Chromatin Organisation & Dynamics

The organisation of bacterial chromatin and its interplay with transcription
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Bacterial chromosomal DNA is not confined to an envelope-enclosed organelle such as the nucleus in eukaryotes, yet the volume it occupies has to be reduced below that of the cell. An unconstrained chromosomal DNA molecule of 1.6 mm as found in E. coli would form a random coil with a volume of ~200 μm3.

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News & research highlights

Upcoming conference: The Biology and Physics of Bacterial Genome Organization - June 18-22, 2012 - Lorentz Center, Leiden

Remus Dame together with Olivier Espeli, David Grainger and Paul Wiggins are organizing an international workshop on 'The Biology and Physics of Bacterial Genome Organization' that will be hosted at the Lorentz Center at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

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January 2012: Rosalie Driessen receives price for best talk at Archaea 2012 meeting in Newcastle, UK
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January 1, 2012: Mr Ramon van der Valk joins the lab
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