Anita H. Corbett

Early life and education As a high school student, Corbett took part in the National Science Bowl. She has said that her high school chemistry teacher made her believe she could be a chemist, and encouraged her to take AP Chemistry. She was an undergraduate student at Colgate University, where she became interested in biochemistry, and studied the activation and inhibition of bovine carbonic anhydrase. Corbett was a doctoral researcher at Vanderbilt University, where she studied the regulation of topoisomerase II supervised by Neil Osheroff.

Research and career After her PhD, she moved to Harvard Medical School as a postdoctoral researcher with Pamela Silver.

In 2003, Corbett was the first woman to be tenured in the Emory University School of Medicine. It is well understood that disease is linked to mutations in genes encoding structural RNA exosome subunits. She has extensively investigated RNA-binding proteins, which are involved with various stages of gene expression.

Awards and honors 2015 Eleanor Main Graduate Faculty Mentor Award 2018 Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science 2022 Elected Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2022 RNA Society Award for Excellence in Inclusive Leadership

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