Webinar: Transposable elements and epigenome evolution
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Registration is required to attend. Transposable elements (TE) make up about half of our genome, yet they are understudied due to their repetitive nature and are called “junk DNA”. However, they are an abundant and rich genetic resource of regulatory sequences. Modern genomics provided us an opportunity to interrogate their contribution to genome and epigenome evolution. I will discuss advances made over the last decade in recognizing TE’s role in innovating gene regulatory networks, and more recent surprising findings illustrating how TEs provide genetic redundancy in maintaining 3D genome architecture, and how TE’s deregulation accelerates cancer epigenome evolution. M-LEEaD Omics and Bioinformatics Core

Webinar: Transposable elements and epigenome evolution

Dr. Ting Wang, PhD - Inaugural Sanford and Karen Loewentheil Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine.

icon to add this event to your google calendarJuly 27, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online
Sponsored by: M-LEEaD Omics and Bioinformatics Core
Contact Information: Katie Zarins (kmrents@umich.edu)

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Registration is required to attend. Transposable elements (TE) make up about half of our genome, yet they are understudied due to their repetitive nature and are called “junk DNA”. However, they are an abundant and rich genetic resource of regulatory sequences. Modern genomics provided us an opportunity to interrogate their contribution to genome and epigenome evolution. I will discuss advances made over the last decade in recognizing TE’s role in innovating gene regulatory networks, and more recent surprising findings illustrating how TEs provide genetic redundancy in maintaining 3D genome architecture, and how TE’s deregulation accelerates cancer epigenome evolution.