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Kathryn Meyer

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Biochemistry

Research Interests


Research in the Meyer laboratory focuses on RNA and epitranscriptomic regulatory mechanisms that control gene expression and cellular function.  We have a particular interest in understanding how RNA methylation (m6A) controls RNA processing and RNA function in diverse cell types as well as in the nervous system. Our laboratory also develops novel methods for interrogating m6A and for better understanding RNA:protein interactions in cells.

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2024 - 2029

A High-Throughput Screening Platform to Discover RNA Methylation Inhibitors

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2026

Oxidative stress mechanisms regulating gamma-globin gene transcription in sickle cell disease

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

Center for Genomic Information Encoded by RNA Nucleotide Modifications

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2021 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2021 - 2026

The Role of RBC Reactive Oxygen Species in Regulating Thrombotic Events During Aging

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Decoding RNA-Protein Interactions in Trypanosoma Telomerase

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Charlotte · 2022 - 2025

Visualization of m6A-modified mRNAs following neuronal activity

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation · 2023 - 2024

Epitranscriptomic Regulation of Synaptic Responses to Drugs of Abuse

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Mechanistic Insights into m6A-Mediated Regulation of Brain Development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rita Allen Foundation · 2017 - 2023

Epitranscriptomic Control of Local Gene Expression in Neural Stem Cells

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Epitranscriptomic Control of Local Translation in Neurons

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Kinship Foundation · 2018 - 2021

RNA Methylation-Mediated Regulation of Brain Development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund · 2017 - 2021

mRNA Methylation: A Novel Regulatory Mechanism in the Neuronal Transcriptome

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019