X Chromosome Inactivation with Dr. Carolyn BrownDecember 20, 2019Dr. Carolyn Brown from the University of British Columbia discusses her lab’s research into the epigenetics of X chromosome inactivation at the 2019 joint CEEHRC/IHEC meeting.
Biotechnology Development and Cancer Epigenomics with Dr. Martin HirstDecember 20, 2019Dr. Martin Hirst from the University of British Columbia discusses his lab’s epigenomic research focused on biotechnology development and cancer at the 2019 joint CEEHRC/IHEC meeting.
Sperm Epigenomics and Environmental Exposures with Dr. Sarah KimminsDecember 20, 2019Dr. Sarah Kimmins from McGill University discusses her lab’s research into sperm epigenomics at the 2019 joint CEEHRC/IHEC meeting.
MeCP2 on the Brain: Repressing Transcription of Long Highly Methylated GenesDecember 17, 2019It seems that everyone has MeCP2 on the brain – as evidenced by its starring role in two new Molecular Cell papers – but it’s in your brain too! The MeCP2 protein is essential for neuronal function and consistent with this, loss-of-function mutations in MeCP2 cause the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome. Unfortunately, because MeCP2 acts […]
Stressed Out Histone Modifications Mediate Lifespan ExtensionDecember 14, 2019While we have always thought of stress as something that will send us an early grave, fascinating new findings now suggest that early life stress may actually prevent such a dreaded fate. New research from the stress-resilient team in the lab Ursula Jakob (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) has now linked increased levels […]
