Control of Gene Expression

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

EDUCATION:
• BS 1984 Chemistry – University of Bologna, Italy
• PhD from the University of California, Davis, with Dr Harada
• Postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley & HHMI, with Dr Tjian

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
The research in his laboratory focuses on the following topics:
1. The Werner syndrome protein in DNA damage and genomic stability
2. Lamin A mutations in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome
3. Nucleolar function and stability