Our podcast team caught up with Victor Ambros from his lab to learn more about his #NobelPrize winning research discovering microRNA.
“The fact that the microRNA was the product of this gene that was regulating this other gene in this context was a complete surprise… But sometimes surprises emerge, and in fact, surprises emerge perhaps surprisingly often.”
MicroRNA − a new Nobel laureate describes the scientific process of discovering these tiny molecules that turn genes on and off
Victor Ambros received half of the Nobel Prize for his work on microRNAs. Here he talks about the teamwork – and the nematodes – that made the discovery possible.The Conversation