Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, PhD

Wolf-Dietrich Heyer

Position Title
Distinguished Professor & Chair

  • Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
University of California, Davis, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616
Bio

Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, PhD is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Genome instability is a hallmark of most if not all tumors, and defects in DNA repair increase personal cancer risk. His research focuses on the mechanisms and regulation of recombinational DNA repair, which is a critical pathway for the repair of double-stranded DNA breaks, gaps, and interstrand crosslinks bearing significance in cancer etiology and anti-cancer therapy.

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