Erin N. Hales

The paper develops universal epigenetic clocks that accurately estimate age across mammalian tissues using DNA methylation data from 185 species.

This paper presents a comprehensive functional annotation of the horse genome, addressing limitations in current RNA-seq and comparative genomics approaches by integrating data from nine major tissues.

The paper improves the equine transcriptome annotation using long-read RNA sequencing, achieving 45% better completeness and enhanced identification of alternative splicing and noncoding genes.

This paper develops epigenetic clocks for horses using DNA methylation data from multiple tissues, showing age-related CpGs are near developmental genes and that castration does not significantly affect aging rate.