Teasing Apart the Brain: DNA Methylation Maps of Healthy Neurons Implicate Brain Region Differences in Psychiatric DisordersJanuary 24, 2019While conducting epigenomics research, we are often faced with a number of brain teasers. To solve these cognitive conundrums, many of us turn to diseases and disorders to learn about healthy conditions. However, the methylation maestros in the labs of Andrew Feinberg and Kasper Hansen at John Hopkins University (Maryland, USA) now demonstrate the utility of […]
Monkey Memes: Social Status Epigenetically Primes a Stress-Responsive Chromatin ProfileJanuary 15, 2019Are you constantly checking your Twitter/Instagram/Reddit feeds for the newest memes and best cat videos to share for the most likes? Well, don’t spend too much time stressing over your social media status; especially if you are a rhesus macaque, because new research suggests your immune cells might take a major epigenetic hit if you’re […]
Of Rats and Men: Prospective Fathers Should Pass on Cannabis to Preserve Sperm DNA MethylationJanuary 15, 2019While most of the focus on developmental epigenomics puts mom in the spotlight, a recent surge in sperm studies are showing that dad’s dreams of a care-free lifestyle are up in smoke. We’ve already seen that a high-fat diet can alter the sperm epigenome, and now a factor that may encourage such half-baked decisions takes the […]
Colorectal Cancer Cells Single in on an ‘Omics’ Bundle UpgradeJanuary 14, 2019It often seems the best deals come in bundles. Bundle your internet, phone service, and cable package and those long hours in the lab become a bit less tempting. But now there’s a new sequencing bundle that will make you never want to leave the lab. scTrio-seq2 is a single-cell multiomic bundling that meets your […]
Know Your Enemy: Understanding Malaria Infection via Epigenome EditingJanuary 11, 2019Sun Tzu’s ancient Chinese military treatise “The Art of War” placed knowing your enemy on a par with knowing yourself when facing battle. These wise words still resound today in the lab of Lubin Jiang (Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China) where researchers have employed CRISPR/Cas9 epigenome editing to forge a […]
