Patrick Grant UVa Faculty Collaborative Research Interests
Histone modifications lead to structural changes in chromatin or the recruitment of effector proteins, which can regulate gene expression, DNA repair and replication. This team is involved in the characterization of such epigenetic changes associated with either cancer or neurodegenerative disease.
EXTRAMURAL COLLABORATORS:
David R. Jones, Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/david-jones
Sharon Y.R. Dent, Professor & Chair, Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis and Director of The Virginia Harris Cockrell Cancer Research Center at Science Park & Center of Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX.