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Yaqiang Wang, PhD

Yaqiang Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor

Locations

Biophysics
MFRC 2071

Contact Information

yawang@mcw.edu

Education

PhD, Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
MS, Radiophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
BA, Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Research Interests

My research focuses on the structural and functional analysis of oncogenic noncoding RNAs, with the goal of uncovering the molecular mechanisms that drive RNA function and laying the groundwork for developing novel RNA-targeted therapeutics for cancer and related diseases.

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