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Dr. Mariano García-Blanco, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Duke Center for RNA Biology at Duke University Medical Center, and Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

• Dr. García-Blanco is currently a professor of molecular genetics and microbiology, professor of medicine, and director of the Duke Center for RNA Biology at Duke University’s Medical Center.


• He is also a professor at the Graduate Medical Sciences, a joint venture of Duke University and the National University of Singapore, where his laboratory investigates the development of novel therapeutics for dengue.

• He also serves as adjunct professor at the School of Medicine at the University of Puerto Rico’s Medical Sciences campus.

• His laboratory is currently researching the regulation of genetic units in human and viral genomes. They are also studying certain areas related to prostate cancer and regulating the gene associated with HIV-1, among others.

• His professional interests include RNA metabolism, genetic therapy, and alternatives splicing of RNAs.

• Dr. García -Blanco holds an A.B. in biochemical sciences from Harvard College, an M.D. in medicine, and PhDs in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University.