Eric Alani

Professor
Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Contact Information

459 Biotechnology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
p: (607) 254-4811

Eric Alani

Professor
Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Expertise

Genetics; biochemistry; molecular biology

Current Research Interest

Mismatch repair; DNA replication and recombination; meiotic crossing over; hereditary form of colon cancer

Distinction

Carpenter Award Winner, Cornell University

Selected Publications

Kim, Yoori, Christopher M. Furman, Carol M. Manhart, Eric Alani, and Ilya J. Finkelstein. “Intrinsically Disordered Regions Regulate both Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Activities of the MutLα Mismatch Repair Complex.” Nucleic Acids Research 47, no. 4 (2019): 1823-1835.

Manhart, Carol M., Xiaodan Ni, Martin A. White, Joaquin Ortega, Jennifer A. Surtees, and Eric Alani. “The Mismatch Repair and Meiotic Recombination Endonuclease Mlh1-Mlh3 is Activated by Polymer Formation and can Cleave DNA Substrates in Trans.” PLoS Biology 15 (2017): e2001164.

Cornell Research Website Article

DNA Spell Checkers