The Chromatin Digest a year on
Hi everyone! I hope you all have had a good start to the summer. Today (8th June 2026) marks a year since my first post, which has completely flown by. I decided to write this blog in 2025 to provide a platform for recent epigenetics research, since there are very few science communication efforts dedicated…
Stressed cells offload damaged DNA to their neighbours
During cellular stress, cells bundle broken DNA into micronuclei, which are then shuttled through microscopic tubes like a train travelling through a tunnel. Picture from here, under CC BY 2.0. DNA is precious; without it, our cells1 would not be able to survive. As such, it’s kept safely within the confines of the nucleus. The…
Meaning only emerges when you look at the wider picture: what a drug safety meeting taught me about epigenetics
Guest Blog Series 2026 By Hemlata Pant A group of people in a meeting room. Picture by Christina Morello. Image is in the public domain. I first came across epigenetics at A level. Back then, it felt reassuringly neat. I learned that adding chemical tags to DNA or histones could tighten or loosen chromatin, and…