Methylation, memory and sleep
Xinyue Chen is in her sixth year as a PhD student in Shawn Liu’s lab and Yueqing Peng’s lab at Columbia University (NY, USA). Xinyue presented her thesis project on the role of methylation in memory consolidation during sleep at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Neuroscience 2024 (5–9 October; Chicago, IL, USA). We caught up with Xinyue to discuss the findings of her project so far, the techniques she’s been using, including a CRISPR-based methylation editing tool, and the impact this work could have. Could you tell us about your project? My project looked at methylation’s role...
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