CEEHRC 2023
The lab enjoyed sunny weather in Banff for the 9th annual Canadian Conference on Epigenetics organized by the Canadian Epigenetics, Environment and Health Research Consortium Network. Lab alumni Julie Brind’Amour and Carol Chen were...
Lorincz Lab Updates
Conservation and divergence of canonical and non-canonical imprinting in murids
Congratulations to Julien Richard Albert (currently in Maxim Greenberg’s group in Paris) on his recent publication Conservation and divergence of canonical and non-canonical imprinting in murids, a large collaboration years in the making. ...
Interplay between chromatin marks in development and disease
Published in Nature Reviews. Genetics, Sanne and Matt dissect the relationships between various chromatin marks and the feedback mechanisms at play in different cellular contexts. Pdf available here: https://rdcu.be/cyMvq?
Maternal DNMT3A-dependent de novo methylation of the paternal genome inhibits gene expression in the early embryo
Julien Richard Albert’s paper in Nature Communications, published October 27, 2020, has been featured by the editor Carolina Perdigoto. In this publication, Julien pursued allele-specific DNA methylation changes in the early embryo. He found...
Congratulations!
Dr. Julien Richard Albert successfully defended his PhD thesis on April 3rd, and Kristoffer N. Jensen defended his Master’s thesis on April 2nd. Celebrations were done via Zoom to abide by social distancing measures...
Evolution of imprinting via lineage-specific insertion of retroviral promoters
Members of the Lorincz Lab, alongside our collaborators in the labs of Dr. Louis Lefebvre and Dr. Hisato Kobayashi, recently published a paper in Nature Communications. The paper explores a mechanism for the evolution...
MEG Retreat
The Molecular Epigenetics Group just spent two sunny, beautiful days at the Loon Lake Lodge and Retreat Centre in Maple Ridge, with trainee talks, poster session, and a side of sunburns. Thanks to everyone...
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr. Kenjiro Shirane
Congratulations to Dr. Kenjiro Shirane, postdoc in the Lorincz lab, who recently started his two years of support from the prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship program!
Patricia Baird Prize to Julien Richard Albert
Congratulations to Julien Richard Albert, who won the UBC Department of Medical Genetics Patricia Baird Prize at the MedGen Research Day in November, 2018! The prize recognizes excellence in medical genetics research by a trainee....
A facelift for Lorinczlab.ca
After a brief hiatus, LorinczLab.ca has been updated to reflect changes in the lab. Stay tuned, pictures from recent lab outings will be posted shortly.