Dr. Woojin an

Biography

Woojin An, PhD, is a Professor in Cancer Biology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. His research focuses on the use of multidisciplinary biochemical and cellular approaches to understand the fundamental concepts and mechanisms of action underlying epigenetic histone remodeling and cellular events. Dr. An’s laboratory employs various assay systems and methods to dissect the molecular details of histone modification, histone variant exchange, and histone tail proteolysis, which regulate chromatin structure and control gene expression processes. Current projects involve genome-wide location analysis and functional characterization of histone marks, as well as their downstream effectors crucial for the epigenetic regulation of cell growth, differentiation, and transformation. Dr. An received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics in 1998 from Oregon State University and completed postdoctoral training at Rockefeller University. He began his career as faculty at USC in 2004.

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