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The mechanism of myoblast deformation in response to cyclic strain – A...
Zheng L, Song J, Li Z, Fan Y, Zhao Z, Chen Y, Deng F, Hu YCell Biol Int (Jul 2008) Mechanical strain is one of the important epigenetic factors that cause deformation and differentiation of skeletal...
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Histone lysine methyltransferases and demethylases in Plasmodium falciparum.
Cui L, Fan Q, Cui L, Miao JInt J Parasitol (Aug 2008) Dynamic histone lysine methylation, regulated by methyltransferases and demethylases, plays fundamental roles in chromatin structure and gene...
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Epigenetics News Returns
In February 2008, I made the decision to shut down this blog in order to spend more time focusing on completing my degree and pushing my research project forward. Last month I completed my B.S. in...
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A Professor and a Graduate Student Mull Over Epigenetics
PZ Myers (Pharyngula), an associate professor in developmental biology, and Abigail Smith (erv), a graduate student studying retoroviral evolution, talk about a number of topics in a bloggingheads.tv...
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Merging Blogging with the Pursuit of Academic Tenure
John Hawks, who has maintained a popular blog focused on his field of expertise in paleoanthropology, has begun a series of posts discussing some of the pros and cons of blogging during the early years...
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Intro to Epigenetics
University of Minnesota-Morris biologist PZ Myers has written an introduction to epigenetics at Pharyngula, with some nice illustrations of some of the basic concepts and mechanisms that are generally...
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Getting a Research Associate Position
I was able to secure an offer for continued employment as a Research Associate at Washington State University. I will be working in the lab of Dr. Skinner, who many know that I had also been working...
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Constellation Pharmaceuticals Aims to Develop Epigenetic Drugs
One of the news items that was missed in April during the brief hiatus was about a new biotech outfit (Constellation Pharmaceuticals) that had raised $32 million in a series A round of funding. The...
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Lab Atmosphere: Good, Bad, or Indifferent?
One of the labs that I visited during my job interviews had the most amazing atmosphere of any lab that I have been in during my work thus far. Undeniably, it didn’t hurt that everything was clean and...
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Epigenetics & Chromatin: Epigenetics Goes Open Access
While Landes Bioscience made headway by debuting a journal devoted solely to epigenetics (Epigenetics), BMC has really opened the door to epigenetics research by debuting the first open-access journal...
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Happy New Year!
I was just reminded that I have been neglecting my duties as a blogger when I read this post from Alex Palazzo at The Daily Transcript. Ironically, Alex does a great job reflecting why I have been...
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Newsweek: Transgenerational epigenetics is “the new Lamarckism”
A recent article in Newsweek from science writer Sharon Begley reports on “the new Lamarckism,” citing studies from epigenetics researchers, including Emma Whitelaw. The article seems to be all about...
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NIH Challenge Grants Include Bait for Epigenetics Researchers
Yesterday the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the Request for Applications (RFA) for the NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research. The omnibus includes a list of 15 topic areas...
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PLoS ONE: Why I Changed My Mind
Longtime readers may remember a couple years ago when I did a post subtly criticizing the relatively new journal PLoS ONE, saying that it was not much more than a repository for rejected papers from...
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Moving Forward: Update on Work in the Lab
The blog has fell silent for a number of months, mainly because my work and other endeavors has consumed all of my time. The work in the lab has taken on new dimensions, with our staff significantly...
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