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Epigenomics is a field in which researchers chart the locations and understand the functions of all the chemical tags that mark the genome.
… Institutes of Health (NIH), are comparing the genomes and epigenomes of normal cells with those of cancer cells. Among …
Educational Resources
The term epigenome is derived from the Greek word epi which literally means "above" the genome.
Event
Joint workshop featuring overviews of Roadmap Epigenomics and ENCODE resources that are freely available for use by the research community.
News Release
Receiving a cancer diagnosis can feel like losing control of everything.
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.
News Release
Scientists set their sights on chromatin - the DNA-protein complex that packages DNA into chromosomes in the cell - to better understand how the genome works.
… these techniques could detect known differences in the epigenomes - the extra layer of chemical compounds that dot … Science, CEGS, Jeffery Schloss, requlatory sequences, epigenomes, mouse embryonic stem cells, ES cells … Scientists …
Educational Resources
Fact sheets explaining complex concepts in genomics research to a non-scientific audience.
Educational Resources
Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism.
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Dr. Lisa Helbling Chadwick is a deputy director in Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute. ​
… et al. Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes . Nature, 518(7539):317-30. doi: …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the keynote speaker at the institute's annual symposium, Kate Rubins, a biologist and NASA astronaut who was the first person to sequence DNA in space.