Eric Miska

Eric studied Mathematics, Physics and Biology at Heidelberg, Berlin and Mainz, and he received a BA in Biochemistry from Trinity College, Dublin. He received his PhD in Pathology from the University of Cambridge in 2000, working alongside Tony Kouzarides. For most of his academic life he has been studying 'the most magical molecule': RNA. RNA is a sister molecule to DNA – information flows from DNA and RNA inside all cells – and life on this planet most likely emerged when RNA molecules started replicating.

Eric is now the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics and a Senior Group Leader at the Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge. He was a European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Young Investigator, has been a full member of EMBO since 2012, and in 2013 he received the Hooke Medal awarded by the British Society of Cell Biology.