Phillip D. Zamore | |
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Alma mater | Harvard University, Whitehead Institute |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry, molecular biology |
Institutions | University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Website | zamorelab |
Phillip D. Zamore is an American molecular biologist and biochemist who co-developed the first in vitro system for studying the mechanism of RNA interference (RNAi). He is the Gretchen Stone Cook Professor of Biomedical Sciences[1] at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts. Zamore is chair of the RNA Therapeutics Institute (RTI), established in 2009, and has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator since 2008.[2]