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Christine Farr studied genetics and biochemistry at Queen Mary College, University of London, where she obtained her BSc and PhD. After completing postdoctoral work at the Institute of Cancer Research and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, she joined the University of Cambridge as a Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellow and later took on a lectureship in the Department of Genetics. Her research focuses primarily on chromosome biology and the structural organization of vertebrate chromosomes. Farr has previously derived minimal human chromosomes and studied de novo telomere formation, utilizing genetically manipulated cultured vertebrate cells to examine various chromosomally-associated proteins, including the TTAGGG repeat-binding factor TRF1 and Topoisomerase II. Currently, her research interests include understanding the functional organization of vertebrate centromere domains, the role of topoisomerase II at the centromere, the influence of SUMOylation activity, and the importance of topoisomerase II in mitotic chromosome condensation. She employs a combination of vertebrate somatic cell genetics and cell biology imaging techniques in her studies.
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