David P. Bartel PhD

Dr. Bartel is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. David Bartel studies the many roles of RNA. His lab initially studied the ability of RNA to catalyze reactions and more recently has focused on microRNAs and other regulatory RNAs. Since 2000, his lab has made fundamental discoveries regarding the genomics, biogenesis, and regulatory targets of these RNAs, as well as the molecular and biological consequences of their actions in animals, plants, and fungi. Bartel earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Goshen College in 1982 and his Ph.D. degree in Virology from Harvard University in 1993, under the mentorship of Jack W. Szostak. Bartel joined Whitehead Institute in 1994 as a Whitehead Fellow.