Computer Simulations of Chromatin in Yeast - Generating nucleosome contact maps using nucleosome positions in simple model simulations
Computer Simulations of Chromatin in Yeast - Generating nucleosome contact maps using nucleosome positions in simple model simulations
- Event time: 1:00pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 5th February 2018
- Speaker: Oliver Wiese (Formerly School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 2511, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
Information about nucleosomes and their positions along the DNA strand have been known for some time and their influence on gene expression by occupying or vacating transcription start sites has been also studied extensively. In my studies I am looking at new data which takes into account the 3-dimensional structure of the DNA fibre and the interactions of the nucleosomes. We are hoping to use simple model simulations to gain some insights into how the nucleosomes influence the 3D structure of the DNA strand and how their position along the strand might influence compaction and transcription.
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