IHEC Countries

IHEC brings together funding agencies and research teams from around the globe. Several countries are committing significant resources to contribute reference epigenomes to meet IHEC goals. In principle, there are two options for joining IHEC: as full or associate member. 

Additionally, IHEC is engaged with a number of countries through strategic partnerships, to ensure close alignment and coordination of activities.

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IHEC Full Members

Asia

  • HONG KONG
    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong Epigenomics Project
     
  • SINGAPORE
    The Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Singapore Epigenome Project
  • JAPAN
    Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), CREST Program
     
  • SOUTH KOREA
    National Institute of Health, Metabolic Epigenome Project

Europe

  • EUROPEAN UNION
    European Commission (EC), BLUEPRINT Project, SYSCID Project, MultipleMS Project
  • GERMANY
    Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Project Management Agency within the German Aerospace Center (PT-DLR), DEEP Project

North America

  • CANADA
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Epigenetics, Environment and Health Research Consortium (CEEHRC) Network
     
  • USA
    National Institutes of Health (NIH), Roadmap Epigenomics Program
  • USA
    National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), ENCODE Project (ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements)
     
  • USA
    National Institutes of Health (NIH), 4D Nucleome Program

IHEC Associate Members

  • CANADA
    University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Perkins Laboratory
     
  • NEW ZEALAND
    University of Otago, Dunedin School of Medicine, Chatterjee Laboratory
  • USA
    DNA Zoo, Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Aiden Lab
     
  • USA
    Emory University School of Medicine, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine and Framingham Heart Study, Epigenetics of Aging and Disease

Countries and agencies supportive of IHEC goals

  • AUSTRALIA
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
     
  • ITALY
    European Institute of Oncology, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Italian Institute of Technology, Center for Genomic Science, IEO, IFOM, IIT
  • FRANCE
    National Agency of Research (ANR)
     
  • UNITED KINGDOM
    UK Funders Alliance: Medical Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Cancer Research UK, and Wellcome Trust