The unifying theme of my lab is the elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying management chromatin, the physiological form of the genome. In particular, we are interested in how post translational modifications to histones, newly appreciated DNA modifications and noncoding RNA can control chromatin structure. Our research spans several traditional disciplines, ranging from discovery biochemistry and genome-scale measurements to mechanistic characterization with biophysical methods coupled with X-Ray structure to address fundamental questions in chromatin biology. We have pioneered new technologies to make quantitative local measurements of chromatin components. Projects ideally will transition from discovery biology to detailed molecular and structural investigation.
Rockefeller University
New York, NY
Postdoctoral Fellow - Chromatin biochemistry and epigenetics
2010
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. - Chemical and Structural biology
2005
Carleton College
Northfield, MN
B.A. - Chemistry
1999
Binding mode-guided development of high-performance antibodies targeting site-specific posttranslational modifications.
Binding mode-guided development of high-performance antibodies targeting site-specific posttranslational modifications. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jan 07; 122(1):e2411720121.
PMID: 39793060
Guiding the HBO1 complex function through the JADE subunit.
Guiding the HBO1 complex function through the JADE subunit. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2024 Jul; 31(7):1039-1049.
PMID: 38448574
Merging short and stranded long reads improves transcript assembly.
Merging short and stranded long reads improves transcript assembly. PLoS Comput Biol. 2023 Oct; 19(10):e1011576.
PMID: 37883581
Charles David Allis (1951-2023).
Charles David Allis (1951-2023). Nat Genet. 2023 Apr; 55(4):522-523.
PMID: 36849658
Specificity Guides Interpretation: On H3K4 Methylation at Enhancers and Broad Promoters.
Specificity Guides Interpretation: On H3K4 Methylation at Enhancers and Broad Promoters. bioRxiv. 2023 Jan 17.
PMID: 36711866
Profiling lariat intermediates reveals genetic determinants of early and late co-transcriptional splicing.
Profiling lariat intermediates reveals genetic determinants of early and late co-transcriptional splicing. Mol Cell. 2022 12 15; 82(24):4681-4699.e8.
PMID: 36435176
Non-canonical H3K79me2-dependent pathways promote the survival of MLL-rearranged leukemia.
Non-canonical H3K79me2-dependent pathways promote the survival of MLL-rearranged leukemia. Elife. 2021 07 15; 10.
PMID: 34263728
Sequence deeper without sequencing more: Bayesian resolution of ambiguously mapped reads.
Sequence deeper without sequencing more: Bayesian resolution of ambiguously mapped reads. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 04; 17(4):e1008926.
PMID: 33872311
Epigenetic homogeneity in histone methylation underlies sperm programming for embryonic transcription.
Epigenetic homogeneity in histone methylation underlies sperm programming for embryonic transcription. Nat Commun. 2020 07 13; 11(1):3491.
PMID: 32661239
Chromatin-enriched RNAs mark active and repressive cis-regulation: An analysis of nuclear RNA-seq.
Chromatin-enriched RNAs mark active and repressive cis-regulation: An analysis of nuclear RNA-seq. PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 02; 16(2):e1007119.
PMID: 32040509
New Scholar in Aging
Ellison Medical Foundation
2013 - 2017
Kavli Fellow
National Academy of Sciences
2011
Neubauer Family Foundation Assistant Professor
University of Chicago
2010 - 2015
Junior Investigator
Chicago Biomedical Consortium
2010 - 2012
Irvington Institute Research Fellowship
Cancer Research Institute
2007 - 2010
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Harvard University
2000 - 2004