Year 2

The differentiation of stem cells into clinically-useful cell types is directly dependent on the accurate regulation of gene activation/repression. During the last scientific period we have focused our research on aim 2 of the grant proposal -– to characterize enzymes that are recruited to DNA for the regulation of genes. This effort has employed new DNA sequencing technologies to understand how the lysine specific demethylase (KDM1, LSD1) control gene expression in embryonic stem cells.