Education
- PhD, 1979, Yale University
- BS, 1975, Biological Sciences, Indiana University
Research Summary
We use experimental and computational technologies to determine how signaling pathways, transcription factors, chromatin regulators and small RNAs regulate gene expression in healthy and diseased cells. Our interests range from the basic molecular mechanisms behind gene control to drug development for cancer and other diseases caused by gene misregulation.Awards
- National Academy of Medicine, Member, 2019
- National Academy of Sciences, Member, 2012
Key Publications
- A Phase Separation Model for Transcriptional Control. Hnisz, D, Shrinivas, K, Young, RA, Chakraborty, AK, Sharp, PA. 2017. Cell 169, 13-23.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.02.007PMID:28340338 - Transcriptional Addiction in Cancer. Bradner, JE, Hnisz, D, Young, RA. 2017. Cell 168, 629-643.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.013PMID:28187285 - Insulated Neighborhoods: Structural and Functional Units of Mammalian Gene Control. Hnisz, D, Day, DS, Young, RA. 2016. Cell 167, 1188-1200.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.10.024PMID:27863240 - Activation of proto-oncogenes by disruption of chromosome neighborhoods. Hnisz, D, Weintraub, AS, Day, DS, Valton, AL, Bak, RO, Li, CH, Goldmann, J, Lajoie, BR, Fan, ZP, Sigova, AA et al.. 2016. Science 351, 1454-1458.
doi: 10.1126/science.aad9024PMID:26940867 - Transcription factor trapping by RNA in gene regulatory elements. Sigova, AA, Abraham, BJ, Ji, X, Molinie, B, Hannett, NM, Guo, YE, Jangi, M, Giallourakis, CC, Sharp, PA, Young, RA et al.. 2015. Science 350, 978-81.
doi: 10.1126/science.aad3346PMID:26516199
Recent Publications
- Mediator Condensates Localize Signaling Factors to Key Cell Identity Genes. Zamudio, AV, Dall'Agnese, A, Henninger, JE, Manteiga, JC, Afeyan, LK, Hannett, NM, Coffey, EL, Li, CH, Oksuz, O, Sabari, BR et al.. 2019. Mol. Cell 76, 753-766.e6.
doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.08.016PMID:31563432 - Pol II phosphorylation regulates a switch between transcriptional and splicing condensates. Guo, YE, Manteiga, JC, Henninger, JE, Sabari, BR, Dall'Agnese, A, Hannett, NM, Spille, JH, Afeyan, LK, Zamudio, AV, Shrinivas, K et al.. 2019. Nature 572, 543-548.
doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1464-0PMID:31391587 - Transcription Factors Activate Genes through the Phase-Separation Capacity of Their Activation Domains. Boija, A, Klein, IA, Sabari, BR, Dall'Agnese, A, Coffey, EL, Zamudio, AV, Li, CH, Shrinivas, K, Manteiga, JC, Hannett, NM et al.. 2018. Cell 175, 1842-1855.e16.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.042PMID:30449618 - Author Correction: Enhancer decommissioning by LSD1 during embryonic stem cell differentiation. Whyte, WA, Bilodeau, S, Orlando, DA, Hoke, HA, Frampton, GM, Foster, CT, Cowley, SM, Young, RA. 2018. Nature 562, E24.
doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0487-2PMID:30209401 - Coactivator condensation at super-enhancers links phase separation and gene control. Sabari, BR, Dall'Agnese, A, Boija, A, Klein, IA, Coffey, EL, Shrinivas, K, Abraham, BJ, Hannett, NM, Zamudio, AV, Manteiga, JC et al.. 2018. Science 361, .
doi: 10.1126/science.aar3958PMID:29930091 - Transcriptional Dysregulation of MYC Reveals Common Enhancer-Docking Mechanism. Schuijers, J, Manteiga, JC, Weintraub, AS, Day, DS, Zamudio, AV, Hnisz, D, Lee, TI, Young, RA. 2018. Cell Rep 23, 349-360.
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.056PMID:29641996 - YY1 Is a Structural Regulator of Enhancer-Promoter Loops. Weintraub, AS, Li, CH, Zamudio, AV, Sigova, AA, Hannett, NM, Day, DS, Abraham, BJ, Cohen, MA, Nabet, B, Buckley, DL et al.. 2017. Cell 171, 1573-1588.e28.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.008PMID:29224777 - New Insights into Genome Structure: Genes of a Feather Stick Together. Hnisz, D, Young, RA. 2017. Mol. Cell 67, 730-731.
doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.08.023PMID:28886334 - Transcriptional Addiction in Cancer. Bradner, JE, Hnisz, D, Young, RA. 2017. Cell 168, 629-643.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.013PMID:28187285 - Small genomic insertions form enhancers that misregulate oncogenes. Abraham, BJ, Hnisz, D, Weintraub, AS, Kwiatkowski, N, Li, CH, Li, Z, Weichert-Leahey, N, Rahman, S, Liu, Y, Etchin, J et al.. 2017. Nat Commun 8, 14385.
doi: 10.1038/ncomms14385PMID:28181482