JÖRN WALTER
Lab Profile
Department for EpiGenetics
The EpiGenetics group at Saarland University has a research focus on principles, mechanisms and consequences of epigenetic regulation. The group focuses on developing technologies for high sensitive detection of DNA-methylation and its oxidized forms and NOMe-based chromatin accessibility. These experimental approaches are complemented by bioinformatics approaches using deep learning. Functionally the group analyses mechanisms of epigenetic reprogramming during early mammalian development at the single cell level and epigenomic variations associated with metabolic or inflammatory diseases in distinct cell types.
- Epigenomics
- DNA-methylation
- chromatin accessibility
- single cell RNA-sequencing
- reprogramming stem cells
- liver function
Institution Name
Universität des Saarlandes
Institution Short Name
USAAR
Institution Address
FR 8.3 Biosciences, Laboratory of EpiGenetics, Campus A2 4, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Team
Principal Investigator
Jörn Walter
Professor of EpiGenetics Department
FR 8.3 Biosciences, Laboratory of EpiGenetics, Campus A2 4, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
Tel.:+49 (0) 6813024367/2425