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PNAS’ Cozzarelli Prize in Biological Sciences for 2008

Pål Sætrom and Ola Snøve have been awarded PNAS Cozzarelli Prize in Biological Sciences for 2008 together with researchers from Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Daniel H. Kim and John J. Rossi.

The award was given with background in a article published in PNAS October 21, 2008 :

”MicroRNA-directed transcriptional gene silencing in mammalian cells”

The paper adresses the question whether microRNA can regulate gene expression in the nucleus. For the first time, the authors provide evidence for an endogenous pathway for microRNA-directed transcriptional gene regulation in the nucleus of mammalian cells.

FUGE Mid-Norway offers its congratulations to this excellent publication and the PNAS Cozzarelli prize in Biological Sciences for 2008.