RESEARCH SUMMARY
Integrated genomic and epigenomic studies of breast cancer: an allelic-specific perspective My research involves applying my expertise in genomics and epigenomics to dissecting out the components of breast cancer. I have been focusing on elucidating allele-specific gene expression and allele-specific epigenetic modifications. We developed a specific adaptation of SNP array-based high throughput technology. We showed that differential expression from the two alleles of a given gene is common in normal tissue. We followed this by demonstrating that the genetic background influences the epigenetic state of chromatin.