Evan M. Cornett

Evan M. Cornett studies epigenetics, the chemical modifications on DNA and the proteins that package it (chromatin) that control which genes are switched on or off without changing the underlying DNA sequence. Much of the work focuses on enzymes that add methyl groups to lysine amino acids in histone proteins, how DNA methylation is copied and inherited, and how these processes go awry in cancer and neurodevelopmental disorders. The research combines biochemistry, functional proteomics, and genomic techniques such as ChIP-sequencing to understand how these regulatory systems work.

Publication activity was steady and relatively high in the late 2010s, dipped notably around 2021, and has since continued at a lower but consistent pace.

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Typically publishes in teams of ~11 · 12% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 21 venues