Carolyn J. Brown

Carolyn J. Brown
Alma materUniversity of Guelph, BA
University of Toronto, PhD
Stanford University, PhD
Scientific career
FieldsHuman Genetics, Epigenetics, X-inactivation
Academic advisorsHunt Willard
WebsiteLab webpage
University webpage

Carolyn J. Brown (born in 1961, Ontario) is a Canadian geneticist and Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia. Brown is known for her studies on X-chromosome inactivation, having discovered the human XIST gene in 1990.

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