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Channeling Anti-viral Immunity [Hunter Lab]

The discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) in 1998 was one of the most unexpected findings in the last 30 years.  The Nobel-winning observations were made in C. elegans,…

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Mother May I?  Inheritance of Silencing Signals in C. elegans [Hunter Lab]

RNA interference (RNAi) is a nearly ubiquitous gene silencing phenomenon triggered by introduced double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). In some animals, including the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, RNAi is systemic, which…

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Inheritance of Epigenetic Information [Hunter Lab]

RNA interference (RNAi) in C. elegans is remarkably potent and efficient.  It is potent because minuscule amounts of RNA silencing signals can be amplified and it is efficient…

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NEW COURSE: MCB 157 [PROF. CRAIG P. HUNTER]

Professor Craig P. Hunter Meeting Time: Tu., Th., 2:30-4 PM Location: Biolabs 2080/2082 Prerequisite:  LS1bMCB 157: Developmental Genetics and Genomics is the reincarnation of MCB150 as taught by…

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RNAI ON THE MENU [HUNTER LAB]

(L to R) Craig Hunter, Deborah McEwan, and Alexandra Weisman What if your lunch could tell your body to shut off a particular gene?  This is exactly what…

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STATE OF THE ART

Wormopoly creators (left to right) Jacqueline Brooks, Casey Roehrig, Nina Rajpurohit and Deborah de Jong. Jessica Smith not pictured. Cookie-scope The 16th International C. elegans Meeting was held…

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