Kathryn Meyer | Scholars@Duke

Kathryn Meyer
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Current Research Interests

Research in the Meyer laboratory focuses on RNA regulatory pathways in the nervous system. We have a particular interest in understanding how RNA methylation (m6A) controls gene expression programs in the brain to contribute to human health and disease.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biochemistry, Basic Science Departments 2016
Assistant Professor in Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2017

Contact Information

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Northwestern University 2010
Recognition
In the News
- OCT 10, 2016
  
  RNA Researcher Regional Award Finalist
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Mechanistic Insights into m6A-Mediated Regulation of Brain Development awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Epitranscriptomic Regulation of Synaptic Responses to Drugs of Abuse awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award awarded by Rita Allen Foundation 2017 - 2022
- Epitranscriptomic Control of Local Translation in Neurons awarded by Kinship Foundation 2018 - 2021
- Epitranscriptomic Control of Local Gene Expression in Neural Stem Cells awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2020
- RNA Methylation-Mediated Regulation of Brain Development awarded by Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund 2017 - 2020
- Organization and Function of Cellular Structure awarded by National Institutes of Health 1975 - 2020
- mRNA Methylation: A Novel Regulatory Mechanism in the Neuronal Transcriptome awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Meyer, KD. "m6A-mediated translation regulation." Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 1862, no. 3 (March 2019): 301-309. (Review) Full Text
  - Choi, SH, and Meyer, KD. "Acetylation takes aim at mRNA." Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 25, no. 12 (December 2018): 1067-1068. Full Text
  - Liu, B, Merriman, DK, Choi, SH, Schumacher, MA, Plangger, R, Kreutz, C, Horner, SM, Meyer, KD, and Al-Hashimi, HM. "A potentially abundant junctional RNA motif stabilized by m6A and Mg2." Nature Communications 9, no. 1 (July 17, 2018): 2761-null. Full Text
  - Meyer, KD, and Jaffrey, SR. "Rethinking m6A Readers, Writers, and Erasers." Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 33 (October 2017): 319-342. (Review) Full Text
  - Meyer, KD, and Jaffrey, SR. "Expanding the diversity of DNA base modifications with N⁶-methyldeoxyadenosine." Genome Biology 17 (January 13, 2016): 5-null. Full Text
  - Meyer, KD, Patil, DP, Zhou, J, Zinoviev, A, Skabkin, MA, Elemento, O, Pestova, TV, Qian, S-B, and Jaffrey, SR. "5' UTR m(6)A Promotes Cap-Independent Translation." Cell 163, no. 4 (November 2015): 999-1010. Full Text
  - Meyer, KD, and Jaffrey, SR. "The dynamic epitranscriptome: N6-methyladenosine and gene expression control." Nature Reviews. Molecular Cell Biology 15, no. 5 (May 2014): 313-326. (Review) Full Text
  - Hess, ME, Hess, S, Meyer, KD, Verhagen, LAW, Koch, L, Brönneke, HS, Dietrich, MO, Jordan, SD, Saletore, Y, Elemento, O, Belgardt, BF, Franz, T, Horvath, TL, Rüther, U, Jaffrey, SR, Kloppenburg, P, and Brüning, JC. "The fat mass and obesity associated gene (Fto) regulates activity of the dopaminergic midbrain circuitry." Nature Neuroscience 16, no. 8 (August 2013): 1042-1048. Full Text
  - Saletore, Y, Meyer, K, Korlach, J, Vilfan, ID, Jaffrey, S, and Mason, CE. "The birth of the Epitranscriptome: deciphering the function of RNA modifications." Genome Biology 13, no. 10 (October 31, 2012): 175-null. Full Text
  - Meyer, KD, Saletore, Y, Zumbo, P, Elemento, O, Mason, CE, and Jaffrey, SR. "Comprehensive analysis of mRNA methylation reveals enrichment in 3' UTRs and near stop codons." Cell 149, no. 7 (June 2012): 1635-1646. Full Text
  - Meyer, KD, and Morris, JA. "Disc1 regulates granule cell migration in the developing hippocampus." Human Molecular Genetics 18, no. 17 (September 2009): 3286-3297. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Meyer, K. "Covalent Modifications to mRNA, or the "Epitranscriptome"." 48th Annual Meeting of the Environmental-Mutagenesis-and-Genomics-Society (EMGS) on Environmental Health Sciences Bridging the Gap between Exposure, Mechanism and Public Health. Raleigh, NC. September 9, 2017 - September 13, 2017.: WILEY, September 1, 2017. Link to Item
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses

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Education, Training, & Certifications

In the News

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers

Recent Courses