Brockdorff lab

The laboratory, headed by Neil Brockdorff, is a part of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. We count our age from 1994, when the group settled down in London at MRC Clinical Sciences Centre (now MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences) where it spent 14 stimulating and productive years. The group moved to Oxford in 2008 to be a part of the UK's largest Biochemistry Department. Our friendly international team consists of postdoctoral fellows, research assistants and postgraduate students.  We also host undergraduate project students/interns on a regular basis. 

Our broad interest is to understand epigenetic regulation of the genome in the context of determining and maintaining cell identity in multicellular organisms. With this goal in mind we focus on a fantastic model system, X chromosome inactivation in mammals.  We apply a wide range of methods in genetics/genomics, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and embryology.  Find out more on our Research pages.... 

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Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Positions

Enquiries with CV welcome