Victor Ambros
Victor Ambros | |
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Ambros in 2024 | |
| Born | Victor Robert Ambros December 1, 1953 Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, PhD) |
| Known for | Discovery of microRNA |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Cancer Research (1975–1976) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1976–1979) Harvard University (1985–1992) Dartmouth College (1992–2001) Dartmouth Medical School (2001–2007) University of Massachusetts Medical School (2008–present) |
| Thesis | The Protein Covalently Linked to the 5'-end of Poliovirus RNA (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Baltimore |
| Website | Official website |
Victor Robert Ambros (born December 1, 1953) is an American developmental biologist of Polish descent, who discovered the first known microRNA (miRNA). He is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed both his undergraduate and doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ambros received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2024 for his research on microRNA.