Frank J Slack

Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

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Departments & Organizations

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics

Stem Cell Center, Yale: Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Cell Symmetry | Stem Cell Genetics

Cancer Center, Yale

Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale

Small RNAs in Development

Gene Regulation and Functional Genomics

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Biography

Frank Slack received his B.Sc from the University of Cape Town in South Africa, before completing his Ph.D in molecular biology at Tufts University School of Medicine. He started work on microRNAs as a postdoctoral fellow in Gary Ruvkun’s laboratory at Harvard Medical School, where he co-discovered the second known microRNA, let-7. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University. The Slack laboratory studies the roles of microRNAs and their targets in cancer, development, and aging.