Emily Dykhuizen

Title:

Professor

PhD Granting Institution:

UW-Madison

Contact:

Email Address: edykhui@purdue.edu
Office Phone: 765-494-4706
Lab Website Link: http://www.dykhuizenlab.com

Primary Training Group:

Chemical Biology

Secondary Training Groups:

Cancer Biology

Research Areas:

The Dykhuizen lab is interested in using a combination of chemical and biochemical techniques to uncover the role of chromatin structure in tumor suppression. Uncovering the mechanisms of these complexes will reveal potential therapeutic avenues for cancers that currently have few therapeutic options. Three areas of research we are currently pursuing include (1) structural and biochemical analysis of chromatin modifying complexes, (2) genome-wide analysis to define the functional contribution of chromatin binding domains, such as bromodomains, PHD domains and chromodomains, within larger chromatin-modifying complexes, (2) identification an development of inhibitors of chromatin binding domains.