Prof. Ran Elkon

Our research focuses on understanding mechanisms of gene regulation, which is an intricate multi-layer process. We apply bioinofrmatics methods to elucidate, on a genomic scale, how gene expression is regulated at the layers of gene transcription, transcript stability and protein translation.

We aim at discovering how interruptions in these regulatory mechanisms contribute to the development of human pathological conditions, and how natural genomic variation affects our predisposition to common human diseases. Our analyses are based on novel deep-sequencing techniques that greatly boost our ability to systematically study gene regulation and decipher regulatory layers that were until recently largely unexplored.

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