Talk:Epigenomics

Company name

"Epigenomics" is also the name of a company; http://www.epigenomics.com. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 22:51, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

There is a discussion related to this article at Talk:Epigenetics#Possible merge of Epigenetics-related topics. Quasihuman | Talk 21:06, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

International Human Epigenomics Consortium (IHEC)

Hi, this is my first time participating in a Talk page so apologies if I get anything wrong. Please let me know if more information is needed.

Conflict of interest statement: I'm not employed by IHEC, but I do serve on one of their Working Groups. I therefore won't add any text myself, but would like to submit the following for consideration by other editors.

IHEC is an international consortium that aims to coordinate efforts to generate at least 1,000 reference epigenomes - i.e. "baseline" epigenomes that can be used as references in other studies. It was founded in 2010 and has been mentioned in the News section of the academic journal Nature.

The role of IHEC in the field of epigenomics is directly comparable to that of initiatives like The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) in the field of cancer genome sequencing. TCGA and ICGC both have entries on the Cancer Genome Sequencing page. I would therefore like to suggest that IHEC be mentioned in a similar way on the Epigenomics page.

I have prepared the following suggested text and references, but will leave the final version in the hands of people without COIs.

Suggested text: IHEC was launched in 2010 to coordinate global efforts in the field of epigenomics(1,2). Specifically, IHEC aims to generate at least 1,000 reference (baseline) human epigenomes from different types of normal and disease-related human cell types(3). The reference epigenome for each sample consists of, at a minimum, transcriptome (RNA-Seq) and whole genome bisulfite sequences, as well as ChIP-Seq data for six core histone modifications (4). Additional datasets are included for some samples. These data are generated by scientists funded by full-member funding agencies, each of which must commit at least USD 10 million to IHEC-aligned epigenome sequencing efforts(5). All data will be made freely available to the research community(1)Enniscath (talk) 22:06, 16 September 2013 (UTC). 1) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7281/full/463587a.html 2) http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100202/full/463596b.html 3) http://ihec-epigenomes.org/about/ 4) http://ihec-epigenomes.org/outcomes/protocols/ 5) http://ihec-epigenomes.org/about/ihec-members/ Enniscath (talk) 18:11, 25 September 2013 (UTC)