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Week - 1 |
Introduction to Epigenetics: Definitions, and core concepts |
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Week - 2 |
Chromatin Structure and Organization (Euchromatin vs. Heterochromatin) |
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Week - 3 |
Chromatin Remodeling (Chromatin Remodeling Complexes) |
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Week - 4 |
DNA Methylation and Histon modifications: Mechanisms and biological roles |
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Week - 5 |
Genomic Imprinting: X-chromosome inactivation |
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Week - 6 |
RNA interferance: Non-coding RNAs in Epigenetic Regulation (miRNA, lncRNA) |
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Week - 7 |
Epigenetic Regulation in Prokaryotic and Plant Cells |
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Week - 8 |
Developmental Epigenetics: Mechanisms in the Cell Cycle, Embryogenesis, Cell Differentiation, and Stem Cell Biology |
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Week - 9 |
Epigenetics in Cancer: The Relationship Between DNA Methylation, Histone Modification, and RNAi in Carcinogenesis |
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Week - 10 |
Epigenetics in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Mechanisms in Synaptic Degeneration and Neurodevelopmental Disorders |
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Week - 11 |
Environmental Epigenetics: Its Relationship with Nutrition, Stress, and Toxins |
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Week - 12 |
Epigenetic Diagnosis, Therapy and Drug Development |
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Week - 13 |
Epigenomic Techniques and Bioinformatic: ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, Bisulfite sequencing |
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Week - 14 |
The Philosophy of Epigenetics and Current Research: The Epigenetic Paradigm |