Frederick Alt
Professor of Genetics Harvard University
- Title Professor of Genetics Harvard University
- Email alt@enders.tch.harvard.edu
- Education Ph.D., Stanford University
The broad focus of the Alt lab is the elucidation of mechanisms that maintain genomic stability in mammalian cells. More specifically, the lab studies V(D)J recombination in developing B and T lymphocytes and IgH heavy chain class switch recombination (CSR) and somatic hypermutation (SHM) in mature B lymphocytes.