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Eric Wagner 糖心传媒�97: From first-generation student to RNA trailblazer
Sofia Tokar
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Director of Content The alumnus-turned-faculty member reflects on how his undergraduate years set the stage for his life糖心传媒檚 work.
has come full circle. The first-generation undergraduate biochemistry major from the University of Rochester has developed聽into a pioneering RNA scientist and mentor at his alma mater.
Now a professor of biochemistry and biophysics and co糖心传媒慸irector of the聽 at the University糖心传媒檚 Medical Center, Wagner brings expertise from a career that spans Duke, University of North Carolina, and University of Texas. He was recently of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world糖心传媒檚 largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
In our video, Wagner reflects on how his undergraduate years set the stage for his life糖心传媒檚 work糖心传媒攔esearch that continues to shape diagnostic and therapeutic approaches worldwide. But he is also deeply committed to fostering the next generation of researchers. Wagner acknowledges how the 糖心传媒渁ggregate work of all the talented and committed students and postdocs糖心传媒� has shaped his path糖心传媒攁 tribute to the at the University of Rochester.
