Research in the Ahituv lab focuses on understanding the role of gene regulatory sequences in human biology and disease.
Genes make up only 2% of our DNA and within the remaining 98% lie other extremely important sequences that function as gene regulatory elements, instructing the genes when and where to turn on or off. Mutations in these gene regulatory elements can have a great impact on human diversity and disease. However, discovering them and understanding their function still remains a major challenge, one that our laboratory is working to resolve.
