Dr. Zidovska is using novel physical approaches to measure the dynamics of chromatin (DNA and its associated proteins) in the cell nucleus. Her findings may lead to a new understanding of the role and origin of chromatin dynamics and their critical function in cancer.

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Project Title: "Collective chromatin dynamics: exploring chromatin positional fluctuations in interphase"

Institution: Harvard Medical School

Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): Timothy J. Mitchison, PhD

Cancer Type: All cancers

Research Area: Biophysics