Dr. David Levin Presents Possible Mechanism for Therapeutic Gene Silencing

Professor & Chair of Molecular & Cell Biology Dr. David Levin presented a seminar titled, “Regulation of Stress-induced Gene Expression by Control of Transcriptional Attenuation,” on October 4. Dr. Levin was invited to give this presentation by the BU School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry. Professor & Chair of the Department of Biochemistry Dr. David Harris hosted the event.

Dr. Levin’s presentation highlighted the discovery of a novel mechanism for the control of gene expression in yeast, which he and his team believe to be evolutionarily conserved in humans. If so, Dr. Levin explains, this mechanism may be exploited for therapeutic gene silencing.

Dr. Levin’s research was published in Cell earlier this year. More information on his research is available online.