Rabi Murad, PhD - Sanford Burnham Prebys

Dr. Murad received his PhD in biological sciences from University of California Irvine, where he received extensive training in applying genomics and bioinformatics techniques to diverse questions in developmental biology and cancer. As part of the ENCODE consortium, his work led to near comprehensive profiling and characterization of microRNAs during mouse embryonic development. He has contributed to several scientific papers published in prominent genome biology journals such as Genome Research and BMC Genomics as well as in Science and Nature.