The Effect of Histone Demethylases on Gene Expression and Cancer Cell Stability (Johnathan Whetstine)

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Chromatin State Reprogramming in Cancer Progression (Kunal Rai)

In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we talked with Kunal Rai from MD Anderson Cancer Center about his work on chromatin state reprogramming in cancer progression. A major part of the conversation covers his postdoctoral work on active DNA demethylation. He describes how h ...  Show more

Statistical Physics Approaches to DNA Methylation and Aging (Steffen Rulands)

In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we talked with Steffen Rulands from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich about how methods from statistical physics can be used to study collective phenomena in biology. We discuss his path from physics into stem cell biology and ...  Show more

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