Medicine initiative. Notable faculty members include: VictorAmbros, discovered the first microRNA. Job Dekker, developer of the chromosome...
informed clinical decisions. The first miRNA (lin-4) was detected by VictorAmbros in Caenorhabditis elegans in 1993. The first detection method was Northern...
diseases ranging from birth defects to cancer." Rockefeller University VictorAmbros (b. 1953) United States "for the discovery of a new world of genetic...
Irving London Salvador Luria Alexander Rich Other notable alumni include VictorAmbros, Ph.D., 1979 Cornelia Bargmann, Ph.D., 1987 Kevin Eggan, Ph.D., 2002...
Florida David Zubik (born 1949), Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh VictorAmbros (born 1953), developmental biologist who discovered the first known...
the Secretion Process: From Basic Mechanism to Human Disease") 2009 VictorAmbros (Dickson Prize Lecture, "MicroRNAs, from Model Organisms to Human Biology...
control the protein expression mechanism and their operation. Gary Ruvkun VictorAmbros United States; United States for the discovery of the micro-RNA molecules...
Elected member National Academy of Sciences in 2004 Co-recipient (with VictorAmbros, Craig Mello, and Gary Ruvkun) of Brandeis University's Lewis S. Rosenstiel...
visualization of molecules in living cells 2004 Andrew Z. Fire, Craig C. Mello, VictorAmbros and Gary Ruvkun, for their pioneering achievements in the discovery...
Scholar's Bowl, Math Team, Future Farmers of America, and Medical Club. VictorAmbros, discoverer of miRNA, winner of many international awards, including...
the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine 2009 Gary Ruvkun and VictorAmbros for their work in the field of Micro RNA 2010 Randy Schekman for his...
Massachusetts Medical School from 2011 to 2017. She conducted research with VictorAmbros in the area of post-translational regulation of microRNAs in C. elegans...
Probable Regulatory Roles in Caenorhabditis elegans Rosalind C. Lee and VictorAmbros An Extensive Class of Small RNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans 2001 Nenad...
Keiji Tanaka [ja] 2012 – Steven Rosenberg and Hiroyuki Mano [ja] 2013 – VictorAmbros and Shigekazu Nagata 2014 – Karl Deisseroth and Hiroshi Hamada [ja]...
in 1983 where she worked alongside Jonathan Hodgkin, Gary Ruvkun and VictorAmbros, who encouraged her to try to clone LIN-12. It took her two years to...