Julie Ahringer

 Director, Gurdon Institute and University Professor, Department of Genetics 

Julie Ahringer studies how cell-type specific gene expression and chromatin organisation are achieved using the simple C. elegans model, focussing on controls and interactions at regulatory elements, how euchromatin and heterochromatin are formed, and the regulation of 3D nuclear organisation. Learn more. 

 

Research Areas Animal Development Gene Expression Chromatin structure and function       Techniques High throughput genomics RNA interference Super-resolution microscopy Single-cell analyses        

 

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