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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.

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Angela Brooks

Angela Brooks

Associate Professor

Biomolecular Enginerring

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Carlos Diaz-Castillo

Assistant Researcher

Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology

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Daniel Kim

Assistant Professor

Biomolecular Engineering

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Grant Hartzog

Grant Hartzog

Professor, Associate Dean

Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology

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James Doucet-Battle

Associate Professor

Sociology

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Mohammed Mostajo-Radji

Assistant Research Scientist

Genomics Institute

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Raquel Chamorro-Garcia

Assistant Professor

Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology

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Sofie Salama

Sofie Salama

Adjunct Professor

Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Genomics Institute

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Susan Strome

Susan Strome

Distinguished Professor

Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology

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Upasna Sharma

Upasna Sharma

Assistant Professor

Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology

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