JOIN US! CSB Special Seminar, Evgeny Kvon, PhD, Monday, June 22, 2026, 12:30 pm, Clark!
The Department of Chemical and Systems Biology Presents a Special Seminar
Evgeny Kvon, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
University of California, Irvine
Monday, June 22, 2026
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Clark Auditorium
Talk Title: “Long-range Gene Regulation in Development and Disease”
Abstract: Enhancers are remotely located non-coding DNA elements that turn on and off genes in different cell types and in response to stimuli. Mutations affecting remote enhancers are a major cause of human diseases ranging from congenital malformations to cancer. We use innovative mouse genome engineering and genomics techniques to address two major questions about enhancer biology: 1. How do enhancer mutations lead to human congenital disorders? and 2. How do remote enhancers activate their target genes over distances that often exceed hundreds of thousands of base pairs?
Faculty Host: Joanna Wysocka