The remote control of gene expression
PROFESSOR WENDY BICKMORE MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the University of Edinburg
ABSTRACT Current research in Professor Wendy Bickmore’s laboratory focuses on how the spatial organization of the nucleus influences genome function in development and disease. Wendy is an EMBO member, a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Academy of Medical Sciences and is the president of the Genetics Society of Great Britain. She is an editor on many journals including PLoS Genetics and Cell.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER Professor Wendy Bickmore is Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Her undergraduate degree is in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford and her PhD was on the evolution of the X and Y chromosomes in primates. She is fascinated by the structure and organization of chromosomes in the nucleus. She showed that Wed 14 February, 2018 different human chromosomes have preferred positions in the nucleus, related to their gene content, and addressed how genes are 12:15 – 1:15pm organized and packaged in the nucleus and how they move in the cell cycle and during development. Current research in Wendy H2 Lecture Theatre, Bickmore’s laboratory focuses on how the spatial organization of the nucleus influences genome function in development and disease. 20 Chancellors Walk Wendy is an EMBO member, a Fellow of the Royal Society and of Clayton campus the Academy of Medical Sciences and is the president of the Genetics Society of Great Britain. She is an editor on many journals CONTACT US including PLoS Genetics and Cell. E: [email protected] www.monash.edu/discovery-institute
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