Research Statement
Our research focuses on the structure and function of chromosomes and the biophysical chemistry of proteins and nucleic acids.
Selected Publications
Anderson, J. D. & Widom, J. Poly(dA:dT) Promoter Elements Increase the Equilibrium Accessibility of Nucleosomal DNA Target Sites. Mol. Cell. Biol. 21, 3830-3839 (2001).
Anderson, J. D., Lowary, P. T. & Widom, J. Effects of Histone Acetylation on the Dynamic Equilibrium Accessibility of Nucleosomal DNA Target Sites. J. Mol. Biol. 307, 977-985 (2001).
Schiessel, H., Widom, J., Bruinsma, R. F. & Gelbart, W. M. Polymer Reptation and Nucleosome Repositioning. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4414-4417 (2001).
Richmond, T.J. & Widom, J. Nucleosome and Chromatin Structure, Chapter 1 in Chromatin Structure and Gene Expression, Second edition, Workman, J.L. and Elgin, S.C., eds., Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 328pp (2001).
Most Significant Awards
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund Postdoctoral Fellow (1983-85)
Member of the High Table, Kings College, Cambridge, U.K. (1984-85)
European Molecular Biology Organization Short Term Fellow (1984-85)
Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, University of Illinois Research Board (1985)
Arnold O. Beckman Fellow, University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study (1988-89)
Searle Scholar (1985-88)
Presidential Young Investigator (1988-93)
Shapiro Research Professor in Molecular Biology, Northwestern University (1998, 1999)
Cook Professor in the Biological Sciences, Northwestern University (2001-02)
Pollard Memorial Lecture, Penn State (April 2002).
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