Topher Carroll PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: DNA Dynamics; Membrane Biology and Motion; Transcriptional Regulation
Cell Biology
Research Interests
Epigenetics; Chromosomes; Chromatin; Gene expression; Nuclear Organization; Nuclear Membrane; more...
Education
- B.S., University of California at Santa Cruz, 1997
- Ph.D., University of California-San Francisco, 2005
Selected Publications
- Dynamics of CENP-N kinetochore binding during the cell cycle. Hellwig D, Emmerth S, Ulbricht T, Döring V, Hoischen C, Martin R, Samora CP, McAinsh AD, Carroll CW, Straight AF, Meraldi P, Diekmann S. J Cell Sci. 2011 Nov 15;124(Pt 22):3871-83
- In vitro centromere and kinetochore assembly on defined chromatin templates. Guse A, Carroll CW, Moree B, Fuller CJ, Straight AF. Nature. 2011 Aug 28;477(7364):354-8
- Dual recognition of CENP-A nucleosomes is required for centromere assembly. Carroll CW, Milks KJ, Straight AF. J Cell Biol. 2010 Jun 28;189(7):1143-55
