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
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
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