DEEP Epigenome Programme Launched

21 research teams from all across Germany have joined forces within the German epigenome programme (DEEP) in order to decode and map 70 epigenomes of human cell types. Their purpose is to gain insight into the cell-specific programmes of healthy and diseased as well as old and young cells. The field of epigenetics researches cell characteristics that are passed on to filial cells even though these are not encoded within the DNA. DEEP is the official German contribution to the worldwide operating International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC) and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with a total of 16 million Euro over the course of the next five years.

Further information:

Pressemeldung der Universität des Saarlandes

BMBF-Pressemeldung

Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB) at the MDC

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