11/20 Frontiers in BIology, Ting Wang, "Transposable elements and epigenome evolution."

Nov 20, 2019 (Wed) | 4:00 PM -5:00 PM
Clark Auditorium : Stanford, CA

Abstract: Transposable elements (TE) make up about half of our genome, yet they are understudied due to their repetitive nature and are called “junk DNA”. However, they are an abundant and rich genetic resource of regulatory sequences. Modern genomics provided us an opportunity to interrogate their contribution to genome and epigenome evolution. I will discuss advances made over the last decade in recognizing TE’s role in innovating gene regulatory network, and more recent surprising findings illustrating how TEs provide genetic redundancy in maintaining 3D genome architecture, and how TE’s deregulation accelerate cancer epigenome evolution.

Department:  Genetics

Contact: Ashley Chen | 6507235052 | tzuenc@Stanford.edu

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