A long and winding road to the RNA world
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Corresponding author: acorbe2{at}emory.edu
This extract was created in the absence of an abstract.
Compared to many contributors, I am a relative late-comer to the RNA field, even an interloper if you will. However, my perception is that this field welcomes researchers who enter by way of relevant discoveries. In my burgeoning studies of RNA, I have benefited from the generosity of great scientists who have been willing to take time out of their busy schedules to contemplate my results and provide their insight. Such greats as Joan Steitz, Christine Guthrie, Bill Marzluff, and Jo Ann Wise (to name just a few) have become not only role models but also informal advisors and/or collaborators. Perhaps it greased my entry into the field to share a first name with Dr. Anita Hopper, one of the giants in the field of RNA biology, but I have found the RNA world to be more supportive and accepting than many of the other fields I have flirted with …
