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Siavash Kurdistani

Department Chair Professor

University of California, Los Angeles

Affiliations

David Geffen School of Medicine

Biological Chemistry

the College

Molecular Biology Institute (mbi)

Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Siavash Kurdistani is currently serving as a Biological Chemistry Department Chair Professor at University of California, Los Angeles.

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Siavash Kurdistani

University of California, Los Angeles

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genetics molecular biology cell biology gene expression epigenetics cancer biology cancer research oncology tumor biology epigenomics genome biology biochemistry genomics membrane biology yeast structural biology molecular cell biology cancer genetics medicinal research gene regulation cell regulation cancer genomics molecular regulation protein science molecular cancer epigenetic changes enzyme inhibition cell death biological chemistry cellular therapy oncogenes redox biology cell metabolism chromosome biology viral genetics transcription regulation cancer treatment melanoma histone acetylation mammalian biology cancer care molecular metabolism functional regulation virus-host interactions apoptosis cytogenetics histone modifications cancer cells cancer risk endocrine oncology viral evolution cancer growth cell-matrix interactions viral oncology mitochondrial function gene function biological inorganic chemistry protein genetics intracellular ph host epigenome copper reductase activity clinical pathology viral replication protein expression host specificity global histone modification predict risk prostate cancer recurrence different cancers yeast histone deacetylases microarray deacetylation maps genome-wide functions virus replication gene activity tumor cell growth crebbp lysine acetyltransferases

Notable Scholarly Works

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Characterization of a Microprotein in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. Cytotherapy (2025)

cell and molecular biologysaccharomyces cerevisiaemolecular biologybiological macromoleculesyeastfungal genetics

Coordinated Histone Methylation Loss and Myc Activation Promote Translational Capacity Under Amino Acid Restriction. Cancer & Metabolism (2025)

myc activationcell biologychromatingeneticscell metabolismepigeneticstranscription (biology)molecular cell biologygene expressiongene regulationamino acid restrictionmolecular regulationchromatin remodelingtranscription factorsmolecular metabolismmolecular biologyepigenomicsepigenetic changesmethylation loss

Histone H3 Cysteine 110 Enhances Iron Metabolism and Modulates Replicative Life Span in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. Science Advances (2025)

Chen ChengBrenna S. McCauleyNedas MatulionisMaria VogelauerDimitrios CamachoHeather R. ChristofkWeiwei DangNicholas A. T. IrwinSiavash K. Kurdistani

biologycell metabolismmolecular metabolismbiochemistrymolecular physiologymolecular biologybiological functionenhances iron metabolismscience advancemetabolism

The Role of Histone H3 Leucine 126 in Fine-Tuning the Copper Reductase Activity of Nucleosomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2024)

Nataliya P. TodMaria VogelauerChen ChengAnsar KarimianStefan SchmollingerDimitrios CamachoSiavash K. Kurdistani

geneticsmembrane biologybiological inorganic chemistrystructural biologybiological chemistryprotein structurebiochemistryredox biologymolecular biologygenome biologychromosome biologyepigenomicsepigeneticscopper reductase activityepigenetic changesenzymesprotein sciencemolecular regulation

Metabolic Sinkholes: Histones as Methyl Repositories. PLoS Biology (2023)

Ansar KarimianMaria VogelauerSiavash K. Kurdistani

biologymetabolic sinkholesmolecular biologymethyl repositoriesplo biologymetabolism

Zinc is Essential for the Copper Reductase Activity of Yeast Nucleosomes. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

Maria VogelauerChen ChengAnsar KarimianHooman Golshan IranpourSiavash K. Kurdistani

geneticsyeast nucleosomesmembrane biologybiochemical sciencesbiological inorganic chemistrystructural biologytransition metal chemistrybioactive metalbiochemistryredox biologymolecular biologynucleic acidscopper reductase activityyeastenzymesprotein science

Chromatin as a Metabolic Organelle: Integrating the Cellular Flow of Carbon With Gene Expression. Molecular Cell (2022)

Chen ChengSiavash K. Kurdistani

cellular flowmembrane biologymolecular cell biologygene expressionmetabolic organellecarbonmolecular biologysystems biologychromosome biologycell biologychromatinmetabolism

Transient Nuclear Deformation Primes Epigenetic State and Promotes Cell Reprogramming. Nature Materials (2022)

Yang SongJennifer SotoBinru ChenTyler HoffmanWeikang ZhaoNinghao ZhuQin PengLongwei LiuChau LyPak Kin WongYingxiao WangAmy C. RowatSiavash K. KurdistaniSong Li

materials scienceepigenetics

A Pathogenic Role for Histone H3 Copper Reductase Activity in a Yeast Model of Friedreich’s Ataxia. Science Advances (2021)

Oscar A. CamposNarsis AttarChen ChengMaria VogelauerNathan V. MallipeddiStefan SchmollingerNedas MatulionisHeather R. ChristofkSabeeha S. MerchantSiavash K. Kurdistani

geneticspathologyyeast modelneurosciencepathogenesisscience advanceyeast

The Histone H3-H4 Tetramer is a Copper Reductase Enzyme. Science (2020)

Narsis AttarOscar A. CamposMaria VogelauerChen ChengYong XueStefan SchmollingerLukasz SalwinskiNathan V. MallipeddiBrandon A. BooneLinda YenSichen YangShannon ZikovichJade DardineMichael F. CareySabeeha S. MerchantSiavash K. Kurdistani

copper reductase enzymeepigeneticsenzymesbiochemistry

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Siavash Kurdistani

Department Chair Professor

University of California, Los Angeles

Affiliations

David Geffen School of Medicine

Biological Chemistry

the College

Molecular Biology Institute (mbi)

Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Siavash Kurdistani is currently serving as a Biological Chemistry Department Chair Professor at University of California, Los Angeles.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Siavash Kurdistani

University of California, Los Angeles

Department Chair Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Characterization of a Microprotein in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. Cytotherapy (2025)

cell and molecular biologysaccharomyces cerevisiaemolecular biologybiological macromoleculesyeastfungal genetics

Coordinated Histone Methylation Loss and Myc Activation Promote Translational Capacity Under Amino Acid Restriction. Cancer & Metabolism (2025)

Histone H3 Cysteine 110 Enhances Iron Metabolism and Modulates Replicative Life Span in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. Science Advances (2025)

Chen ChengBrenna S. McCauleyNedas MatulionisMaria VogelauerDimitrios CamachoHeather R. ChristofkWeiwei DangNicholas A. T. IrwinSiavash K. Kurdistani

biologycell metabolismmolecular metabolismbiochemistrymolecular physiologymolecular biologybiological functionenhances iron metabolismscience advancemetabolism

The Role of Histone H3 Leucine 126 in Fine-Tuning the Copper Reductase Activity of Nucleosomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2024)

Nataliya P. TodMaria VogelauerChen ChengAnsar KarimianStefan SchmollingerDimitrios CamachoSiavash K. Kurdistani

Metabolic Sinkholes: Histones as Methyl Repositories. PLoS Biology (2023)

Ansar KarimianMaria VogelauerSiavash K. Kurdistani

biologymetabolic sinkholesmolecular biologymethyl repositoriesplo biologymetabolism

Zinc is Essential for the Copper Reductase Activity of Yeast Nucleosomes. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

Maria VogelauerChen ChengAnsar KarimianHooman Golshan IranpourSiavash K. Kurdistani

Chromatin as a Metabolic Organelle: Integrating the Cellular Flow of Carbon With Gene Expression. Molecular Cell (2022)

Chen ChengSiavash K. Kurdistani

cellular flowmembrane biologymolecular cell biologygene expressionmetabolic organellecarbonmolecular biologysystems biologychromosome biologycell biologychromatinmetabolism

Transient Nuclear Deformation Primes Epigenetic State and Promotes Cell Reprogramming. Nature Materials (2022)

Yang SongJennifer SotoBinru ChenTyler HoffmanWeikang ZhaoNinghao ZhuQin PengLongwei LiuChau LyPak Kin WongYingxiao WangAmy C. RowatSiavash K. KurdistaniSong Li

materials scienceepigenetics

A Pathogenic Role for Histone H3 Copper Reductase Activity in a Yeast Model of Friedreich’s Ataxia. Science Advances (2021)

Oscar A. CamposNarsis AttarChen ChengMaria VogelauerNathan V. MallipeddiStefan SchmollingerNedas MatulionisHeather R. ChristofkSabeeha S. MerchantSiavash K. Kurdistani

geneticspathologyyeast modelneurosciencepathogenesisscience advanceyeast

The Histone H3-H4 Tetramer is a Copper Reductase Enzyme. Science (2020)

copper reductase enzymeepigeneticsenzymesbiochemistry

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