Boris Zinshteyn, PhD

Dr. Zinshteyn [HHMI Fellow] is using a combination of high-throughput genetic and biochemical techniques to identify the fundamental mechanisms underlying a process called nonsense-mediated decay (NMD). NMD enables cells to detect and destroy messages that are the result of potentially damaging genetic mutations. This process augments many genetic diseases and is important for cancer cells to adapt to the hostile tumor environment.