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CHROMATIN — A ONE-STOP ENGINEERING SOLUTION FOR COMPACTING DNA AND PARAMETERIZING GENE BEHAVIOR

Erin O'Shea, and Felix Lam If stretched end-to-end, the DNA inside a single human cell would measure approximately 2-3 meters. A fiber of this length is physically compacted…

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MULTISITE PHOSPHORYLATION AND CIRCADIAN OSCILLATIONS

Left to right: Michael J. Rust, Erin K. O'Shea, and Joseph S. Markson Circadian rhythms are daily cycles of behavior and metabolism that allow organisms to anticipate the…

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BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO THE LIFE SCIENCES

Anyone who’s ever taken a freshman biology course in college knows the ordinary routine: a big textbook, a big class, and lots of facts to memorize before exams.…

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ERIN O’SHEA INVESTIGATES HOW CELLS RESPOND TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS

Erin O'Shea Shortly after finishing her freshman year at Smith College, Erin O’Shea made a fateful decision: Instead of spending the summer at home in upstate New York,…

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ERIN O’SHEA TO JOIN MCB FACULTY

Erin O'Shea, an internationally renowned cell and systems biologist, will be joining MCB. Erin is currently an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of…

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