Going Global with Zymo’s 5-hmC ELISA KitsFebruary 10, 2012Researchers that are looking to get started with 5-hmC analysis have plenty of options, but before diving into extensive regional or single-nucleotide 5-hmC profiling, it’s never a bad idea to take a step back and take in the bigger picture. Global 5-hmC detection is an extremely useful first step in 5-hmC analyses that can save […]
Epigenetics and TwinsFebruary 8, 2012Every summer outside Cleveland, Ohio identical twins congregate at the Twins Days Festival. Twins from all over join in on an assortment of activities over three days that resembles a massive Doublemint® gum commercial. It’s not just the twins that get stoked for the festival though. As was highlighted in a nice article in National […]
Big DNA Methylation Changes in Little TikesFebruary 7, 2012Kids grow and change so fast. One day, they’re learning to walk. The next day, they’re Twittering and texting while driving your car. In the first study to analyze age-related DNA methylation (DNAm) changes in pediatric blood samples, an all-star cast of researchers out of Emory University now report that DNAm changes more rapidly during […]
Webinar: Developmental Stressors and Epigenetics – Perinatal Environmental Exposures and Life Course Health Effects with Dr. Dana DolinoyFebruary 3, 2012Dr. Dana Dolinoy discusses how environmental exposures during early development can have a big impact on our epigenomes in the recorded webinar. This webinar is brought to you with support from Porvair Filtration Group. Check out their line of innovative ChIP kits and reagents at chromatrap.com Abstract Environmental exposures during early development and other critical […]
EpiGenie Reviews RNA and the Regulation of Gene ExpressionFebruary 1, 2012The concept of gene regulation by RNAs wasn’t always as well accepted as it is today, and even now some view the idea as controversial. The text RNA and the Regulation of Gene Expression, edited by Kevin Morris, explores the evidence that has convinced many top researchers of the important roles that RNAs have in […]
