Dr. François Robert

Biography

François Robert is a full professor and researcher at the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the Université de Montréal. He is a research professor at the IRCM, director of the research unit on chromatin and gene expression, and director of the integrative biology and medicinal chemistry research axis at the IRCM. He is also an associate professor at the Department of Biology of the Université de Sherbrooke. Dr. Robert is a scholar researcher with the Fonds de la recherche du Québec – Santé. His laboratory focuses on the role of chromatin in the regulation of gene expression, emphasizing the interactions between RNA polymerase II and chromatin. The research explores the molecular dialogue between transcription and chromatin structure, utilizing various experimental models, including yeast, human cells in culture, and mice, addressing four main themes that include the role of Mediator in transcriptional regulation, the CTD of RNA polymerase II in chromatin regulation at active genes, the role of H2A.Z in gene expression regulation, and exploring cryptic transcription mediated by H2A.Z in human cancers.

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