Nils G. Walter

University of Michigan, USA

Nils G. Walter is the Francis S. Collins Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, Biophysics, and Biological Chemistry in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He cofounded and currently codirects the Center for RNA Biomedicine at Michigan, developing a thrust in RNA Therapeutics. He started his career by receiving his “Vordiplom” (B.S.) and “Diploma” (Masters) from the Technical University of Darmstadt and earned his Dr. Ing. while studying molecular in vitro evolution of DNA and RNA with Nobel laureate Manfred Eigen at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen. For his postdoctoral studies, he turned to RNA enzymes under John M. Burke at the University of Vermont. His research interests focus on gene regulation by RNA through the lenses of single molecule techniques and drug discovery. He has founded a biotech startup in the molecular diagnostics space.