Rikki Bharadwaj received a B.Sc. at the University of Waterloo. For his M.Sc. thesis Bharadwaj inherited the HS3beta-globin transgene expression project from Joel Rubin. He also assisted in experiments with insulators and matrix attachment regions (MARs).

Funded by a SickKids Restracomp Award.

Next position

Technician, University Health Network, Toronto

Selected Publications
Buzina A*, Lo MY*, Moffett A*, Hotta A, Fussner E, Bharadwaj RR, Pasceri P, Garcia-Martinez JV, Bazett-Jones DP, Ellis J. (2008) Beta-globin LCR and intron elements cooperate and direct spatial reorganization for gene therapy. *Equal first authors. PLOS Genetics. 4:e1000051.

Yao S, Sukonnik T, Kean T, Bharadwaj RR, Pasceri P, Ellis J. (2004) Retrovirus silencing, variegation, extinction and memory are controlled by dynamic interplay of multiple epigenetic modifications. Molecular Therapy. 10:27-36.

Bharadwaj RR, Trainor CD, Pasceri P, Ellis J. (2003) LCR-regulated transgene expression levels depend on the Oct-1 site in the AT-rich region of beta-globin intron-2. Blood. 101: 1603-1610.

Ostermeier GC, Liu Z, Martins RP, Bharadwaj RR, Ellis J, Draghici S, Krawetz SA. (2003) Nuclear matrix association of the human beta-globin locus utilizing a novel approach to quantitative real time PCR. NAR. 31:12 3257-3266.