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Person Card — Steve L. Bonilla, Ph.D.

2026

The Rockefeller University

Laboratory of RNA Structural Biology and Biophysics

RNA structural biology

Person Card — Ewan K.S. McRae, Ph.D.

2025

Houston Methodist Research Institute

Cardiovascular Sciences

RNA

Person Card — Maria Barna, Ph.D.

2014

Stanford University

Genetics

Genetics

Person Card — Christine M. Dunham, Ph.D.

2011

Emory University

Chemistry

Biochemistry; Structural Biology

Person Card — Silvi Rouskin, Ph.D.

2024

Harvard Medical School

Microbiology

Biochemistry

Person Card — Prashanth Rangan, Ph.D.

2014

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Department of Cell, Developmental, & Regenerative Biology/ Black Family Stem Cell Institute/Department of Pediatrics

Genetics; Developmental Biology

Person Card — Ankur Jain, Ph.D.

2022

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Biology

Biochemistry; Molecular Biology

Barbara L. Golden, Ph.D.

Purdue University