Molecular Biology Program

The Iestyn Whitehouse Lab

Iestyn Whitehouse, PhD

Interim Director of the Center for Epigenetics Research (CER)

The Whitehouse lab is broadly interested in understanding how chromatin functions in the regulation of cellular processes such as DNA replication, gene transcription and epigenetics. We focus on understanding basic mechanisms and use a combination of biochemical, molecular biological and genomics approaches. We like to develop new technology and are particularly interested in the development and application of single molecule technologies such as Nanopore sequencing and single molecule indexing strategies.

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Featured News

At Work: Molecular Biologist Iestyn Whitehouse

Iestyn Whitehouse translated an early interest in woodworking into a career as a molecular biologist focused on the human genome's building blocks.

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Watch Videos from 2011 Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research Seminar

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Hundreds of high school students and teachers attended our sixth annual Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research seminar to learn about cutting-edge biomedical research and to engage with leading scientists.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Names First Gerstner Fund Recipients

Friday, May 1, 2009

Memorial Sloan Kettering has announced the creation of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Young Investigators Fund and has named the fund's first four recipients.

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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People

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

[email protected]: Email Address
212-639-8398: Office Phone

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Jennifer A Yavid

Research Technician

Nickolas Almodovar

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Lisbelle Adorno

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Jieqing (Jenny) Jiang

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