Robert Yarrington Email & Phone Number

Ipswich, MA

Greater Salt Lake City Area

-Researching the mechanism underlying the efficiency of genetic editing using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. -Developing a technique using dCas9 to explore the timing and binding of novel protein factors present at gene promoters in an unbiased manner.-Manage and coordinate a three-person team.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

-Researched the mechanism underlying the efficiency of genetic editing in yeast using CRISPR/Cas9, TALENs, and Zinc finger nucleases in the laboratory of Dana Carroll.-Developed in vivo cleavage assays.-Explored how chromatin affects in vivo cleavage at gene promoters.

Department Of Pathology

- Researched the mechanisms underlying transcription regulation of the yeast HO gene in the laboratory of David Stillman, resulting in two first author publications.-Established a novel transcription factor signaling cascade in HO activation.-Identified chromatin as the major block to activation at complex multigated promoters.