包鹏辉，理学博士，苏州大学基础医学与生物科学学院分子酶学研究所特聘教授、博士生导师。2002年毕业于武汉大学生物技术专业。2009年获得武汉大学理学博士学位。研究兴趣：RNA功能生物学。在生物学的中心法则中，RNA处于传递信息、调控信息的关键位置，内含子RNA的剪接揭示了生物多样性的基因机制，剪接体在真核生物中执行RNA剪接，调控基因表达。RNA分子自身具有多种多样的生物学功能。
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