John Rinn

Professor • Leslie Orgel Professor of RNA Science • Marvin H. Caruthers Endowed Chair for Early-Career Faculty

Biochemistry

Research Group

1999 B.S. Chemistry, University of Minnesota
2004 Ph.D. Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
2015 Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University
2017 Leslie Orgel and Marvin Caruthers Professor of RNA Science, CU Boulder

Reserach

Our research bridges computational and experimental sciences to discover new regulatory aspects in the human genome - - Specifically how long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) genes regulate numerous biological processes. We have continually applied and developed many technologies such as single-molecule RNA imaging, RNA-sequencing, Single Cell RNA-sequencing, CRISPR-Display and SNP-CLING. This multifaceted and cross-disciplinary approach is focused on unraveling the molecular modalities underlying RNA biology and in turn how it regulates cell state.

Latest Publications

Our teaching of Biochemistry Undergraduate and Graduate Students aims to enable all students to perform bioinformatic and data science analyses on ever emerging forms of genome-wide data such as RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq.

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Honors & Awards

2016 - HHMI Faculty Scholars 2014 - Thompson Reuters Most Influential Scientist
2014 - National Academy of Science Distinctive Voices
2014 - National Academy of Science Sackler Colloquium
2013 - Alvin and Esta Starr Associate Professorship
2012 - PopTech Science Fellow
2010 - Merkin Next Generation Fellow
2009 - Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation
2009 - NIH Innovator
2009 - Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant 10”
2008 - Smith Family Foundation Fellowship
2005 - Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation Fellowship
2004 - Yale University School of Arts and Sciences Commencement Marshall
2003 - McDougal Fellowship, Yale University, for Professional Development.
2002 - AAAS Biovision Fellowship.
1999 - Department of Chemistry Honors : Awarded to top 10 chemistry graduates.
1999 - Casmir Illunda Award : best senior thesis research and presentation.

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