Biochemist Brenda Bass wins Univeristy of Utah's Rosenblatt Prize
University of Utah
Over the course of a half-century career in science, Brenda Bass helped unlock some of the deepest mysteries of ribonucleic acid, or RNA. RNA had primarily been defined as a carrier of instructions for DNA to synthesize proteins in all living cells. But her pioneering research at the University of Utah transformed our understanding of RNA, uncovering new roles as an active, powerful player in biology.