The biosocial genome? Interdisciplinary perspectives on environmental epigenetics, health and society

Ruth Müller¹, Clare Hanson², Mark Hanson³, Michael Penkler¹, Georgia Samaras¹, Luca Chiapperino⁴, John Dupré⁵, Martha Kenney⁶, Christopher Kuzawa⁷, Joanna Latimer⁸, Stephanie Lloyd⁹, Astrid Lunkes¹⁰, Molly Macdonald¹¹, Maurizio Meloni¹², Brigitte Nerlich¹³, Francesco Panese⁴, Martyn Pickersgill¹⁴, Sarah Richardson¹⁵, Joëlle Rüegg¹⁶, Sigrid Schmitz¹⁷, Aleksandra Stelmach¹³, Paula-Irene Villa¹⁸

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¹ Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS) and School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
² Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
³ Institute of Developmental Sciences and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁴ Sciences and Technologies Studies Laboratory, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ Centre for the Study of Life Sciences (Egenis) and Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
⁶ Women and Gender Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA.
⁷ Department of Anthropology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
⁸ Department of Sociology, University of York, York, UK.
⁹ Department of Anthropology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
¹⁰ Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
¹¹ School of English and Drama, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
¹² Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
¹³ School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
¹⁴ Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹⁵ Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
¹⁶ Unit of Toxicology Sciences and Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Swetox Södertälje, Sweden.
¹⁷ Department of History, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁸ Department of Sociology, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 28931580
PMCID: PMC5623843
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201744953

The biosocial genome? Interdisciplinary perspectives on environmental epigenetics, health and society

Ruth Müller et al. EMBO Rep. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;18(10):1677-1682.

doi: 10.15252/embr.201744953. Epub 2017 Sep 20.

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¹ Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS) and School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
² Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
³ Institute of Developmental Sciences and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁴ Sciences and Technologies Studies Laboratory, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ Centre for the Study of Life Sciences (Egenis) and Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
⁶ Women and Gender Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA.
⁷ Department of Anthropology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
⁸ Department of Sociology, University of York, York, UK.
⁹ Department of Anthropology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
¹⁰ Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
¹¹ School of English and Drama, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
¹² Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
¹³ School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
¹⁴ Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹⁵ Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
¹⁶ Unit of Toxicology Sciences and Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Swetox Södertälje, Sweden.
¹⁷ Department of History, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁸ Department of Sociology, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 28931580
PMCID: PMC5623843
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201744953

Abstract

Environmental epigenetics has attracted attention in the media owing to its potential for informing public health policies. It is therefore important to take its societal implications into consideration by cooperating with researchers in the social sciences and humanities.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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