Webinar: Epigenomics – One Molecule at a Time with Dr. Paul SolowaySeptember 16, 2013Dr. Paul Soloway, PhD discusses his latest work on technologies that enable the interrogation of epigenetic marks on a single molecule. **this webinar is no longer available** Epigenomic analyses are used for many applications, including discovering gene regulatory mechanisms; characterizing non-genetic transmission modes of adaptive and disease traits; identifying and detecting disease biomarkers; and for […]
Zymo ChIP DNA Clean & Concentrator™: A New Twist on Chromatin ImmunoprecipitationSeptember 10, 2013If you’re one of those researchers who has been avoiding ChIP experiments like the plague because of the aggravating low yields and poor quality ChIP DNA associated with traditional ChIP protocols, then it’s time to give the ChIP DNA Clean & Concentrator™ (ChIP DCC™) Kit from Zymo Research a whirl. The ChIP DCC™ is a […]
Mind Games: Sorting Out Brain Cell-type Specific MethylationSeptember 10, 2013The human brain is the prime example of “highly specialized and diverse functions arising from the same genetic program.” But that comes at steep price. Our most complex organ is, well…very complex. Not only do it’s epigenetic marks constantly change both spatially and temporally but it’s also mainly and almost equally composed of two very […]
Priming Cancer Therapies with Epigenetics with Dr. Peter JonesSeptember 9, 2013Dr. Peter Jones of the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at USC discusses the positive impact epigenetic therapies are having in the clinic. Priming Cancer Therapies with Epigenetics with Dr. Peter Jones Well, I think the thing that excites me the most is the increasing successes of epigenetic therapies in the clinic. And so I […]
Decoding the Molecular Mechanisms of lncRNA XISTSeptember 6, 2013Fast on the heels of a major epigenetic engineering breakthrough revealing that XIST can help treat the symptoms of Down’s syndrome, Dr. Carolyn Brown (University of British Columbia) and crew sought to find out exactly what’s going on at the molecular level with this complex lncRNA. Their experimentation started with they hypothesis that “long ncRNAs […]
