Overview

Dr. Anthony Olarerin-George earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Bioinformatics from Ramapo
College of New Jersey. He earned his PhD in Genomics and Computational Biology from the
University of Pennsylvania. As a graduate student, he worked in the lab of Dr. John Hogenesch where
he studied the function of microRNAs using high-throughput cell-based screens. He furthered his
training as a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Samie Jaffrey where he worked on characterizing
chemical modifications made to RNA in the cell.

Education

PHD, 2013, University of Pennsylvania

Discovering the function and regulation of chemical modifications to ribosomal RNA in the cell

Ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) are among the most abundant RNAs in the cell and unlike mRNAs,
are extensively chemically modified. This is true from bacteria to humans. However, we really do not
know what these modifications do, in part due to the difficulty in studying rRNA genes which are
repeated dozens to hundreds of times in the cell. The Olarerin lab is devising new strategies using
biochemistry, molecular biology and computational biology to discover what these modifications do
and how aberrant modifications can result in disease.