Our Work

Data Sets

The availability of high-quality reference data is integral to basic and applied research of diseases. The generation of such epigenome reference maps will hopefully lead to the discovery of new insights and treatment methods. The International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC) is a global consortium aiming to map the complete human epigenome. As a member of IHEC, data generated by EpiHK is publicly available through the IHEC data portal.

Countries and agencies contributing reference epigenomes:

  • CANADA: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  • EUROPEAN UNION: European Commission (EC)
  • GERMANY: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Project Management Agency within the German Aerospace Center (PT-DLR)
  • HONG KONG: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
  • JAPAN: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
  • SINGAPORE: The Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)
  • SOUTH KOREA: National Institute of Health, Korea
  • USA: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap Epigenomics Program
  • USA: National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) ENCODE Project (ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements)