Dr. Emily Dykhuizen

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Biography

Emily C. Dykhuizen is a Professor in the Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Purdue University. She specializes in chemical biology and chromatin biology. Dykhuizen's research focuses on understanding the role of chromatin structure in cancer development and progression using a combination of chemical and biochemical techniques. She has made significant contributions to elucidating the function of chromatin remodeling complexes and their impact on cell fate transitions during cancer progression and therapy resistance. Dykhuizen's current projects include developing inhibitors for chromatin-binding domains relevant to cancer chemoresistance, and conducting proteomic analyses to study chromatin-modifying complexes, particularly SWI/SNF complexes, which are mutated in 20% of human malignancies. Her lab accepts students and collaborates on various projects involving high throughput screening and the identification of histone modifications in relation to chromatin regulation and cancer progression.

Research Interests

Requirements for Purdue University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:14
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:18
Speaking
Required:23
Total
Required:88
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
35 semester hours of undergraduate chemistry Courses in General, Quantitative, Inorganic, Organic, and Physical Chemistry
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

GRE scores (General and Subject) are NOT considered.