Ann L. Kirchmaier

Ann L. Kirchmaier studies how DNA is packaged with proteins into chromatin and how this packaging influences gene silencing (turning genes off) and the cell's response to DNA damage, largely using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism. Her work examines specific molecular modifications to histone proteins, such as acetylation and methylation, and how enzymes and assembly factors that add or interpret these marks affect genome stability and gene regulation. This research is relevant to understanding fundamental cellular processes that, when disrupted, can contribute to diseases involving genome instability.

Publication output has been low and irregular over the last decade, with several years showing no recorded output and a recent average of less than one publication per year.

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