EpiCoN
Epigenetic Cooperation Norrland
2017 March The paper from Yeung et al. uncovers that the transcriptional co-repressor Atrophin controls developmental signaling pathways via interactions with Trithorax-like. Read more
2017 January The paper by Schwartz and Cavalli reviews 3D genome organization and function in Drosophila. Find out more
2016 December Schwartz and Stenberg groups publish a ground breaking paper on interdependence of PRC1 and PRC2 for recruitment to Polycomb Response Elements. Read more
2016 February The paper from Savitsky and co-authors uncovers distinct roles of chromatin insulator proteins in regulation of the Drosophila bithorax complex. Read more
2015 November Philip et al. discovers that the transcriptional co-activator CBP binds outside of promoters and enhancers in Drosophila melanogaster and likely is involved in regulating several processes like insulator activity. Read more
2015 May The collaboration between the Schwartz group and the group of Vincenzo Pirrotta at Rutgers University (USA) discovers that genome-wide activities of Polycomb complexes control pervasive transcription. Find out more!
2015 March The paper by Faucillion and Larsson showing that differential mRNA stability and translation rates of the autosomes and sex chromosomes contribute to an evolutionarily conserved dosage compensation mechanism in mammals is now published in Genome Biology and Evolution.Read more
2015 February The paper by Lindehell et al. describing how the proximity ligation assay can be used on polytene chromosomes and how components in the MSL-complex interact is now published in Chromosoma.Read more
2014 December The paper by Figueiredo et al. showing how non-coding RNAs prevent the binding of the dosage-compensation complex to heterochromatic regions is now published in PLoS Genetics.Read more
2014 October The EpiCoN application to Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation “Dynamics of the epigenetics memory” is awarded 5-year funding! Read morehere andhere.
2014 August A comparative analysis of metazoan chromatin organization by modENCODE and ENCODE consortia with a contribution of Schwartz group is now published in Nature.Read more
2014 July A paper by Kahn et al. demonstrating the role of combinatorial interactions in the recruitment of Pho Repressive Complex to Polycomb Response Elements is published in PLOS Genetics. Read more. A perspective regarding a new role of H2A ubiquitylation in Polycomb recruitment co-authored by Schwartz and Pirrotta is now published in Cell Reports.Read more
2014 June Collaboration between EpiCoN and the Department of Computing Science produces the first version of Genomizer, a software tool to analyze large-scale epigenomic data.Read more
2014 April A paper by Johansson and Larsson showing extended data on the genome-wide targeting of Painting of fourth is now published in Genomics Data. Read more
2014 April The paper by Lundberg et al. showing the targeting of Painting of fourth to roX1 and roX2 proximal sites and providing novel links between dosage compensation and heterochromatin is now published in G3.Read more
2014 March EpiCoN receives generous support from Kempestiftelserna to hire 4 postdoctoral researchers.
2014 January The EpiCoN application to Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation “Dynamics
of the epigenetics memory” is selected and endorsed by Umeå University.
2013 December The review article "A new world of Polycombs: unexpected partnerships and emerging functions" co-authored by Schwartz and Pirrotta is published in Nature Reviews Genetics. Read more
2013 October The paper by Philip and Stenberg showing that the male X-linked genes in Drosophila are compensated independently of the MSL-complex is published in Epigenetics & Chromatin. Read more
2013 July A review article by Stenberg and Saura on the different modes of meiosis and its deviations encountered in polyploid animals is published in Cytogenetic and Genome Research. Read more
2013 June EpiCoN is initiated!