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RNA Innovation Seminar: Graham Erwin, Stanford University
Monday, September 11, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
“Discovering and Targeting Repeat Expansions in Human Disease”
Graham Erwin, Ph.D.
Stanford Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Genetics
Stanford University
In-person: BSRB, ABC seminar rooms / hybrid link
Abstract: Expansion of a single repetitive DNA sequence, termed a tandem repeat (TR), is known to cause more than 50 diseases. However, repeat expansions are often not explored beyond neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. Here, I will discuss efforts to identify and target repeat expansions in human disease, with a focus on neurodegenerative disease and cancer.