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Projects

Disrupting heterochromatin to enhance reprogramming of fibroblasts to hepatocyte like cells for liver cell therapy and transplantation

Liver transplantation is the only curative treatment for most liver diseases, but the supply of donor liver tissue is not enough to meet the demand.

H3K9me3 heterochromatin regulation during development

Development successfully establishes and rearranges heterochromatin to generate a multitude of cell fates and functions; understanding this process provides new tools for manipulating cell identity.

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