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Timothy R. Hughes, Ph.D.

Timothy R. Hughes

Dr. Hughes is a professor at the University of Toronto. In 1988 he received his Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology from Baylor College of Medicine. He did postdoctoral work at Rosetta Inpharmatics in Kirkland, Washington. In 2001 he received the Premier’s Research Excellence Award from the government of Ontario. In 2002 he received a Tier II Canada Research Chair and, in 2005, he received a Terry Fox Young Investigator Award.



RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:

Tim Hughes studies how cells control gene expression, a process that underlies many aspects of both normal physiology and disease. Integrating experimental and computational analyses, he is exploring the function and evolution of vertebrate transcriptional regulatory systems.

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International Scholar
2007–Present
University of Toronto


Research Abstract
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Using Evolution of Sequence and Expression to Decipher Vertebrate Gene Regulation

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