Welcome to the Penn Epigenetics Program

The Penn Epigenetics Program was established in 2009 by the Dean of Medicine to promote and develop basic research in chromatin biology and epigenetics, and to encourage collaborations between basic and clinical research in epigenetics. Toward this end, the Program offers monthly research meetings, sponsors seminars, organizes symposia, recruits faculty, galvanizes large program grants, and establishes technology cores, among other projects.
                                                                                                      Shelley L. Berger, Ph.D., Director
                                                                                                   Kenneth S. Zaret, Ph.D., Co-Director

New and Upcoming Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 11, 2012, 4:00pm at TRC 12-146

• Ralph Meyer, Ph.D., UPenn Veterinary School
  "Epigenetic Control of early embryo gene expression by sperm histone retention"
• Miin-Feng Wu, Ph.D., Wagner Lab at UPenn
  "A possible role for chromatin remodeling ATPases in reversal of polycomb repression

See the Program Events page for more details.

Epigenetics and Cellular Memory Symposium February 5, 2013 in the TRC Auditorium and Lobby.

BREAKING NEWS

Research regarding mouse ENCODE project has recently been release.  For a short write-up and related info, click here.

Information regarding the new NIH U54 "Epigenetics and Human Reproduction Center"
will be announced soon!

EPIGENETICS ROADMAP PROJECT

The Roadmap Project, sponsored by NIH, provides convergence of epigenomic data on this website:  More info can be found in our research section.