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Iestyn Whitehouse, PhD
Iestyn Whitehouse, PhD
Interim Director of the Center for Epigenetics Research (CER)

The Whitehouse lab is broadly interested in understanding how basic DNA dependent transactions, such as DNA replication and gene transcription, are influenced by chromatin. We use a combination of biochemical, molecular biological and genomics approaches.

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Recipients of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Young Investigators Fund, pictured with Mr. Gerstner. (From left) Iestyn Whitehouse, Hans-Guido Wendel, Mr. Gerstner, Stephen Long, and Timothy Chan.
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Publications

High-resolution mapping of DNA replication dynamics in S. cerevisiae. McGuffee S, Smith D, Whitehouse I. Manuscript in preparation.

Intrinsic Coupling of Lagging Strand Synthesis to Chromatin Assembly. Smith D, Whitehouse I. Nature, 2012. In press.

ATRX: Put me on repeat. Whitehouse I, Owen-Hughes T. Cell. 2010 Oct 29;143(3):335-6. (Review)

Chromatin remodeling around nucleosome-free regions leads to repression of noncoding RNA transcription. Yadon AN, Van de Mark D, Basom R, Delrow J, Whitehouse I, Tsukiyama T. Mol Cell Biol. 2010 Nov;30(21):5110-22. Epub 2010 Aug 30.

Opening windows to the genome. Whitehouse I, Tsukiyama T. Cell. 2009 May 1;137(3):400-2. (Review)

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Iestyn Whitehouse, PhD

Iestyn Whitehouse, PhD

Interim Director of the Center for Epigenetics Research (CER)

  • Molecular biologist Iestyn Whitehouse investigates chromatin structure and the function of ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling enzymes.
  • PhD, The University of Dundee
whitehoi@mskcc.org
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James Bellush
James Bellush

Graduate Student

Clémence Claussin
Clémence Claussin

Postdoctoral Fellow

Axel Delamarre
Axel Delamarre

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jessica Fyodorova
Jessica Fyodorova

Research Technician

Ehsan Pourkarimi
Ehsan Pourkarimi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lab Alumni
Lisbelle Adorno

Administrative Assistant

Jieqing (Jenny) Jiang

Graduate Student

Sean McGuffee

Postdoctoral Fellow

Nicolas Nocetti

Graduate Student

Tejas Yadav

Graduate Student

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