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Targeted Epigenetic Editing Using Optogenetic Tools, Joshua Hahn, Chongli Yuan
Targeted Epigenetic Editing Using Optogenetic Tools, Joshua Hahn, Chongli Yuan
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
Epigenetics markers, such as DNA methylation and histone post-translational modifications, are modifications to the structure of DNA that impact gene expression without altering the genetic code. Among them, DNA methylation plays a critical role in various biological processes including the differentiation of stem cells, regulation of gene expression, and adaptation to environmental signals. The ability to modify DNA methylation at particular genes in various cell types is thus desirable for engineering specific cell phenotypes. Although technologies exist that can alter DNA methylation at target genes, these techniques lack spatial and temporal resolution and are not able to selectively edit individual …