Kevin Verstrepen's profile
What I do
PI of a research team at Harvard’s FAS Center for Systems Biology. My team applies theory and experiment to study applied and fundamental genetics. More details at our lab website
Affiliations
Current affiliations
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- Position
- Harvard Fellow (PI) & Lecturer
- Company
- Harvard University, FAS Center for Systems Biology
- Further information
Location
- City:
- None chosen
- Hub:
- Boston
Interests
We combine theory and experiment to study genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying swift evolution and “evolvability”. Much of the work uses the brewer’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model, although we also venture into other organisms. See lab website for details:
Projects
See website
Publications
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Legendre M, Pochet N, Pak T, Verstrepen K. Sequence-based estimation of minisatellite and microsatellite repeat variability. Genome research (12) , 1787-96 (2007) (Epub 31 Oct 2007) PubMed ID:(17978285)
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Levdansky E, Romano J, Shadkchan Y, Sharon H, Verstrepen K, Fink G, Osherov N. Coding tandem repeats generate diversity in Aspergillus fumigatus genes. Eukaryotic cell (8) , 1380-91 (Epub 08 Jun 2007) PubMed ID:(17557878)
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Rando O, Verstrepen K. Timescales of genetic and epigenetic inheritance. Cell (4) , 655-68 PubMed ID:(17320504)
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Verstrepen K, Jansen A, Lewitter F, Fink G. Intragenic tandem repeats generate functional variability. Nature genetics (9) , 986-90 (Epub 07 Aug 2005) PubMed ID:(16086015)
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Verstrepen K, Klis F. Flocculation, adhesion and biofilm formation in yeasts. Molecular microbiology (1) , 5-15 PubMed ID:(16556216)
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