
Melissa Harrison Lab
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Melissa Harrison Lab
@harrisonflylab
How transcription is regulated to drive development














Delighted to celebrate @BMC_UW associate professor Peter Lewis, Hanns Kuttner Professorship inaugural recipient for his stellar teaching & trailblazing research. The professorship honors the leadership & service of Hanns Kuttner, husband of late Chancellor Emerita Rebecca Blank.



Online now: Localization of the Drosophila pioneer factor GAF to subnuclear foci is driven by DNA binding and required to silence satellite repeat expression dlvr.it/SsTPMn




The @NIHDirector's Pioneer Award funds researchers from all career stages pursuing groundbreaking new ideas to tackle significant challenges in behavioral, #SocialScience, & #BiomedicalResearch. Meet this year’s awardees: commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer/AwardR… #NIHHighRisk

If you missed their talks or just want to rewatch them, the seminars from @snaqvi1990 and @harrisonflylab are now up on our youtube channel! Watch links here: youtube.com/watch?v=ZHuXyn… youtube.com/watch?v=TYC5an…




Pioneer factors — key regulators of chromatin and gene expression go.nature.com/3RvUG8Q #Viewpoint by Martha L. Bulyk, Jacques Drouin, Melissa M. Harrison (@harrisonflylab), Jussi Taipale & Ken Zaret (@pioneerfactors)

I'm proud to share our new pre-print! In the @BrayLabCam we've used Single Molecule tracking to study the dynamics of transcription factor CSL in #drosophila salivary glands. We show increased local exploration near targets in response to #Notch signaling! doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…
