Membership drive for EPIC, a new epigenetics and epigenomics user community

EPIC, the Epigenomics of Plants International Consortium, is a new initiative supporting the efforts of the international community studying epigenomics and epigenetics in plants. EPIC is currently funded by a research collaborative network grant from the NSF. The goal of EPIC is to identify key intellectual questions, potentially transformative methodologies, as well as training and infrastructure needs of the epigenomics community and then communicate these to international funding agencies in order to establish a coordinated plant epigenomics initiative. All individuals interested in the rapidly expanding fields of epigenetics and epigenomics are invited to join in this effort by becoming a member of EPIC. After self-registering at the EPIC website, community members will be able to participate in online surveys and discussion groups that will identify the community's priorities and will shape the mission of EPIC. In addition to registering, we ask community members to please spread the word about EPIC, urging friends, colleagues and professional contacts to also register as members of EPIC.