Dr. Richard Freiman

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Richard Freiman is a molecular geneticist studying the fundamental mechanisms of transcriptional regulation, mammalian development, and human diseases. Joining the faculty at Brown University in 2003, he completed his graduate training focusing on eukaryotic transcriptional regulation. He received his Ph.D. in Genetics from SUNY Stony Brook in 1997, where his thesis research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory elucidated critical interactions between host cells and viruses that regulate gene expression. Postdoctoral studies at UC Berkeley involved exploring mechanisms of tissue-specific gene expression, leading to the discovery of important roles for components of general transcription factor complexes in mammalian development. His current research includes using gene targeting in mice to characterize transcriptional regulators involved in reproduction and development. Recent work has focused on the molecular causes of infertility and ovarian cancer, particularly the role of TFIID subunit TAF4b in these processes.

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