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Montreal, Canada Area Canada
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Canada Research Chair in Reproduction, Development and Epigenetics, Associate Professor at McGill University
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My research focuses on the epigenome, a heritable layer of biochemical information that takes the form of methylation of DNA and the post-translational modification of chromatin associated proteins, the histones. The epigenome has been implicated in complex diseases such as cancer, diabetes, schizophrenia and autism. There is enormous potential in disease treatment and prevention via increased understanding of the establishment of the epigenome in development and disease as unlike the genome it is dynamic and responds to environmental influences. We are studying how the epigenome functions in the regulation of gene expression that governs development and disease. Ongoing projects are ai...
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Montreal, Canada Area Canada
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Canada Research Chair in Reproduction, Development and Epigenetics, Associate Professor at McGill University
Setor
Education
Sobre
My research focuses on the epigenome, a heritable layer of biochemical information that takes the form of methylation of DNA and the post-translational modification of chromatin associated proteins, the histones. The epigenome has been implicated in complex diseases such as cancer, diabetes, schizophrenia and autism. There is enormous potential in disease treatment and prevention via increased understanding of the establishment of the epigenome in development and disease as unlike the genome it is dynamic and responds to environmental influences. We are studying how the epigenome functions in the regulation of gene expression that governs development and disease. Ongoing projects are ai...