Isaac Hilton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Bioengineering

isaac.hilton@rice.edu

Isaac Hilton is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering and BioSciences at Rice University and a CPRIT scholar in cancer research. He has interdisciplinary expertise in precision genome and epigenome editing, mechanistically dissecting and engineering human cell functions, and harnessing human cells to better understand and combat diseases.

The goal of our work in the Hilton lab is to better understand how human cells behave so that we and others can ultimately build genetic medicines and cell-based therapeutics to prevent, treat, or cure different classes of human diseases. To accomplish this overarching goal, we develop and apply innovative biomolecular technologies to elucidate and synthetically reshape i) how human genes are expressed, ii) how human cells run biological programs, and iii) how human disease phenotypes manifest and respond to defined perturbations. Our work builds upon our team’s diverse strengths and skillsets, and the expertise of our PI, Dr. Isaac Hilton.