Epigenetics

Epigenetics is a fast-growing field in biology that originally aimed to understand the phenotypic expression of the genotype. Today, epigenetics covers from the study of mechanisms of gene expression regulation during the development of complex organisms, to the study of phenotypic alterations caused by environmental exposures and their propagation across generations in the absence of genetic mutations.

Epigenetic mechanisms and alterations have been associated with increased phenotypic variation within a population and to a variety of diseases, including metabolic disruption, infertility, or behavioral alterations.

UCSC faculty cover the breadth of the epigenetics field, from the use of molecular approaches to understand basic epigenetic mechanisms of genome regulation, to determining how environmental factors alter such mechanisms. Understanding how mechanisms of epigenetic regulation of the genome work as well as how environmental factors modulate them have important implications in Evolution and Global Health.

Angela N Brooks

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  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Biomolecular Engineering
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  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Bioinformatics
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Raquel Chamorro Garcia

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    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
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Carlos Diaz-Castillo

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    • Associate Researcher
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    • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
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James Battle

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    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Sociology Department
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  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Sociology
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Grant A Hartzog

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    • Professor
  • Department
    • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
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Daniel Kim

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    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Biomolecular Engineering
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  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Genomics
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Mohammed Andres Mostajo Radji

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  • Title
    • Assistant Research Scientist
  • Department
    • Genomics Institute
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Sofie Reda Salama

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  • Title
    • Acting Professor of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
  • Department
    • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
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  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Biomedical Sciences
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Upasna Sharma

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
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Susan Strome

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor Emeritus
  • Department
    • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
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  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Epigenetics
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Last modified: Aug 11, 2023