Wilton Snead, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Program
Cancer-Focused Research
The Snead lab studies the regulatory principles of biomolecular condensation in cells, and how dysregulated condensates drive cancer. Working at the interface of biophysics, engineering, and cell biology, we seek to uncover fundamental mechanisms that control condensate form and function in cells and to learn how cancer-associated condensates promote oncogenic gene programs. We are currently investigating how a cancer-associated condensate called the paraspeckle rewires gene expression at the epigenetic, transcriptional, and post-transcriptional levels. Our long-term aim is to develop new therapeutic strategies that precisely target and restore the physiological functions of oncogenic condensates.