Titel: Egenis international conference 2005: 'Genomics in Context'

Termin: 28.9.2005, 18:00 Uhr, bis 30.9.2005, 18:00 Uhr

Veranstaltungsort:
ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society
University of Exeter

Weitere Informationen:
http://www.centres.ex.ac.uk/egenis/events/genomicsincontext/

Kurzbeschreibung: Genomics no longer casts genes as the blueprint that determines traits of humans, animals or plants. Rather genes are seen as “contextual” or as part of an interactive network that encompasses the genome, the cell, the organism and the natural and social environment.

Genomics in Context explores the consequences of this shift to conceptual understandings, health-care, agriculture and interdisciplinary research.

We invited submissions for presentations that address the following questions:

* How does genomics challenge genetic concepts and models of explanation? What new models are emerging?

* What are the hopes and threats associated with genomic research on gene-environment interaction and its application to, for example, identify susceptibilities to common disease or adverse effects of medicines and chemicals?

* How will agriculture change, if the applications brought about by the new understanding of the genome become adopted in the developed and developing world?

* A contextual understanding of genomes calls for interdisciplinary research. What are the problems and possibilities of interdisciplinary work?

Kontakt: University of Exeter
Centre for Genomics in Society
Amory Building
Rennes Drive
Exeter, Devon EX4 4RJ

Tel.: +44 - (0)1392 - 26 20 53
Fax: +44 - (0)1392 - 26 46 76
egenis@ex.ac.uk
http://www.centres.ex.ac.uk/egenis/

Schlagworte: Genetische Tests/Beratung, Genforschung/-technik, Genomanalyse, Gentherapie