The winner of the 2024 FEBS Letters Award-an interview with Rachel Flynn

FEBS Lett. 2024 Oct;598(20):2467-2469. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.15031. Epub 2024 Oct 7.

Abstract

Since 2003, FEBS Letters has awarded an annual prize to the corresponding author of the best research paper published in the journal in the previous calendar year. The award-winning article is selected by a special committee formed by appointed members of the Editorial Board, plus one external member. The winner of the 2024 FEBS Letters Award is Professor Rachel Flynn of Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, for the outstanding paper "The exoribonuclease XRN2 mediates degradation of the long non-coding telomeric RNA TERRA." In this interview, Rachel Flynn talks about her award-winning research.

Publication types

  • Interview
  • Historical Article
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Awards and Prizes*
  • Exoribonucleases / genetics
  • Exoribonucleases / metabolism
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • RNA, Long Noncoding* / genetics
  • RNA, Long Noncoding* / metabolism

Substances

  • RNA, Long Noncoding
  • Exoribonucleases