Dr. Andrew Sharrocks

Biography

Andy obtained a first class degree in Biochemistry from Sheffield University, UK, and continued studies there to complete a PhD studying prokaryotic transcriptional control mechanisms. He subsequently continued his work on prokaryotic transcription factors in a Postdoctoral position, before moving to the Max Planck Institute in Freiburg, Germany to study eukaryotic transcriptional control mechanisms. Andy secured an independent group leader position at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1992, moving to the University of Manchester in 1990 and securing a Professorship in 2002. His ongoing research focuses on eukaryotic transcriptional control mechanisms that are regulated by cell signalling pathways. His studies have extended to the interplay of chromatin and transcription as cells differentiate or convert to disease states such as cancer. He has trained numerous PhD students and postdoctoral researchers who have gone on to establish their own research careers.

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