Episode 274 - Erica Korb, PhD

Published: Nov. 27, 2023, 11 p.m.

On November 27, 2023 we had the special opportunity to chat with Erica Korb about the nucleosome - the histone protein and DNA structure that controls the availability of genes for transcription. She explained about replication dependent and replication independent histone variants and the special demands on and features of the nucleosome of neurons.

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Guest:

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Erica Korb, Assistant Professor of Genetics and the Epigenetics Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

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Participating:

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Alexey Soshnev, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

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Host:

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Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

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Thanks to Jim Tepper for original music