Cleo Turner

DPhil Medical Sciences, 2025
Sir David Weatherall Scholarship

Cleo’s research focuses on how genes are regulated, specifically exploring enhancer biology. Her project examines whether the orientation of enhancers plays a role in gene activation at a model locus. She is also studying the different components of super-enhancers and their various roles in gene regulation. Broadly, her field aims to reveal the precise mechanisms by which genes are regulated in healthy cells, and how these processes can go wrong in disease.