Dr Tim Hore leads a research group at the University of Otago that uses epigenetics and functional genomics to understand aspects of development and other fundamental biological questions.

Recent work has explored epigenetic reprogramming fish, DNA methylation clocks in sheep and the mechanisms of active DNA demethylation in cultured stem cells.

Underpinning research in the Hore laboratory is the development of open-source protocols for nucleic acid purification and handling using magnetic beads (see bomb.bio for more details).