Email

kraushaa@bcm.edu

Positions

Core Director

Genomic & RNA Profiling Core
Baylor College of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Molecular and Cellular Biology; Education, Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Office (Office)

Main Baylor
Room: BCMA-333E
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-7787
kraushaa@bcm.edu

Education

BS from University of Aberdeen

07/2004 - Aberdeen, United Kingdom

PhD from University of Georgia

06/2010 - Athens, Georgia United States

Postdoctoral Fellowship at National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH)

10/2015 - Bethesda, Maryland United States

Professional Statement

As Director of the Genomic and RNA Profiling core I strive to provide the most cutting edge solutions to the genomics research community. With work experience in both industry and academic settings, I have gained expertise in technology development of next-generation sequencing applications that are relevant to disease diagnostics and studies of gene expression and chromatin state.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Ha M, Kraushaar DC, Zhao K. "Genome-wide analysis of H3.3 dissociation reveals high nucleosome turnover at distal regulatory regions of embryonic stem cells.." Epigenetics & Chromatin. 2014 Dec 20;7(1):38. Pubmed PMID: 25598842
• Kraushaar DC, Jin W, Maunakea A, Abraham B, Ha M, Zhao K. "Genome-wide incorporation dynamics reveal distinct categories of turnover for the histone variant H3.3.." Genome Biol.. 2013;14(10):121. Pubmed PMID: 24176123
• Kraushaar DC, Rai S, Condac E, Nairn A, Zhang S, Yamaguchi Y, Moremen K, Dalton S, Wang L. "Heparan sulfate facilitates FGF and BMP signaling to drive mesoderm differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells." J. Biol .Chem.. 2012 Jun 29;287(27):22691-700. Pubmed PMID: 22556407
• Kraushaar DC, Yamaguchi Y, Wang L. "Heparan sulfate is required for embryonic stem cells to exit from self-renewal.." J. Biol .Chem.. 2010 Feb 19;285(8):5907-16. Pubmed PMID: 26386045