Our mission
Our mission is to promote and facilitate epigenetics research and education across students, faculty, and physicians. The KCVI Epigenetics Consortium is directed by Dr. Lucia Carbone and includes several investigators whose research involves various aspects of epigenetics (e.g., environmental epigenetics, cancer, maternal reprogramming, neuroscience, reproductive biology).
Enabling epigenetics research
In order to facilitate epigenetics research, the Epigenetics Consortium includes a service core. This service core functions on a fee-for-service basis, with a sample-to-data model in mind.
Investigators inside and outside of OHSU can choose our wet-lab services, dry-lab services, or both. The service core provides end-to-end support for a number of DNA methylation and chromatin analyses. These services include, but are not limited to, bisulfite sequencing and chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq).
Interested in starting a new project? Contact us and submit an inquiry form (link: https://www.ohsu.edu/epigenetics-consortium/contact-us).”
Life cycle of a project

News!
- The Epigenetics consortium qualifies for the Exploratory Research Seed Grants (link: https://ohsu.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1825440). Contact carbone@ohsu.edu or okhovat@ohsu.edu if you are planning for a new project.
- Check out the recording of our recent virtual seminar with Dr. Steve Henikoff on chromatin dynamics.
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The Carbone lab was awarded one of the UO-OHSU pilot grants in collaboration with Dr. Kirstin Sterner. Their project will be using the epigenetic clock to test gene x environmental interactions in the context of brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases.