Prof.
Ruth
Sperling
The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science
Brief Summary of research:
Structure and function of the nuclear pre-mRNA processing machine. Pre-mRNA splicing. Pre-mRNA processing. Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes. Assembly and structural studies of biological systems. Autoantibodies against nuclear RNPs-probes for inflammatory myopathies and RNA processing. Physical biochemistry. Electron microscopy.
Specific research topics related to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology:
Cryo-EM of the endogenous spliceosome.