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Chris Williams

Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center (VDDRC)
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC)
Vanderbilt Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer (CMIC)
Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology (VCSCB)


The Williams Lab decodes intestinal epithelial repair programs in inflammatory bowel disease and colitis-associated carcinoma. We have a particular interest in chromatin regulation, protection from ROS mediated injury, and junctional signaling in wound healing

The Williams Lab decodes intestinal epithelial repair programs in inflammatory bowel disease and colitis-associated carcinoma. We have a particular interest in chromatin regulation, protection from ROS mediated injury, and junctional signaling in wound healing

Keywords: Epithelial biology , colon cancer , wound healing , stem cell biology , differentiation

Research Area: Stem Cell Biology & Regeneration , Epithelial Biology , Cell Cycle, DNA Repair, and Chromosome Biology , Cancer Biology , Cell Signaling