EMBO Member
Abo Akademi University, Turku | Finland
EMBO 2018 | FelC 19–24
My group aims at understanding how stress-induced transcriptional programs are regulated to maintain protein homeostasis. Our focus is on the distinct family members of the mammalian heat shock factors (HSFs) in the context of specific chromatin states, e.g. in mitosis, spermatogenesis and cancer cell invasion. We are exploring the post-translational modifications that direct the specificity of signaling pathways and target genes of HSFs.
Keywords: Cell stress / heat shock factor / transcription / sumoylation / phosphorylation / protein homeostasis / post-translational modifications
Subject area(s): Cellular Metabolism | Chromatin & Transcription | Molecular Medicine | Proteins & Biochemistry | Signal Transduction