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Epigenetics

Epigenetics is the study of how chemical modifications (e.g., DNA methylation and histone modification) of genes alters cellular biology; this field has transformed the way we think about genomes. 

Epigenetic changes in DNA control gene activity without changing DNA sequences and are important for regulating gene expression. These mechanisms are involved in the regulation of all biological processes in the body from conception to death and thus are a major area of study in genetics and genomics. Our researchers study the effects of epigenetic modifications on genome function and how errors in this process cause human genetic disease. 

Please browse the profiles of the Epigenetics faculty below to explore the research of individual laboratories.

Principal Investigators
Stephanie Bielas Stephanie Bielas, PhD
Morton S and Henrietta K Sellner Professor of Human Genetics
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Associate Chair, Department of Human Genetics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Alan Boyle Alan P Boyle, PhD
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
MPHOTO-HumnGeneticsHdsGrps24(130) Margit Burmeister, PhD
Associate Chair, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Program Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Psychiatry
Research Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
HmGenFcltyHdsGrps21(117) Saher S Hammoud
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Associate Professor of Urology
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Shigeki Iwase Shigeki Iwase PhD
Associate Professor of Human Genetics and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Sundeep Kalantry, PhD Sundeep Kalantry
Professor of Human Genetics
HumanGenStffHdsGrps22(288).jpg John V Moran
Gilbert S Omenn Collegiate Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Internal Medicine and Program Associate
PhD Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics
Steven Parker Stephen CJ Parker, PhD
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Biostatistics
Rajesh-C.-Rao,-M.D..jpg Rajesh Rao
Leonard G Miller Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Associate Professor of Pathology
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
profile-peter-todd-2014 Peter K Todd, MD, PhD
Chester and Anne Alecks Sackett Endowed Professor
Professor of Neurology
Associate Chair for Research
Department of Neurology
Medical Director
Neurology and Professor of Human Genetics