Saint Louis University

Education

Ph.D., 1982, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Research Interests

Research in my lab concerns four aspects of transcriptional regulation: histone biotinylation and gene expression; transcriptional activation and chromatin remodeling; RNA polymerase elongation factors and gene regulation; and heterochromatin and gene regulation. We use the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model to study mechanisms of gene activation and gene silencing.

Recent Publications

• Telomeres, cancer & aging: Live long & prosper?
  Eissenberg JC. Mo Med. (2013) 110(1):11-6.
  
• The unique GGA clathrin adaptor of Drosophila melanogaster is not essential.
  Luan S, Ilvarsonn AM, Eissenberg JC. PLoS ONE. (2012) 7(9):e45163.
  
• Structural biology of the chromodomain: Form and function.
  Eissenberg JC. Gene. (2012) 496(2):69-78.
  
• The little elongation complex (LEC) regulates small nuclear RNA transcription.
  Smith ER, Lin C, Garrett AS, Thornton J, Mohaghegh N, Jackson J, Saraf A, Swanson SK, Seidel C, Florens L, Washburn MP, Eissenberg JC, Shilatifard A. Mol Cell. (2011), 44:954-965.
  
• The role of MOF in the ionizing radiation response is conserved in Drosophila melanogaster.
  Bhadra MP, Horikoshi N, Pushpavallipvalli SNCVL, Sarkar A, Bag I, Krishan A, Lucchesi JC, Kumar R, Yang Q, Pandita RK, Singh M, Bhadra U, Eissenberg JC, Pandita TK. Chromosoma. (2012) 121(1):79-90.