Analysis and Development of Protocols in Bioinformatics for Epigenetic Studies

• Grant number: 13/24801-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: April 01, 2014
• End date: January 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics
• Principal Investigator: Iscia Teresinha Lopes Cendes
• Grantee: Wélliton de Souza
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/50680-2 - Multimodal investigation of epileptogenesis with emphasis in the implementation of new animal models and new tools, AP.TEM

Abstract

Epigenetic changes are those that occur during cellular division, modifying gene expression without changes on the DNA sequence. They are involved in gene silencing, tissue differentiation and in molecular mechanisms of a number of phenotypes. DNA methylation, an epigenetic modification that changes chromatin, has been studied extensively in various normal and pathologic biological processes. With the advancement of technologies and protocols for DNA sequencing, it is now possible to perform analysis to determine methylation profiles and their association with phenotypes of interest. This project will add the epigenetics perspective to ongoing studies on epilepsies through the development of analytical methodologies and high-performance computational tools. We will use current statistical approaches and up-to-date bioinformatics protocol to analyze bisulfite-treated DNA data. This will allow us to determine methylation profiles and estimate their association to the epilepsy phenotypes on animal models.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE SOUZA, WELLITON; CARVALHO, BENILTON DE SA; LOPES-CENDES, ISCIA. Rqc: A Bioconductor Package for Quality Control of High-Throughput Sequencing Data. JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE, v. 87, n. CN2, p. 1-14, NOV 2018. (13/24801-2)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SOUZA, Wélliton de. Analysis and development of bioinformatics protocols for epigenetics studies. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Campinas, SP.