Crossley Lab

Henry completed a Bachelor of Advanced Science at the University of New South Wales, majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology, and Microbiology. Henry joined the Crossley lab in 2017 whilst undertaking a research internship and continued with us for his Honours year in 2018 and his PhD from 2019 to 2022. For his PhD project, Henry explored how DNA methylation interacted with the Nucleosome Remodelling and Deacetylase (NuRD) complex to control the expression of fetal haemoglobin. Following submission of his PhD thesis, Henry has joined as a postdoctoral research fellow, continuing his work to understand how DNA methylation and related facotrs coordinate the represson of fetal haemoglobin. Outside the lab, Henry loves getting out on his bike and challenging himself in all sorts of activities.

Henry’s Publications

2023

Author Correction: HIC2 controls developmental hemoglobin switching by repressing BCL11A transcription
Author Correction: HIC2 controls developmental hemoglobin switching by repressing BCL11A transcription
Peng Huang, Scott A. Peslak, Ren Ren, Eugene Khandros, Kunhua Qin, …, Junwei Shi, Merlin Crossley, Ross C. Hardison, Xiaodong Cheng, Gerd A. Blobel
Nature Genetics  ·  31 Jul 2023  ·  doi:10.1038/s41588-023-01488-7

2022

HIC2 controls developmental hemoglobin switching by repressing BCL11A transcription
HIC2 controls developmental hemoglobin switching by repressing BCL11A transcription
Peng Huang, Scott A. Peslak, Ren Ren, Eugene Khandros, Kunhua Qin, …, Junwei Shi, Merlin Crossley, Ross C. Hardison, Xiaodong Cheng, Gerd A. Blobel
Nature Genetics  ·  08 Aug 2022  ·  doi:10.1038/s41588-022-01152-6
Identification of novel HPFH-like mutations by CRISPR base editing that elevate the expression of fetal hemoglobin
Identification of novel HPFH-like mutations by CRISPR base editing that elevate the expression of fetal hemoglobin
Nithin Sam Ravi, Beeke Wienert, Stacia K Wyman, Henry William Bell, Anila George, …, Alok Srivastava, Mark A DeWitt, Merlin Crossley, Jacob E Corn, Kumarasamypet M Mohankumar
eLife  ·  11 Feb 2022  ·  doi:10.7554/elife.65421

2021

Activation of γ-globin gene expression by GATA1 and NF-Y in hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin
Activation of γ-globin gene expression by GATA1 and NF-Y in hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin
Phillip A. Doerfler, Ruopeng Feng, Yichao Li, Lance E. Palmer, Shaina N. Porter, Henry W. Bell, Merlin Crossley, Shondra M. Pruett-Miller, Yong Cheng, Mitchell J. Weiss
Nature Genetics  ·  01 Aug 2021  ·  doi:10.1038/s41588-021-00904-0

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