Overview
Rudolf Jaenisch is a epigenetics specialist with an H-index of 246 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Faculty). Has been published in Nature Genetics, Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Based in United States.
Biography
Rudolf Jaenisch is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is a pioneer of transgenic science, in which an animal’s genetic makeup is altered. Jaenisch has focused on creating genetically modified mice to study cancer, epigenetic reprogramming and neurological diseases.
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5 Publications
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CellNeuronSci Transl Med
Key Publications
Editing DNA Methylation in the Mammalian Genome.
MECP2 directly interacts with RNA polymerase II to modulate transcription in human neurons.
Optimal-Transport Analysis of Single-Cell Gene Expression Identifies Developmental Trajectories in Reprogramming.
A bivalent chromatin structure marks key developmental genes in embryonic stem cells.
Multiplex epigenome editing of MECP2 to rescue Rett syndrome neurons.
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