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Luria Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His laboratory studies both the catalytic processes responsible for splicing and the nature of the factors conferring specificity.<br class="clearfloat" /></p> <div id="people-list"> <ul> <li><span class="small">Go to:</span></li> <li><a href="/24/av-2.html">Phil Sharp</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="bio-current1"> <h2>Richard Roberts</h2> </div> <br class="clearfloat" /> <div id="border"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> // </script> <div id="av_right"><div id='mediaspace' class='video-js-box'></div></div> <div id="av_left"> <ul> <li><a href="javascript:;" onclick="playVideo(0, true);markCurrent(0);">How Richard Roberts first became interested in restriction enzymes - hearing a talk by Dan Nathans.</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:;" onclick="playVideo(1, true);markCurrent(1);">Describing the early work purifying restriction enzymes.</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:;" onclick="playVideo(2, true);markCurrent(2);">Describing the early experimental evidence for 'interrupted' RNA transcripts that went on to suggest the subsequent electron micrograph studies.</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:;" onclick="playVideo(3, true);markCurrent(3);">Describing the set up of the electron micrograph experiments.</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:;" onclick="playVideo(4, true);markCurrent(4);">Performing the electron micrograph DNA/RNA hybridizations, and seeing the results.</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:;" onclick="playVideo(5, true);markCurrent(5);">Should an aspiring student pursue a career in science? -- finding and developing your passion.</a></li> </ul> </div></div> </div> <br class="clearfloat" /> <div id="footer"> <ul> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/sitemap.html">Site Map</a></li> <li><a href="/scientists.html">Scientists</a></li> <li><a href="/glossary.html">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/feedback.html">Feedback</a></li> <li><a href="/awards.html">Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/credits.html">Credits</a></li> <li><a href="http://blogs.dnalc.org/dnaftb/" style="background-image:none;">Blog</a></li> </ul> <p> Funded by <a href="http://macyfoundation.org">The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation</a><br /> © 2002 - 2011, <a href="http://www.dnalc.org/"> DNA Learning Center</a>, <a href="https://www.cshl.edu/">Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory</a>. 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