Sandra L Wolin, MD, PhD

Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; Vice Chair, Department of Cell Biology

Departments & Organizations

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Microbiology: Molecular Genetics | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: RNA Catalysis and Ribonucleoprotein Machines

Stem Cell Center, Yale

Radiobiology & Radiotherapy Research

Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale

Cell Biology: Cell Biology of RNA

Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry


Research Interests

RNA quality control; noncoding RNAs; RNA damage; autoimmune disease more...


Education

  • M.D., Yale University, 1985
  • Ph.D., Yale University, 1985

Selected Publications

  • Sim, S., Yao, J., Weinberg, D.E., Niessen, S., Yates, JR 3rd and Wolin, S.L. (2012). The zipcode-binding protein ZBP1 influences the subcellular location of the Ro 60-kDa autoantigen and the noncoding Y3 RNA. RNA 18, 100-110.
  • Kucera, N.J., Hodsdon, M.E. and Wolin, S.L. (2011). An intrinsically disordered C-terminus allows the La protein to assist the biogenesis of diverse noncoding RNA precursors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 1308-13.
  • Sim, S. and Wolin, S.L. (2011). Emerging roles for the Ro 60 kDa autoantigen in noncoding RNA metabolism. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA 2, 686-699.

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