Publications & Preprints

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Cohesin cofactor dosage sets the rate of loop extrusion, rendering genome folding tunable yet vulnerable to genetic disruption.  2026.
Sequence design for three-dimensional genome folding using Akita Semifreddo.  2026.
The physical chemistry of interphase loop extrusion.  2026.
Structural variants in human congenital heart disease disrupt distal genomic regulatory contacts of developmental genes.  2026.
The ChIP-FRiP pipeline quantifies co-binding and reveals how antibody background contributes to cohesin ChIP-seq patterns.  2026.
The role of cohesin loading at enhancers in the flux of loop extrusion and long-range transcriptional control.  2026.
Cohesin bridging as a physical principle of enhancer-promoter communication.  2026.
Synergy between regulatory elements can render cohesin dispensable for distal enhancer function.  2025.
Mechanistic Genome Folding at Scale through the Differentiable Loop Extrusion Model.  2025.
Reconstructing the 3D genome organization of Neanderthals reveals that chromatin folding shaped phenotypic and sequence divergence.  2025.
Dynamic barriers modulate cohesin positioning and genome folding at fixed occupancy.  2025.
Ab-trapping-a peripheral staining artifact in antibody-based microscopy and genomics.  2025.
Recipes and ingredients for deep learning models of 3D genome folding.  2025.
Relating DNA sequence, organization, and function.  2025.
Interpreting the CTCF-mediated sequence grammar of genome folding with AkitaV2.  2025.
Pairtools: from sequencing data to chromosome contacts.  2024.
Cooltools: Enabling high-resolution Hi-C analysis in Python.  2024.
Bioframe: operations on genomic intervals in Pandas dataframes.  2024.
The motif composition of variable number tandem repeats impacts gene expression.  2023.
Embryogenesis without CTCF in flies and vertebrates.  2021.
Predicting 3D genome folding from DNA sequence with Akita.  2020.
Molecular basis of CTCF binding polarity in genome folding.  2020.
The genome-wide multi-layered architecture of chromosome pairing in early Drosophila embryos.  2019.
Principles of meiotic chromosome assembly revealed in S. cerevisiae.  2019.
Highly structured homolog pairing reflects functional organization of the Drosophila genome.  2019.
Heterochromatin drives compartmentalization of inverted and conventional nuclei.  2019.
Chromatin organization by an interplay of loop extrusion and compartmental segregation.  2018.
Two independent modes of chromatin organization revealed by cohesin removal.  2017.
SMC complexes differentially compact mitotic chromosomes according to genomic context.  2017.
FISH-ing for captured contacts: towards reconciling FISH and 3C.  2017.
Emerging Evidence of Chromosome Folding by Loop Extrusion.  2017.
Micro-C XL: assaying chromosome conformation from the nucleosome to the entire genome.  2016.
Formation of Chromosomal Domains by Loop Extrusion.  2016.
History of chromosome rearrangements reflects the spatial organization of yeast chromosomes.  2016.
Super-resolution imaging reveals distinct chromatin folding for different epigenetic states.  2016.
Modeling chromosomes: Beyond pretty pictures.  2015.
Genome-wide maps of nuclear lamina interactions in single human cells.  2015.
Cohesin-dependent globules and heterochromatin shape 3D genome architecture in S. pombe.  2014.
Chromatin Loops as Allosteric Modulators of Enhancer-Promoter Interactions.  2014.
Organization of the mitotic chromosome.  2013.
Polymer models of yeast S. cerevisiae genome organization.  2013.
Iterative correction of Hi-C data reveals hallmarks of chromosome organization.  2012.
Higher order chromatin structure: bridging physics and biology.  2012.
High order chromatin architecture shapes the landscape of chromosomal alterations in cancer.  2011.
High-order chromatin architecture determines the landscape of chromosomal alterations in cancer.  2011.
Ultrahigh electron mobility in suspended graphene.  2008.
Fabrication of gated suspended graphene devices.  2008.