Wenwen Fang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Medical School

Biography

Wenwen did her undergraduate study in Fudan University, majoring in Biology. She then came to the US and earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at Princeton University. Working in Dr. Laura Landweber’s lab, her graduate work focused on the function of Piwi-interacting RNAs in the context of ciliate genome rearrangement. Fascinated by small RNAs, she then did her postdoctoral training in David Bartel’s lab at Whitehead Institute/MIT, focusing on microRNA biogenesis.

Selected Awards

2017 NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award

2016 Finalist, Damon Runyon–Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists

2013 HHMI Fellow of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

2012 Norton B. Gilula Award, American Society for Cell Biology

2012 Scaringe Young Scientist Award, RNA Society

2010 Department of Defense Predoctoral Fellowship

2006 Chun-Tsung Scholar for Independent Undergraduate Research