Horvath Named Shapiro Professor

EVANSTON -- Curt Horvath, professor of molecular biosciences in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and of medicine in the Feinberg School of Medicine, has been named the Soretta and Henry Shapiro Research Professor in Molecular Biology.

Horvath’s research focuses on how polypeptide signals, cytokines important for antiviral and antitumor immunity, specify alterations in gene expression patterns. Advancements in understanding these processes will improve diagnostic tools and treatment options for virus infections as well as many diseases resulting from defective cell signaling, like cancer, immune dysfunction and birth defects.

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