Richard A. Young

Richard A. Young

Professor of Biology; Core Member, Whitehead Institute

Richard A. Young explores how and why gene expression differs in healthy versus diseased cells.

617-258-5218

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WI-501

Office

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

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Jingwen Araki

Assistant

617-258-5217

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Education

  • PhD, 1979, Yale University
  • BS, 1975, Biological Sciences, Indiana University

Research Summary

We use experimental and computational technologies to determine how signaling pathways, transcription factors, chromatin regulators and small RNAs regulate gene expression in healthy and diseased cells. Our interests range from the basic molecular mechanisms behind gene control to drug development for cancer and other diseases caused by gene misregulation.

Awards

  • National Academy of Medicine, Member, 2019
  • National Academy of Sciences, Member, 2012

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Photo credit: Gretchen Ertl/Whitehead Institute