Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Using DNA editing technology, Benjamin Wheeler and his colleagues have discovered a non-coding gene that acts like a sponge to regulate memory cells. He says that means editing DNA and RNA can lead to better vaccines and cancer therapies.
Wheeler was a UCSF Grad Slam 2023 presenter, a competition that challenges PhD students to present a compelling talk on their research in three minutes or less using compelling language that non-specialists can understand.
For students, the contest is an incentive to clarify their ideas and to help others understand and appreciate the significance of their work. For the audience, it's an entertaining glimpse into research graduate students are engaged in. https://graduate.ucsf.edu/grad-slam
View all 10 Grad Slam competition talks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVLbDUiGesPxqpjXZ6PUZOLQ8QPoSQZbk
Benjamin Wheeler is part of UCSF's Biomedical Sciences Program
Mark Ansel, PhD, faculty mentor
https://bms.ucsf.edu/
Using DNA editing technology, Benjamin Wheeler and his colleagues have discovered a non-coding gene that acts like a sponge to regulate memory cells. He says that means editing DNA and RNA can lead to better vaccines and cancer therapies.
Wheeler was a UCSF Grad Slam 2023 presenter, a competition that challenges PhD students to present a compelling talk on their research in three minutes or less using compelling language that non-specialists can understand.
For students, the contest is an incentive to clarify their ideas and to help others understand and appreciate the significance of their work. For the audience, it's an entertaining glimpse into research graduate students are engaged in. https://graduate.ucsf.edu/grad-slam
View all 10 Grad Slam competition talks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVLbDUiGesPxqpjXZ6PUZOLQ8QPoSQZbk
Benjamin Wheeler is part of UCSF's Biomedical Sciences Program
Mark Ansel, PhD, faculty mentor
https://bms.ucsf.edu/
