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Epigenetics Society

The Epigenetics Society (https://epgen-devclient.azurewebsites.net/home) is an international, not-for-profit, scholarly society with the goal of advancing research into the broad field of epigenetics, which includes studies of the roles of DNA cytosine methylation and cytosine hydroxymethylation and histone modifications on gene function and structure. The activities of the Society include maintaining a directory of members sending a regular e-mail newsletter with abstracts of recent articles submitted by members and publishing notices of interest to members, publicizing epigenetics research to those molecular biologists not directly working in this area, organizing conferences, and maintaining a website with epigenetics-related information. The website will contain an introduction to epigenetics for laypeople. The activities of the Society have been: 1. Publish abstracts of ES members’ recent journal articles, provide a News and Views (N & V) review of recent important developments in the field of epigenetics, and provide of forum for communication of research ideas. The Epigenetics Society currently has more than 900 memebers.

History

The Epigenetics Society2 was founded, first as the DNA Methylation Society1 in March 1994 with Dr. Melanie Ehrlich3 as President Dr. Moshe Szyf as Vice-President and Dr. G. Stanley Cox as Secretary-Treasurer and more recently, with its current name, to include other areas of epigenetics research other than DNA methylation.

Journals

Journals that sponsor the Epigenetics Society include Epigenomes (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/epigenomes) with Dr. Ernesto Guccione as editor-in-chief and Frontiers in Epigenetics and Epigenomics (see https://doi.org/10.3389/freae.2023.1176449; https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/sections/epigenomics-and-epigenetics) with Stephen Henikoff as editor-in-chief.

References

1. https://www.cell.com/trends/genetics/fulltext/S0168-9525(98)01642-4 2. https://epigeneticssocietyint.com/activities 3. https://medicine.tulane.edu/departments/hayward-genetics-center-tulane-cancer-center-biomedical-informatics-and-genomics/faculty; 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Szyf