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Mark Levasseur
- Senior Research Associate
Newcastle University Biosciences Institute - Email: mark.levasseur@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3481
- Histone modifications in human cell division.
Meiotic chromosome segregation.
- See a full publication list here.
In previous work, I have studied mechanisms which regulate sperm-triggered calcium oscillations and the metaphase-anaphase transition of meiosis I in chordate (ascidian) oocytes, and pursued the identification and functional analysis of meiosis-specific chromatin binding proteins from chordates. Collaborations with Drs Suzanne Madgwick and Mary Herbert enable me to test in mouse oocytes observations I have made in the ascidian.
Currently, I am working with Jonathan Higgins to investigate the role of histone phosphorylation in regulating the inheritance of gene expression patterns through cell division.