From noise to signal: studying the efficiency of mRNA splicing

Athma Pai is an RNA systems geneticist working at the interface of RNA biology, functional genomics, and computational biology. Athma received her Ph.D. in Human Genetics from the University of Chicago, completed a Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Biology at MIT, and assumed her current position as an Assistant Professor in the RNA Therapeutics Institute at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in January 2018. Her lab works on developing and applying methods to study the kinetics of RNA processing and understanding how various steps in RNA maturation are efficiently coordinated through the lifecycle of an RNA molecule. Her work has been recognized with professional awards and grants such as the NIH Maximizing Investigators Research Award, NSF CAREER Award, and the UMass Chan Early Career Achievement in Science and Health Award.