Christine A. Barnes
Professor, Retired
Email: cabarnes@dal.ca
Research Topics:
- Cell Biology
- Microbiology
- Yeast Cell Biology
- Genetics-Microbial
Education
BSc, Dalhousie University
PhD, Dalhousie University
Postdoctoral Training, University of Oxford
Research Interests
Dr. Barnes’ research interests involve use of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a genetically tractable model eukaryote, to understand several issues of basic cell biology, including the multiple roles that the conserved histone chaperone FACT has in the process of eukaryotic gene transcription.
Selected publications
- Stevens JR, O'Donnell AF, Perry TE. Benjamin JJR, Barnes CA, Johnston GC and RA Singer 2011 FACT, the Bur kinase pathway, and the histone co-repressor HirC have overlapping nucleosome-related roles in yeast transcription elongation PLOS One 6: e25644.
- O'Donnell AF, Stevens JR, Kepkay R, Barnes CA Johnston GC, and RA Singer 2009 New mutant versions of yeast FACT subunit Spt16 affect cell integrity. Mol Genet Genomics 282: 487-502.