Lucas Kaaij

Assistant Professor

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Contact

lkaaij2@umcutrecht.nl

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Research groups

Genome and chromatin organization

Research aim

Our research focusses on understanding how cells with the same genetic material can give rise to a multicellular organism containing numerous different cell types with highly specific functions.

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Recent publications

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ChAHP2 and ChAHP control diverse retrotransposons by complementary activities Josip Ahel, Aparna Pandey, Michaela Schwaiger, Fabio Mohn, Anja Basters, Georg Kempf, Aude Andriollo, Lucas Kaaij, Daniel Hess, Marc Bühler
Genes and Development, 2024, vol. 38, p.554-568

guidedNOMe-seq quantifies chromatin states at single allele resolution for hundreds of custom regions in parallel Michaela Schwaiger, Fabio Mohn, Marc Bühler, Lucas J.T. Kaaij
BMC Genomics, 2024, vol. 25

The ChAHP Complex Counteracts Chromatin Looping at CTCF Sites that Emerged from SINE Expansions in Mouse Lucas J T Kaaij, Fabio Mohn, Robin H van der Weide, Elzo de Wit, Marc Bühler
Cell, 2019, vol. 178, p.1437-1451.e14

Systemic Loss and Gain of Chromatin Architecture throughout Zebrafish Development Lucas J T Kaaij, Robin H van der Weide, René F Ketting, Elzo de Wit
Cell Reports, 2018, vol. 24, p.1-10.e4

Enhancers reside in a unique epigenetic environment during early zebrafish development Lucas J T Kaaij, Michal Mokry, Meng Zhou, Michael Musheev, Geert Geeven, Adrien S J Melquiond, António M de Jesus Domingues, Wouter de Laat, Christof Niehrs, Andrew D Smith, René F Ketting
Genome Biology, 2016, vol. 17

PID-1 is a novel factor that operates during 21U-RNA biogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans Bruno F M de Albuquerque, Maartje J Luteijn, Ricardo J Cordeiro Rodrigues, Petra van Bergeijk, Selma Waaijers, Lucas J T Kaaij, Holger Klein, Mike Boxem, René F Ketting
Genes and Development, 2014, vol. 28, p.683-688