Michael R. Lerner

Dr.
Michael Rush Lerner
Born
Portland, Oregon, United States
CitizenshipUnited States
OccupationDermatologist
Known forDiscovery of snRNP; STEP bioassay; research on Smoothened as GPCR
Medical career
ProfessionPhysician
FieldDermatology; Molecular biology
Sub-specialtiesDermatology; Molecular biology; GPCR research
ResearchsnRNP; GPCR bioassays

Michael Rush Lerner is a dermatologist in San Diego, California.

Lerner was born in Portland, Oregon.

He discovered snRNPs with Joan A. Steitz, STEP (with Paul Lombroso), created the melanophore based GPCR bioassay and demonstrated that Smoothened is a GPCR.

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