Robin Allshire - Edinburgh Research Explorer

Edinburgh Research Explorer

Prof Robin Allshire

Professor of Chromosome Biology

School of Biological Sciences

Education / Academic qualification

	Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College Dublin
	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh The contruction and analyses of vectors based on Bovine Pailloma Virus

Professional Qualifications

	Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE
	Fellow of the Royal Society (London), FRS
	EMBO Member

Research outputs

Ten principles of heterochromatin formation and function
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
RNA polymerase II stalling at pre-mRNA splice sites is enforced by ubiquitination of the catalytic subunit
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Emerging properties and functional consequences of noncoding transcription
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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Research projects

Epigenetic inheritance: establishment and transmission of specialised chromatin domains
Project: Funded Project › Research
Wellcome Trust Four-Year PhD Studentship with the Cell Biology Programme (Maximillian Fitz-James)
Project: Funded Project › Research
DNA sequence and chromatin constraints that influence CENP-A establishment and maintenance during cell division and over evolutionary time
Project: Funded Project › Research

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Research press coverage

Alison Pidoux and Robin Allshire (Biological Science) participate in study of genetic triggers of brain tumours
Press / Media: Research
Ground-breaking research by Prof Robin Allshire proves DNA is not the only material to pass genetic traits
Press / Media: Research

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