Kristin C Scott, PhD
Associate Investigator and Assistant Research Professor
Kristin C. Scott, PhD is an Associate Investigator and Assistant Research Professor in the IGSP. She received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Iowa. She subsequently completed postdoctoral training at the MRC Human Genetics Unit (Edinburgh, Scotland) and at Case Western Reserve University studying centromeric heterochromatin in the fission yeast. Dr. Scott's post-doctoral training was supported by a Hitchings-Elion Fellowship from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Prior to joining the faculty in the Genome Biology Group in 2008, Dr. Scott was an IGSP Senior Scientist in the lab of Prof. Huntington Willard.
Dr. Scott's research interests involve exploring both the genetic and epigenetic basis for formation and function of centromeric heterochromatin in the fission yeast, Schizosaccaromyces pombe. Her work has defined genomic elements that serve to delineate different chromatin types in the yeast genome and provide models for understanding transitions between heterochromatin and euchromatin in complex eukaryotic genomes.
Contact Information
Kristin C Scott, PhD
Phone: 919-684-0685
kristin.scott@duke.edu
2383 CIEMAS