Carolyn Brown

PhD

Affiliate Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

X chromosome inactivation occurs early during mammalian development to transcriptionally silence one of the pair of X chromosomes in females, thereby achieving dosage equivalence with males who have a single X chromosome and the sex-determining Y chromosome. Research in the lab is directed towards understanding both the mechanisms involved in the inactivation process and the clinical implications of X chromosome inactivation in females.

Academic Affiliations

  • Professor, , Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Healthy Starts
  • Research Group(s): Origins of Child Health and Disease; Rare Diseases

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Molecular Epigenetics Group Life Sciences Centre, Room 5506, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z3

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