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The first described non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), microRNAs, regulate mRNA fate in a post-transcriptional manner. With the advent of modern high-throughput methods many novel classes of ncRNAs were described. In contrast to microRNAs, most of these regulate the transcription process itself and hence are of fundamental biological importance. Work in our laboratory addresses how transcriptional regulation by ncRNAs influences biological processes ranging from regeneration to neuronal plasticity.
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Vladyslava Gorbovytska 2008–2013 Biochemiestudium (B. Sc.) an der Universität Bielefeld. 2013–2016 Studium der Biochemie und Molekularen Biologie (M. Sc.) an der Universität Bayreuth. Seit 2016 Doktorandin in der Arbeitsgruppe „Gene regulation by non-coding RNA“ innerhalb des Elitenetzwerks Bayern an der Universität Bayreuth.
Iana Kim 2005–2011 Biologiestudium (B. Sc. und M. Sc.) an der Universität Woronesch, Russische Föderation. 2011–2014 Forschungsassistentin an der Russischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Moskau. Seit 2015 Doktorandin in der Arbeitsgruppe „Gene regulation by non-coding RNA“ innerhalb des Elitenetzwerks Bayern an der Universität Bayreuth.
Claus-D. Kuhn 1999–2003 Biochemiestudium an den Universitäten Regensburg und Stockholm, Schweden. 2003–2008 Doktorarbeit am Genzentrum der LMU München in der Arbeitsgruppe von Prof. Dr. P. Cramer. 2008–2014 Postdoc am Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA, in der Arbeitsgruppe von Prof. Dr. L. Joshua-Tor. Seit 2014 Gruppenleiter innerhalb des Elitenetzwerks Bayern an der Universität Bayreuth.
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Kim, I., Gorbovytska, V. & Kuhn, CD. Wie RNA die Genregulation beeinflusst. Biospektrum 23, 513–515 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-017-0832-2
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