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In our laboratory, we study non-coding RNAs, such as miRNAs in basic and translational research. We hope to discover how miRNAs are expressed, what they regulate, how they function, how extensive their reach is, what roles they play in cancer and aging, and then harnessing this new mechanism to...

Our interest in miRNAs began with a desire to solve the fundamental question of how organs form at the right time during development [1, 4], and this core theme has since led us to a broader interest in the role of miRNAs in human disease and aging [5, 6]. We initially focused on using C. elegans to...

Name Dates Current Position Paola Peinado (Visiting Student) 2018 PhD candidate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Granada, Spain Julia Ramirez Moya (Visiting Student) 2018 PhD candidate in Molecular Biomedicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain Lisa Witten 2015-2019...

Mis-regulation of genes that control cell proliferation and cell fate determination often contribute to cancer development. In C. elegans let-7 mutants, stem cells frequently fail to terminally differentiate, and instead elect to divide again, a hallmark of cancer [7]. In C. elegans, let-7 directly...

Francisca Lamini Francisca is a sophomore at Harvard College studying molecular and Cellular biology with a secondary in global health and health policy. She is also on the premed track. Ellie Shin Ellie is a junior at Harvard College studying Biomedical Engineering with a Language Citation in...

Name Dates Current Position Jihoon Lim 2018-2020 Medical School Student, University of Central Florida Bohyung Yoon 2015-2018 Stacy Piccirillo 2009-2010 Xianping Liang 2007-2011 Kristy Reinert 2002-2004 Shin-Yi Lin 2001-2003 Carol Bascom-Slack 2000

Madison Uyemura Madison grew up in Texas and graduated from Boston University with a MS in Biotechnology and BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She joined the Slack lab in June 2021 as a Research Assistant. Ashton Black Ashton completed their undergraduate degree in Human Biology at...