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Honored for her research on RNA mechanisms that contribute to a wide range of diseases, Maquat\u2019s work has laid the foundation for the development of treatments targeting conditions that can\u2019t always be corrected with conventional drugs, such as cystic fibrosis, cancers, and fragile X syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>The J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Maquat has spent her career deciphering the many roles that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/labs\/maquat.aspx\">RNA plays in sickness and in health<\/a>\u00a0and is well known for her discovery of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or NMD. One of the major surveillance systems in the body, NMD protects against innate mistakes in gene expression by targeting and eliminating deleterious mRNAs that could lead to the production of incomplete and potentially toxic proteins that can cause disease.<\/p>\n<p>Maquat shares the Dr. Paul Janssen Award with Alexander Varshavsky of the California Institute of Technology, and the Albany Prize with Howard Chang of Stanford University School of Medicine, and Adrian Krainer of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Past winners of both awards have gone on to win the Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLynne\u2019s scientific career is nothing short of outstanding and her contributions have brought RNA biology to the leading edge of medicine,\u201d says David Linehan, CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center and dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. \u201cThese back-to-back awards acknowledge her exceptional ability to discover, innovate, and push the limits of scientific understanding, and we\u2019re extremely proud that her efforts are being acknowledged with these major honors.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about Maquat\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/news\/story\/the-albany-prize-awarded-to-biochemist-lynne-maquat\">Albany Prize<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/news\/story\/lynne-maquat-receives-2024-dr-paul-janssen-award\">Janssen Award<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent honors 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