NAME/SURNAME:
Zdenko Herceg

SPECIALTY:
Epigenetics and cancer, molecular/cell biology





Academic Degrees
PhD, University of St Andrews, Scotland, U.K. (1995)
MSc, University of Sarajevo (1989)
DVM, University of Sarajevo (1987)

Selected Publications
Vaissière, V, Hung, R, Zaridze, D, Mukeria, A, Cuenin, C, Fasolo, V, Ferro, G, Hainaut, P, Brennan, P, Tost, J, Boffetta, P, Herceg, Z Quantitative analysis of DNA methylation profiles in lung cancer identifies aberrant DNA methylation of specific genes and its association with gender and cancer risk factors. Cancer Research, 2009, 69:243-52

Murr R, Loizou L, Yang Y-G, Cuenin C, Li H, Wang ZQ and Herceg Z Histone acetylation by Trrap/Tip60 modulates loading of repair proteins and repair of DNA double strand breaks. Nature Cell Biology, 2006, 8:91-99.

Li H, Cuenin C, Murr M, Wang Z-Q and Herceg Z HAT cofactor Trrap regulates the mitotic checkpoint by modulation of Mad1 and Mad2 expression. EMBO J. 2004, 23:4824-4835

Scientific societies membership
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

Prizes, honours
Swiss Bridge Award 2006