Dr. Thomas Clarke

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Thomas L. Clarke, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at Boston University's Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. He studied Medical Science at the University of Exeter in the UK, which included a twelve-month research internship at Harvard Medical School. He pursued his Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham, working in the laboratory of Dr. Clare Davies, focusing on the importance of the arginine methyltransferase enzyme PRMT5 in the DNA damage response. Following his Ph.D., he was awarded an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship to join Dr. Johnathan Whetstine's lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he studied chromatin dynamics and histone modifications. He then worked under Dr. Raul Mostoslavsky to bridge chromatin dynamics with DNA damage repair and genome stability maintenance, supported by multiple fellowships. In January 2024, he joined the faculty at Boston University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor to lead his independent research laboratory, specializing in identifying novel chromatin factors involved in DNA damage repair.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2024-01-01 — Present

Boston University • Boston, MA

Joined the faculty to lead an independent research laboratory.

Requirements for Boston University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.88
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
Application Checklist
  • Personal statement
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Resume
  • LSAT or GRE scores
  • Transcripts through LSAC
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