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Education/Academic qualification
Molecular Cellular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The contruction and analyses of vectors based on Bovine Pailloma Virus, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Apr 1985
Genetics, Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College Dublin / University of Dublin
Award Date: 30 Jun 1981
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Heterochromatin epimutations impose mitochondrial dysfunction to confer antifungal resistance
Fellas, A., Pidoux, A. L., Tong, P., Hewes, H. H., Wallace, E. C. & Allshire, R. C., 1 Dec 2025, In: The EMBO journal. 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Defining the chromatin-associated protein landscapes on Trypanosoma brucei repetitive elements using synthetic TALE proteins
Carloni, R., Devlin, T., Tong, P., Spanos, C., Auchynnikava, T., Rappsilber, J., Matthews, K. R. & Allshire, R. C., 19 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: eLIFE. 14, 49 p., RP109950.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inter-chromosomal transcription hubs shape the 3D genome architecture of African trypanosomes
Rabuffo, C., Schmidt, M. R., Yadav, P., Tong, P., Carloni, R., Barcons-Simon, A., Cosentino, R. O., Krebs, S., Matthews, K. R., Allshire, R. C. & Siegel, T. N., 23 Dec 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ChIPmentation for Epigenomic Analysis in Fission Yeast
Dewornu, F. S., Tong, P., Torres-Garcia, S., Pidoux, A., Allshire, R. & Shukla, M., 12 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Methods and Protocols. Petreaca, R. C. (ed.). New York, NY: Humana Press, Vol. 2862. p. 255-266 12 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 2862).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Genome-Wide Profiling of Histone Modifications in Fission Yeast Using CUT&Tag
Torres-Garcia, S., Huang, Y., Dewornu, F. S., Tong, P., Yeboah, R., Allshire, R. & Shukla, M., 12 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Methods and Protocols. Petreaca, R. C. (ed.). New York, NY: Humana Press, Vol. 2862. p. 309-320 12 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 2862).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Prizes
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European Molecular Biology Organisation
Allshire, R. (Recipient), 1998
Prize: Election to learned society
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Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Allshire, R. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Election to learned society
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Allshire, R. (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Election to learned society
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Genetics Society Balfour Lecture
Allshire, R. (Recipient), 1996
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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The Hidden Cell Discovery Research Platform
Marston, A. (Principal Investigator), Allshire, R. (Co-investigator), Davies, O. (Co-investigator), El Karoui, M. (Co-investigator), Kustatscher, G. (Co-investigator), O'Carroll, D. (Co-investigator), Rappsilber, J. (Co-investigator) & Rosser, S. (Co-investigator)
1/12/23 → 30/11/30
Project: Research
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Epigenetic mechanisms mediating antifungal resistance
Allshire, R. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Epigenetic mechanisms mediating antifungal resistance
Allshire, R. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Datasets
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Epigenetic gene silencing by heterochromatin primes fungal resistance
Allshire, R. (Creator) & Torres Garcia, S. (Creator), National Center for Biotechnology Information (Gene Expression Omnibus), 9 Sept 2020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE138436
Dataset
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SpEDIT: A fast and efficient CRISPR/Cas9 method for fission yeast
Torres-Garcia, S. (Creator) & Allshire, R. (Contributor), Zenodo, 5 Nov 2020
Dataset
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Heterochromatin epimutations impose mitochondrial dysfunction to confer antifungal resistance (NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus Series GSE304438)
Fellas, A. (Creator), Pidoux, A. (Creator), Tong, P. (Creator), Hewes, H. H. (Creator), Wallace, E. C. (Creator) & Allshire, R. C. (Creator), National Center for Biotechnology Information (Gene Expression Omnibus), 20 Nov 2025
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE304438
Dataset
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Heterochromatin epimutations impose mitochondrial dysfunction to confer antifungal resistance (BioStudies Accession S-SCDT-10_1038-S44318-025-00649-0)
Fellas, A. (Creator), Pidoux, A. (Creator), Tong, P. (Creator), Hewes, H. H. (Creator), Wallace, E. C. (Creator) & Allshire, R. C. (Creator), BioStudies, 24 Nov 2025
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/sourcedata/studies/S-SCDT-10_1038-S44318-025-00649-0
Dataset
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Fission yeasts CENPA and H3K9me Chip-seq
Allshire, R. (Creator), Tong, P. (Creator), Berger, H. (Creator), Toda, N. R. T. (Creator), Ard, R. (Creator) & Torres-Garcia, J. (Creator), National Center for Biotechnology Information (Gene Expression Omnibus), 4 Mar 2019
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE112454
Dataset
Press/Media
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Alison Pidoux and Robin Allshire (Biological Science) participate in study of genetic triggers of brain tumours
18/07/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Ground-breaking research by Prof Robin Allshire proves DNA is not the only material to pass genetic traits
3/04/15
13 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research