Five three-year awards, part of a larger $100 million commitment, were given to researchers working on epigenetics and the evolution of mobile genetic elements.
The company plans to use the funds to support expansion of its commercial footprint by increasing sales and marketing efforts and new technology development.
Results from up to eight stages of mouse or human retina development highlight the importance of histone modifications and other epigenetic shifts during differentiation.
The researchers concluded that each method has its own advantages and drawbacks depending on the sample being analyzed, cost restrictions, and the question.
With Cas9 constructs fused to expression activators or repressors, researchers targeted chromatin-accessible sites to screen for regulatory element activity.
This month, GWG Life began sending out cheek swab kits to life insurance policy holders to analyze their saliva for epigenetic biomarkers developed at UCLA.
Researchers showed in a new study that patterns of methylation co-occuring at different sites could help distinguish cancer DNA in the blood, and mark its original source in body.
VISION aims to provide validated regulatory modules, quantitative models for gene regulation, and guides for translating research from mouse models to human.
The agency aims to fund projects that will use functional genetics and genomics to gain insights into the molecular underpinnings of substance use disorders.
At the Plant and Animal Genomes conference, a Cold Spring Harbor Lab researcher provided information on an upcoming study of maize regulatory elements.
In PLOS this week: mutation in second gene widens clinical symptoms of people with ADD3 mutations, comparative genomic analysis of Pseudovibrio, and more.
