Christine Farr

Group Leader
Genetics
Cambridge University
United Kingdom

Scientist Genetics
Biography

Dr. Christine Farr is affiliated to the Department of Genetics, Cambridge University, where Dr. Christine Farr is currently working as Group Leader . Dr. Christine Farr has numerous publications within the specialty and published in reputed national and international peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Christine Farr is actively associated with different national and international societies and academies. Dr. Christine Farr gain recognition among the honourable subject experts with the contributions made. Dr. Christine Farr is been appreciated by several reputed awards and funding support. Dr. Christine Farr major research interest is in studies related to Vertebrate chromosome, centromere, minichromosome, topoisomerase II, telomere.

Research Intrest

Vertebrate chromosome, centromere, minichromosome, topoisomerase II, telomere

List of Publications
Johnson M, Phua HH, Bennett SC, Spence JM, Farr CJ. Studying vertebrate topoisomerase 2 function using a conditional knockdown system in DT40 cells. Nucleic acids research. 2009 Jun 3;37(14):e98-.
Samejima K, Samejima I, Vagnarelli P, Ogawa H, Vargiu G, Kelly DA, de Lima Alves F, Kerr A, Green LC, Hudson DF, Ohta S. Mitotic chromosomes are compacted laterally by KIF4 and condensin and axially by topoisomerase IIα. J Cell Biol. 2012 Nov 26;199(5):755-70.
Farr CJ, Antoniou-Kourounioti M, Mimmack ML, Volkov A, Porter AC. The α isoform of topoisomerase II is required for hypercompaction of mitotic chromosomes in human cells. Nucleic acids research. 2014 Jan 28;42(7):4414-26.