Ronald Breaker named Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Ronald R. Breaker, newly named as a Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, is one of the world’s experts on the diversity and function of RNAs, which are crucial to carrying out a host of life processes. Breaker is best known for his discovery of riboswitches, elements of RNA that can control the expression of genes.

A Sterling Professorship is one of the university’s highest faculty honors.

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