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ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024

Chemical Rewiring of Oncogenic Transcription

Many cancers are driven by mutations affecting transcription regulation. Through cancer genome sequencing studies, we understand that these aberrations are pervasive through many layers of gene control. Yet, with few exceptions, this knowledge has not precipitated in effective treatments since pharmacologic inhibition of transcription is often infeasible or functionally inconsequential. To address this limitation, I want to innovate chemical strategies that move beyond loss of function (LOF) approaches. Gene control is organized at the level of proximity. Hence, I hypothesize that transcriptional regulators can be chemically rewired by neomorphic small molecules that recruit functionally…

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