Scott Barolo, PhD
Director
Program in Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
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Scott Barolo, PhD
Associate Professor
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    • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
    • Center Member
      Rogel Cancer Center
    • Center Member
      Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
    Research Overview

    Cells emit molecular signals to "talk" to their neighbors. Those signals are interpreted by special sequences called enhancers in the genomes of the receiving cells, which regulate the expression of nearby genes. How do enhancers respond to signals during development, stem cell function, and disease, and how are those signals translated into precise changes in gene expression.

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    • Journal Article
      Developing Future Biologists: developmental biology for undergraduates from underserved communities.
      Graniel JV, Teitel J, Glineburg MR, Cohen E, Buttitta LA, Barolo S, Allen BL. Development, 2023 Jan 1; 150 (1): DOI:10.1242/dev.201337
      PMID: 36645371
    • Preprint
      Matchathon: A guide to student-faculty connections in PhD programs
      Amemiya H, Lapp Z, Smith C, Durdan M, DiMondo M, Bodiya B, Barolo S. bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2020.11.06.371526
    • Journal Article
      How some men are challenging gender inequity in the lab.
      Powell K. Nature, 2019 Feb; 566 (7745): 567 - 569. DOI:10.1038/d41586-019-00683-z
      PMID: 30814719
    • Journal Article
      Defending harassers harms victims.
      Barolo S, Bohr T, Folk J, Libarkin J, McDowell G, McLaughlin B. Science, 2019 Jan 25; 363 (6425): 355 DOI:10.1126/science.aav7283
      PMID: 30679364
    • Preprint
      Developing Future Biologists: creating and assessing a portable short course to engage underrepresented undergraduate students in developmental biology
      Pinskey JM, Dulka EA, Ramos AI, Echevarría-Andino ML, Lorberbaum DS, Carpenter BS, Martinez-Marquez JY, Budaitis BG, Holloway EM, Raj S, Chin AM, Suarez E, Buttitta LA, Gumucio DL, Wellik DM, Insolera R, Marty-Santos L, Allen BL, Barolo S. bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/467092
    • Journal Article
      How to tune an enhancer.
      Barolo S. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2016 Jun 7; 113 (23): 6330 - 6331. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1606109113
      PMID: 27247414
    • Journal Article
      An ancient yet flexible cis-regulatory architecture allows localized Hedgehog tuning by patched/Ptch1.
      Lorberbaum DS, Ramos AI, Peterson KA, Carpenter BS, Parker DS, De S, Hillers LE, Blake VM, Nishi Y, McFarlane MR, Chiang AC, Kassis JA, Allen BL, McMahon AP, Barolo S. Elife, 2016 May 5; 5: DOI:10.7554/eLife.13550
      PMID: 27146892
    • Journal Article
      Identification and Validation of Novel Hedgehog-Responsive Enhancers Predicted by Computational Analysis of Ci/Gli Binding Site Density.
      Gurdziel K, Lorberbaum DS, Udager AM, Song JY, Richards N, Parker DS, Johnson LA, Allen BL, Barolo S, Gumucio DL. PLoS One, 2015 10 (12): e0145225 DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0145225
      PMID: 26710299