Genome & Informatics, 2013, 02, 7─14

Perspectives of International Human Epigenome Consortium

jae-Bum Bae

Abstract

As the International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC) launched officially at the 2010 Washington meeting, a giant step toward the conquest of unexplored regions of the human genome has begun. IHEC aims at the production of 1,000 reference epigenomes to the international scientific community for next 7-10 years. Seven member institutions, including South Korea, Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH), will produce 25-200 reference epigenomes individually, and the produced data will be publically available by using a data center. Epigenome data will cover from whole genome bisulfite sequencing, histone modification, and chromatin access information to miRNA-seq. The final goal of IHEC is the production of reference maps of human epigenomes for key cellular status relevant to health and disease

• ISBN or ISSN: 1598-866X

• 본 연구는 질병관리본부 연구개발과제(과제번호 2012-N73006-00) 연구비를 지원받아 수행되었습니다.
• This research was supported by a fund(code 2012-N73006-00) by Research of Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.