The following GGR laboratories are interested in epigenetics and chromatin
| (Edwin) Ted Abel |
The molecular basis of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory; the molecular basis of sleep/wake regulation. |
| Michael Atchison |
Control of Gene Expression, development, and oncogenesis. |
| Shelley Berger |
Chromatin structure and function in gene regulation; post-translational modifications of transcription factors and histones; genetic, biochemical and structural analysis of chromatin in S. cerevisiae and human cells; role of interrelated factor/histone modifications in cancer and viral infection. |
| Gerd Blobel |
hematopoiesis, gene expression, transcription factors, chromatin |
| Nancy Cooke |
The role of chromatin structure in eukaryotic gene regulation. |
| Hua-Ying Fan | Chromatin structure regulation by ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers and its impact on disease; Mechanisms of transcription memory. |
| Susan Janicki |
Live cell analysis of epigenetic regulatory mechanisms. |
| Klaus Kaestner |
Using modern genetic approaches (expression profiling, gene targeting, tissue-specific and inducible gene ablation) to understand the molecular mechanisms of organogenesis and physiology of the liver, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract. |
| Brett Kaufman |
The role of mitochondrial chromatin organization in gene expression, resistance to damage, and genome transmission. |
| Mitchell Lazar |
Regulation of gene expression and metabolism by nuclear hormone receptors. |
| Stephen Liebhaber |
Roles of chromatin structure and epigenetic controls in eucaryotic gene activation; Roles of mRNA-protein interactions in control of eucarytic mRNA stability and expression. |
| John Murray | Combinatorial control of transcription and cell fate specification, C. elegans development, cellular resolution live imaging |
| John R. Pehrson |
Role of histone variants in regulating chromatin structure and function |
| Eileen M. Shore |
Genetic diseases of bone formation and development; Molecular and cell biology of bone formation and osteoblast differentiation; Transcriptional activation and regulation of bone morphogenetic protein and GNAS1 target genes. |
| Doris Stoffers |
Transcription factors and signal transduction; Embryonic development and adult regeneration of the endocrine pancreas; Relationship of defects in these pathways to the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus, a disease caused by a deficiency in the production or action of insulin. |
| Doris Wagner |
Molecular mechanisms controling developmental transitions in response to environmental and endogenous cues. |
| Kenneth Zaret |
Mammalian gene regulation, cell differentiation, chromatin structure. |
| Jumin Zhou | Mechanism of epigenetic inheritance, long-range transcription activation, insulator and anti-insulators. |
Other CAMB laboratories (with research related to GGR) interested in epigenetics and chromatin
| Marisa Bartolomei | Genomic imprinting and X inactivation in mice. |
| Jonathan Epstein | Transcriptional regulation of cardiac development and function using mouse models. |
| Peter Klein | Early vertebrate development, Wnt signal transduction, neuropharmacology of lithium action |
| John McLaughlin | genomic imprinting, somatic cell reprogramming, embryonic stem cells |
| Steve Reiner | Transcriptional control of lymphocyte differentiation. Gene silencing, chromatin structure and DNA methylation. |
| Richard Schultz | Egg activation and gene expression in mouse embryos. |
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