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Eric Kool received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University and completed postdoctoral work in nucleic acids chemistry at Caltech. He began his academic career at the University of Rochester before joining Stanford University in 1999 as the George Hilda Daubert Professor of Chemistry. He teaches Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology to undergraduate and graduate students. The Kool lab applies tools from chemistry to study the structures and interactions of biological activities of nucleic acids and enzymes, focusing on molecular design and synthesis. His research aims to gain a fundamental understanding of biology and apply this knowledge to practical applications in biomedicine. Recent research interests involve developing chemical tools for mapping RNA structures and interactions within cells, enhancing stabilization and conjugation of RNAs, and creating probes for DNA repair pathways related to cancer.
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