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Rui Yi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, published a paper in Science describing the discovery of a new mechanism that activates the quiescent cellular state by a transcription factor, Foxc1, when hair follicle stem cells undergo self-renewal. A perspective article that accompanied this paper stated the following: “the findings push our understanding of hair cycle control from the morphogen level to an epigenetic level.” An image from this paper was also highlighted on the cover of the same issue of Science .
* This list highlights only a few of numerous Gates Center members’ publications.
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