University of California-Irvine · BiologyTransgenerational Epigenetics Lab
Bruce Blumberg · Irvine, California
Research Focus
Dr. Bruce Blumberg's lab at UC Irvine focuses on understanding how prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals, particularly endocrine disruptors, affects obesity in future generations. They study mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance, which could explain how these effects are passed down without changes to DNA. This research aims to uncover how these inherited traits lead to metabolic diseases and how interventions might prevent these transgenerational effects.
epigeneticstransgenerational inheritanceobesityendocrine disruptorschromatin structure
Research Aims
3AIM 01Investigate how prenatal TBT exposure alters chromatin structure in germ cells.
AIM 02Identify mechanisms driving gene expression changes in metabolic pathways.
AIM 03Test epigenetic interventions to prevent transgenerational obesity.
Skills the Lab Values
ChIP-seqgene expression analysisanimal modelsmolecular biology techniquesdata collection and analysis
Output against the department
Publications231top 27% of dept.273rd of 1,033
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Citations26ktop 15% of dept.152nd of 1,033
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