The Mark of Faith
| March 1, 2011
Testing a central tenet of epigenetic regulation
Did Erasmus Darwin foreshadow the tweaking of his grandson’s paradigm?
A newbie’s guide to crunching next-generation sequencing data
There are many ways that epigenetic effects regulate the activation or repression of genes. Here are a few molecular tricks cells use to read off the right genetic program.
Epigenetic events regulate the activities of genes without changing the DNA sequence. Different genes are expressed depending on the methyl-marks attached to DNA itself and by changes in the structure and/or composition of chromatin. The main compone
Research in behavioral epigenetics is seeking evidence that links experience to biochemistry to gene expression and back out again.
A Duke University researcher survives a sticky situation at a federal research institution to make major strides in determining the genetic roots of Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic resistance.
Assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health. Age: 37