The Berrens Lab is part of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford.

We study the role of locus-specific transposable element expression in development. 

Specifically, we:

(1) Uncover transposable element expression at unique loci between cells

(2) Discover locus-specific transposable element expression within cells and 

(3) Define rules of how transposable elements primarily control proximal and distal gene expression.