Kleberg Foundation Gift Establishes RNAi Screening Core Facility - Solutions Magazine, Summer 2007 - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

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	Kleberg Foundation Gift Establishes RNAi Screening Core Facility BCM will create a Ribonucleic Acid Interference (RNAi) Screening Core Facility with a recent $2.26 million gift from the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation. The facility, to be housed in the Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, will give investigators the tools for targeting classes of genes including those involved in stem cell biology, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Genetics Thomas Westbrook, Ph.D., and Associate Professor of Biochemistry Zhou Songyang, Ph.D., will set up and oversee the RNAi core, which will make available the raw materials and technological support needed to conduct systematic surveys of gene function and to carry out specific experiments on functional classes of genes. For 36 years, the innovative collaboration between BCM and the San Antonio-based foundation has helped to set the standard for genetics research. The foundation's generosity established the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. Center for Human Genetics in 1971. Since that time, the foundation's support also has made possible many groundbreaking strides by BCM researchers in analyzing the rat, cow and human genomes.		Search all issues: Features Saving Twins Before Birth Blessing to Botswana Preserving Brains Cocaine Vaccine Shows Promise News Building, Bucks & BBQ DNA Discoverer Gets His Own BCM Cancer Center One of Select Few Spotlight Bert O'Malley: A Pioneer in Molecular Endocrinology Making Sense of the Sense of Touch Tissue Samples Go Digital Severe Skin Conditions Take a Back Seat at Camp Dermadillo Health Economist Must Put Price Tag on the Priceless Doctor Creates Cartoon that "Bugs" Kids About the Risks of Tobacco Briefs Living Longer is Smelly Business Clinical Trials for Cancer Southward Bound Green Tea Component Blocks HIV Cell Entry Genetics Technique Takes Bite out of Research Barriers Sports Legends Lend Helping Hands, Arms to College Development & Alumni News Mitchell Gift Furthers Brain Research Lambert Receives Lifetime Achievement Award Kleberg Foundation Gift Establishes RNAi Screening Core Facility Alumnus Named White House Fellow New Trustees Announced Tailoring Technology to Benefit You, the Patient

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