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Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics · Molecular Biology

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Publications127
Citations4,094

Grants

6 total · 3 active

NIH #R35GM128645

Mechanisms and impacts of chromatin looping

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2018-07-19 → 2028-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL

NIH #R01AR079538

Identifying novel osteoarthritis risk genes using GWAS, chondrocyte genomics, and genome editing

Active
Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2022-09-20 → 2027-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL

NIH #R01CA271603

The role for phase separation in oncogenesis and aberrant chromatin looping formation

Active
Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2022-07-01 → 2027-06-30
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL

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All Grants

6 total · 3 active

NIH #R35GM128645

Mechanisms and impacts of chromatin looping

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2018-07-19 → 2028-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL

NIH #R01AR079538

Identifying novel osteoarthritis risk genes using GWAS, chondrocyte genomics, and genome editing

Active
Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2022-09-20 → 2027-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL

NIH #R01CA271603

The role for phase separation in oncogenesis and aberrant chromatin looping formation

Active
Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2022-07-01 → 2027-06-30
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL

NIH #R01AG066871

Identifying Alzheimer’s Disease Causal Variants and Target Genes Using iPSC-derived Microglia

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2020-04-15 → 2025-03-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL

NIH #R00HG008662

The development and application of tools to characterize the 4D nucleome

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2016-12-01 → 2019-11-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL

NIH #K99HG008662

The development and application of tools to characterize the 4D nucleome

Amount
<$100K
Period
2015-08-01 → 2017-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Recent Public Signals

  1. New preprint: Aberrant chromatin looping by NUP98-HOXA9 is constrained by CTCF and facilitated by cohesin2026-06-23
  2. New paper: SEMPLR: an R package for transcription factor binding prediction (Bioinformatics)2026-06-01
  3. New NIH award: Identifying novel osteoarthritis risk genes using GWAS, chondrocyte genomics, and genome editing2022-09-20

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