History

Our epigenetics research working group has been meeting regularly since 2010 and has grown to include approximately twenty laboratories from three departments in the School of Medicine & Health Sciences, as well as talented scientists from the College of Nursing, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center. Most of the epigenetics group members are early career investigators or those with established research programs in other fields whose research has led them to the exciting area of epigenetics/epigenomics research. In addition to the five junior investigators who would receive project support through our COBRE (Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in the Epigenomics of Development and Disease) grant, this working group includes several well-established federally-funded investigators with expertise in cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, auto-immune disorders, and aging. The more established members of the group will serve as collaborators, mentors, and on the Internal Advisory Board to support the Center generally, and more specifically to assist the junior investigators with all aspects of our mission.