Epigenetics of Human Development and Disease

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Rebekah S. Marsh, Ph.D., is a trained protein biochemist experienced in cell, molecular and biochemical techniques. She also thoroughly enjoys helping others in their educational journeys and has dedicated her professional efforts toward teaching. She completed her postdoctoral work at Kansas State University and at The Ohio State University.

Textbook(s) for this course: Epigenetics
Author: C. David Allis, Thomas Jenuwein, Danny Reinberg, Marie-Laure Caparros
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Publication Year: 2007
ISBN: 0879698756

AND article from journal: Nature
This additional assigned reading may be ordered online from a link in the classroom.

X423 (3 semester units in Molecular and Cell Biology)

An elective in the Certificate Program in the Essentials of Green Chemistry and in the Professional Biomedical Sciences Program

Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetic mechanisms play important roles in development from a fertilized egg into a complex human being, as well as in aging and in various diseases (including cancer). Study topics such as DNA methylation, histone modification, RNAi, cancer epigenetics, stem cells and the environment (for example, nutrition and stress) as potential modifiers of the human epigenome.

Although there are no formal prerequisites for this course, some background in molecular biology and genetics is helpful.

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