Archive for May, 2007
Affinity Seeks Epigenomics Scientist in San Diego, CA
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Affinity Scientific, a scientific staffing and recruitment firm, is seeking qualified candidates for a scientist in research and development with epigenomics experience.
The following is a reprint of the position information as supplied by Affinity Scientific.
Scientist - Epigenomics
POSITION PURPOSE:
The position requires responsibility for planning and executing research and development projects and collaborations in the Molecular Applications [...]
USC Expands Epigenetics Research Space with New Tower
Sunday, May 27th, 2007The University of Southern California in Los Angeles has just opened a new 10-story, 172,440 square foot facility dedicated exclusively to the study of epigenetics, the Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower. The tower will host five floors of basic research, two floors of preventative medicine research, the Hinderstein Family Meditation Garden, a 200-seat auditorium, [...]
DNA Methylation Affects Nuclear Organization and Histone Modifications
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007In a paper recently published in the Journal of Cell Biology, Gilbert et. al. use mutant mouse embryonic stem cells lacking DNA methylation to show that DNA methylation affects nuclear organization and nucleosome structure, but not chromatin compaction.
DNA methylation has been implicated in chromatin condensation and nuclear organization, especially at sites of constitutive heterochromatin. How [...]
Odd Ways to Find Us Through a Search Engine
Saturday, May 12th, 2007I am always amazed when I browse through the statistics package for Epigenetics News and see the long list of keyphrases that were used to reach the site. There’s always the obvious ones, like “epigenetics” and “what is epigenetics”, but there’s also plenty of unusual ones that I can hardly remember ever writing. I figured [...]
Global Epigenomics Market to Reach $4.1 Billion by 2012
Friday, May 11th, 2007“$4.1 Billion by 2012″ is the major finding of a market report on the global epigenomics market published by BCC Research. The report identified three key market segments that will be commercially important in the field of epigenomics in the next 5 years: research tools, cancer diagnostics, and cancer therapeutics.
There are three major highlights from [...]
The DNA Network: Group of Genetics Bloggers
Thursday, May 10th, 2007Hsien Lei of Eye on DNA and Rick Vidal of My Biotech Life have spearheaded an effort to start a FeedBurner network: The DNA Network. This provides a handy aggregate feed and summary page for fans of genetics to get a quick summary of some of the best genetics writing from around the blogosphere. It [...]
Tangled Bank #79
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007Over the past two weeks, dozens of writers in their own shabby huts across the globe have toiled for countless hours to share their unique perspective on issues affecting all areas of science. Now you’re being given an opportunity to read all of that hard work, in one simple place.
Welcome to the 79th edition of [...]
Short Commercial Break and Some Random Post
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007I wanted to take a moment to thank all of the sponsors that have helped support the ongoing activities of Epigenetics News: Medical Software Associates, CalculateMe.com, Red Apple Living, Surgeon’s Advisor, HealthTalk, ShoXX.com, Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawyers and Drugs.MD.
In addition, some readers may have noticed a link added to the top of the right sidebar: Click [...]
Top 5 Ways to Get F—- Up at Work
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007Everyone knows that after weeks, months, and years of the same old, same old at your job, it tends to get repetitive and boring, and it gets difficult to remain as highly motivated as you were when you first started.
So, you’ve got to give yourself a boost to get you going again. Whether it’s in [...]
Mendel’s Garden #14
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007Welcome to the fourteenth edition of Mendel’s Garden, a blog carnival devoted to everything that has to do with the discipline of genetics. It’s ironic that it’s being hosted on a blog devoted entirely to showing that classical genetics isn’t what it’s all about — epigenetics is, in some ways, challenging the classical assumptions of [...]
Moving Towards Better Mapping of CpG Islands
Friday, May 4th, 2007A new research paper available as an early online release in the journal PLoS Compitational Biology helps provide some new insight into how the definition and mapping of CpG islands could be improved.
CpG islands were originally identified by epigenetic and functional properties, namely absence of DNA methylation and frequent promoter association. However, this concept was [...]
Launch of Eye on DNA and Call for Submissions
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007One of the first established genetics/health bloggers to give some link love to Epigenetics News after its launch in March 2006 was Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei, formerly of the b5 media blog Genetics and Health. Just recently, she announced that she is breaking out on her own with a new blog devoted entirely to genetics, Eye [...]
