Old proteins, new tricks
In order to switch genes on and off, chromatin has to be opened and shut, enabling the DNA to become open to the whim of the rest of the nucleus for transcription. This is called chromatin remodelling, and it’s far from an easy task because our DNA is wrapped around huge protein complexes called nucleosomes.…
In Conversation With… Reinhard Stöger
For the first instalment of the In Conversation With… series, I sat down with Reinhard Stöger, who runs a laboratory at the University of Nottingham, UK and is a member of the Epigenetics Society Board. Really good to speak with you! Firstly, can you tell me a little bit about your background? Yeah, of course.…
April-June 2026: Research Roundup
Hey everyone! After some time away, I thought I should start doing quarterly summaries of recent epigenetics news — short and to the point! April: CRISPR gets its latest upgrade CRISPR-Cas9 complexes have been incredibly useful for editing the genome, however they tend to barge in and make edits/cuts regardless of methylation. A new modified…