Karim Mekhail
Canada Research Chair in
Spatial Genome Organization
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Dr. Karim Mekhail is a tenured Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. His group studies the impact of spatial genome organization, non-coding RNA-DNA hybrids, and the environment on genome expression and stability. He is also interested in exploring the role of these processes in aging, neurodegeneration and cancer while pursuing commercialization avenues. Dr. Mekhail received numerous awards including the Canada Governor General Gold Medal in the Sciences, Maud-Menten New Investigator Prize, and Lap-Chee Tsui Prize. Dr. Mekhail moved to Toronto after completing his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Research Interest
Investigating how proteins found in yeast and human cells affect how DNA is organized.