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Dr. Yeo is a Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San
Diego (UCSD). Dr. Yeo has a BSc in Chemical Engineering and a BA in Economics from the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, a Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the UCSD Rady School of
Management. Dr. Yeo’s research interest is in understanding and manipulating RNA
processing in development and disease using induced pluripotent stem cell and murine
models. His lab demonstrated in vivo RNA targeting with CRISPR/Cas proteins with proof of
concept in repeat expansion disorders. His lab developed enhanced CLIP for the purposes of
large-scale mapping of protein-RNA interactions. His lab is an active participant in RNA
genomics technology and therapeutics development. Dr. Yeo is on the Editorial Boards of the
journals Cell Reports and Cell Research. Dr. Yeo is a recipient of Alfred P Sloan Fellowship in
recognition of his work in computational molecular biology (2011) and the inaugural Early
Career Award from the International RNA Society (2017). Dr. Yeo was a recipient of the Lee
Kuan Yew Graduate Scholarship (2000), National Research Foundation Visiting
Investigatorship Award (2017), a Blavatnik National Finalist (2018 & 2019) and Xconomy
Award Winner for ‘Big Idea’ (2019). Gene is a co-founder of several biotech companies
including Locana, Eclipse Bioinnovations, Enzerna and Proteona. Gene serves or had served on
the scientific advisory boards of the Allen Institute of Immunology, Locana, Eclipse
Bioinnovations, Proteona, Aquinnah, LGC, Nugen and Ribometrix.
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