Molecular Biology Program
The Scott Keeney Lab
Research
The long-range objectives of our research are to understand the mechanism of meiotic recombination and to determine how this process is coordinated with other events of meiotic prophase. Several projects in the lab focus on Spo11 (the protein that makes the DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) that initiate recombination), the proteins that interact with Spo11, the interactions of these proteins with meiotic chromosomes, and the mechanisms that regulate the timing, number, and location of DSB formation. We also study how DSBs are processed and repaired and we are seeking to expand knowledge of meiotic processes more generally through discovery of new genes important for germ cell function. Most of the meiosis research in the lab uses the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the mouse. Finally, our studies of Spo11 have also provided an entry point to research on the DSBs made by the enzyme Topoisomerase II when it is inhibited by chemotherapeutic agents such as etoposide or doxorubicin.
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Scott Keeney, PhD
- Molecular biologist Scott Keeney investigates mechanisms of the initiation of meiotic recombination.
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley
- s-keeney@ski.mskcc.org
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- BS, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Rochester Institute of Technology
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Achievements
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2008)
- American Academy of Microbiology (2014)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017)
- Frederick Adler Chair, MSKCC (2017)
- US National Academy of Sciences (2020)
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Upcoming event
Everything Old is New Again: Revisiting Protamine Protein Function In Genome Packaging and Development
This seminar will take place at RRL-116 and by Zoom webinar.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Rockefeller Research Laboratories
430 East 67th Street
Room RRL-116
New York, NY 10065
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Scott Keeney discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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AbbVie
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Abbott Laboratories
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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Pfizer, Inc.
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Viatris Inc.
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