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Lu Bai, PhD
Dr. Bai [Suzanne and Bob Wright Fellow] is investigating key features in transcriptional regulation of cell cycle-regulated genes, an important issue in understanding general cancer mechanisms.
Project Title: "Promoter architecture for genes in the G1/S regulon: rules governing nucleosome positioning, noise, amplitude and regulation in gene expression"
Institution: The Rockefeller University
Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): Frederick R. Cross, PhD and Eric D. Siggia, PhD
Cancer Type: All cancers
Research Area: Proliferation/Cell Cycle



