Laboratory of synthetic stem cell and chromatin biology
Our laboratory will focus on applying new synthetic and chemical biology methods to understand chromatin structure and function. We will be developing tools to engineer proteins in living cells based on genetic code expansion and unnatural amino acid mutagenesis. We will, for example, control and probe chromatin proteins using light-activated and bioorthogonal chemistries. These methods, combined with quantitative, high-throughput, proteomic and genomic read-outs, will allow us to dissect the complex mechanisms governing chromatin dynamics, histone modifications and epigenetic inheritance.
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SciLifeLab is a national collaborative initiative involving multiple Swedish universities, with partnerships across healthcare, industry, government agencies and international organisations. It is a state-of-the-art research infrastructure and environment for molecular biosciences, providing advanced technologies and expertise for both fundamental and applied research in the life sciences.