CeFH Genetic Friday: Placental epigenetic clocks: estimating gestational age using placental DNA methylation

Yunsung Lee is a doctoral student to Dr. Astanand (Anil) Jugessur at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. He visited Dr. Steve Horvath’s laboratory at University of California Los Angeles for six months. Yunsung and Steve developed placental clocks that accurately estimate gestational age based on placental DNA methylation data.