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 Brooks

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • anbrooks@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Bioinformatics

Raquel Chamorro-Garcia

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
• Campus Email
  • rchamorr@ucsc.edu

Carlos Diaz-Castillo

• Title
  • Associate Researcher
• Department
  • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
• Campus Email
  • cdiazcas@ucsc.edu

James Doucet-Battle

• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Sociology Department
• Campus Email
  • jbattle@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Sociology

Grant Hartzog

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • hartzog@ucsc.edu

Daniel H. Kim

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • dkim142@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Genomics

Mohammed Andres Mostajo Radji

• Pronouns
  • he, him, his, his, himself
• Title
  • Assistant Research Scientist
• Department
  • Genomics Institute
• Campus Email
  • mmostajo@ucsc.edu

Sofie Reda Salama

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Acting Professor of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • ssalama@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Biomedical Sciences

Upasna Sharma

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • upsharma@ucsc.edu

Susan Strome

• Title
  • Distinguished Professor Emeritus
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • sstrome@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Epigenetics