Sahib Moga from the University of Ottawa interviews Dr. Jean-François Couture. Dr. Couture is a Full Professor and Chair in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology at the University of Ottawa. He has published over 90 papers in prestigious journals and is a leading structural biology and epigenetics expert. In this episode, Dr. Couture shares his research on the role of a non-canonical zinc finger in stabilizing Cfp1’s integration into the H3K4 methyltransferase complex COMPASS and its implications for epigenetic signaling and cancer biology.

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0:05 | BEaTS and host introduction
1:00 | Introduction to Dr. Couture
1:58 | Introduction to epigenetics and structural biology
5: 55 | COMPASS complex and its role
8:14 | Novel zinc finger discovery
12:20 | Future treatments and drug development
13:15 | Conclusion

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Daniel Nguyen (Producer), Sahib Moga (Host), Ryan Zammar (Content Writer), Francesco Cortese (Post-Production)