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Craig L. Peterson, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair, Program in Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

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Craig L. Peterson, PhD

Research Focus - Chromatin Dynamics and Transcriptional Homeostasis

Investigating how chromatin structure and dynamics influence transcriptional regulation
Dissecting biochemical mechanisms of chromatin remodeling enzyme
Using genome-wide approaches to study transcriptional regulation in budding yeast
Delineating genome stability pathways
Uncovering epigenetic pathways

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Clapier CR, Iwasa J, Cairns BR, Peterson CL. Mechanisms of action and regulation of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling complexes. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2017;18(7):407-422.

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Craig Peterson receives $4.5 million outstanding investigator award from NIH

UMass Medical School scientist Craig L. Peterson, PhD, has received a five-year, $4.5 million Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institutes of Health for research that explores the role chromosome structure plays in regulating gene expression, DNA repair and DNA fidelity during cell division.

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