Trinity Fellow Natalia Gromak awarded title of Professor of RNA Biology

Trinity Fellow and Tutor in Medicine Natalia Gromak has been awarded the title of Professor of RNA Biology by the University of Oxford.

Professor Gromak is a group leader at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, where her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of gene regulation in health and disease. In particular, her group studies non-canonical RNA/DNA structures known as R-loops and their role in neurodegenerative disorders and cancer.

Her recent research has focused on the molecular mechanisms underlying triplet repeat expansion disorders, including Friedreich’s Ataxia and Huntington’s Disease.

Professor Gromak said: “I am honoured to receive this title. It is a wonderful recognition of our team’s hard work, and an achievement that would not have been possible without the contributions of past and present team members, as well as our many collaborators.

“I am deeply grateful for the support I have received at the Dunn School and Trinity College over the years, and I feel very fortunate to teach such outstanding medical students and work with great colleagues.”

At Trinity, Professor Gromak is a Fellow and Tutor in Medicine and teaches students in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Her teaching includes Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Principles of Pathology and Human Molecular Biology.

Professor Gromak joined Trinity as a Tutorial Fellow in 2023. Alongside her teaching, she leads an internationally recognised research programme investigating R-loops and the molecular mechanisms underlying human disease.

The professorial title was also awarded to Dunn School group leader Anthony Roberts, who has become Professor of Biochemistry.

Find out more about Professor Gromak’s research and teaching on her Trinity profile, and read the Dunn School announcement.