Friday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller and Tri-Institutional communities)
Friday, May 16, 2025
Kenneth Zaret, Ph.D.
Joseph Leidy Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Overcoming Chromatin Barriers to Control Cell Fate
Recommended Readings:
Barral, Amandine, and Kenneth S. Zaret. “Pioneer factors: roles and their regulation in development.” Trends in Genetics 40.2 (2024): 134-148.
Katsuda, Takeshi, et al. “The yin and yang of pioneer transcription factors: Dual roles in repression and activation.” Bioessays 46.10 (2024): 2400138.
McCarthy, Ryan L., Jingchao Zhang, and Kenneth S. Zaret. “Diverse heterochromatin states restricting cell identity and reprogramming.” Trends in biochemical sciences 48.6 (2023): 513-526.
Zaret, Kenneth S. “Two ways to skin a new cell fate.” Developmental cell 58.1 (2023): 1-2.
Delás, M. Joaquina, et al. “Developmental cell fate choice in neural tube progenitors employs two distinct cis-regulatory strategies.” Developmental cell 58.1 (2023): 3-17.
