Life Sciences Faculties

Short-read DNA sequencing (NGS) is revolutionizing all fields of biological research. Still, it fails to extract the full range of information associated with genetic material and cannot resolve many variations between genomes. The information content of the genome extends beyond the base sequence in the form of chemical modifications such as DNA methylation, damage lesions, or chromosomal association with DNA-binding proteins (chromatin). For the last decade, our lab has been developing tools for genomic analysis at the single-cell and single-molecule levels. I’ll present a biochemical and physical toolbox for mapping epigenetic modifications in the genome and demonstrate its application in clinical cancer research.