Danesh Moazed Explained

Fields:Epigenetics, chromatin, non-coding RNA
Workplaces:Harvard Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Education:University of California at Santa Cruz (PhD)
Alma Mater:University of California at Santa Cruz, University of California at San Francisco
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Doctoral Advisor:Harry Noller
Known For:RNAi-mediated heterochromain establishment, epigenetic inheritance
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Danesh Moazed is a Professor of the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[1] He is known for unveiling the mechanism of the RNAi-mediated heterochromatin establishment. His lab currently works on chromatin biology and epigenetic inheritance.[2] [3]

Moazed received an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He continued his doctoral study at the University of California at Santa Cruz with Dr. Harry Noller on the function and structure of ribosomal RNA.[1] He did his post-doctoral research at UCSF with Dr. Patrick H. O'Farrell and Dr. Sandy Johnson.[1] In 1998, Dr. Danesh Moazed joined the faculty at the Harvard Medical School[1] and became a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator in 2008.[4] In 2019, he was elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5] [6] In 2023, the National Academy of Sciences elected Moazed as a member of the Academy.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Faculty Profile - Danesh Moazed . 8 June 2018 . Harvard Medical School.
  2. Web site: Danesh Moazed . 8 June 2018 . Harvard Biophysics Graduate Program.
  3. RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of gene expression . Nature Reviews Genetics . Holoch D, Moazed D . 16 . 71–84 . 2015 . 2 . 10.1038/nrg3863. 4376354 . 25554358.
  4. Web site: HHMI Investigator - Danesh Moazed . 8 June 2018 . HHMI.
  5. Web site: Four from HMS Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  6. Web site: Danesh Sabi Moazed . 2023-05-02 . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . en.
  7. Web site: 2023 NAS Election . 2023-05-02 . www.nasonline.org.