01 January 2009 - MSc students graduate
Students graduating from the MSc Genomics in Society have received their awards.
16 December 2008 - First 'Questioning the Tree of Life' event
The Network held its first event in Pittsburgh.
01 December 2008 - Egenis Director guests on 'Start the Week'
Professor John Dupré was a guest on the Radio 4 programme.
13 November 2008 - Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age
A new book explores a vital issue
11 November 2008 - Open House for students
Come along on 5 December to find out about postgraduate study at Egenis.
31 October 2008 - Genomes and What to Make of Them
Egenis Directors launch new book
31 October 2008 - Close Watertight Doors!
Egenis Co-director Steve Hughes reflects on drought tolerance in crop plants.
20 October 2008 - September 2008 - ESRC Genomics Network Newsletter
Available online and for download.
15 October 2008 - New research project launched
A new research project is underway to investigate public attitudes towards pre-natal testing
14 October 2008 - Art at the National Theatre
Work by Egenis artist in residence Deborah Robinson has been displayed at the National Theatre in London.
17 October 2008 - New, ‘safer’ test for Down Syndrome
Egenis Senior Research Fellow Dr Susan Kelly answers some of the questions the proposed new test raises.
25 September 2008 - Evolution and creationism in schools
Professor John Bryant comments on the furore following a talk at the Festival of Science.
16 September 2008 - Egenis researcher invited to work in Berlin
Research Fellow Staffan Müller-Wille is in Berlin for six months as an invited visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
24 September 2008 - British Council grant for international collaboration
Egenis researchers have been awarded £3,300 by the British Council.
15 September 2008 - Empirical Philosophy Workshop
A group of philosophers and social scientists gathered at Egenis for a workshop entitled Naturalism and Empirical Philosophy.
13 August 2008 - BA Festival of Science slot for Egenis Fellow
Egenis Senior Research Fellow Dr Christine Hauskeller was among the speakers at this year’s BA Festival of Science.
21 July 2008 - Leverhulme grant for 'Tree of Life' network
Egenis researchers have been awarded a grant of more than £70,000 from the Leverhulme Trust.
21 July 2008 - Health Minister joins Egenis for public meeting
More than 80 people attended a public meeting organised by Egenis to debate stem cell and embryo research.
15 July 2008 - Statins for obese children
Dr Hannah Farrimond questions whether overweight children should be prescribed statins.
20 June 2008 - The Government wants a renewed debate on GM foods
Egenis Director Professor John Dupré heeds the call.
18 June 2008 - Visiting Fellowship for Egenis Researcher
Dr Susan Kelly has been awarded a Social Science Stem Cell Initiative International Visiting Fellowship.
17 June 2008 - Research Fellow gives paper in Istanbul
Egenis Research Fellow Dr Staffan Müller-Wille presented a paper at the 6th meeting of the International Research Group "Science and Technology in the European Periphery" which took place in Istanbul from 18-22 June.
22 May 2008 - Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill
Egenis Communications Officer Claire Packman considers the topic from a lay perspective.
10 June 2008 - Visiting US academic gives public lecture
Anthropologist Hannah Landecker from Rice University, Texas, gave a public talk as part of the ‘Cellular Spaces’ workshop.
01 May 2008 - Director gives evidence to House of Lords Committee
Director of Egenis Prof John Dupré gave evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.
17 March 2008 - Egenis PhD Studentships 2008
A number of 1+3 and 3 year PhD studentships are available at Egenis (University of Exeter) for the 2008 academic year.
10 March 2008 - Comment - Controversy over human-animal hybrid research licences
Members of the Genomics Network research team issue comments on topics in the news.
20 March 2008 - March 2008 - ESRC Genomics Network Newsletter
Available online and for download.
20 June 2008 - Health Minister joins stem cell science debate
Egenis were joined by Ben Bradshaw at a public meeting on 18 July chaired by Dame Suzi Leather.
05 December 2007 - Musa Cliffortiana
Research fellow Staffan Mueller-Wille has contributed an introduction to a new, English translation by Stephen Freer of Musa Cliffortiana, a book that Carl Linnaeus, the famous Swedish naturalist, published in 1736. In this book, Linnaeus described one of the earliest banana trees ever to bear fruit in Europe.
19 November 2007 - Job opportunities at Egenis
Egenis is currently recruiting a part-time (50%) Communications Officer to disseminate Egenis's research to academic and non-academic audiences, and maximise the impact of our research on practice and policy.
05 November 2007 - Job opportunities at Egenis
Egenis is currently offering two five year research fellowships, one in the area of medical sociology, the other in regulation and governance of human genomics.
27 November 2007 - New project at Egenis on Apomixis
05 June 2007 - ISHPSSB Preliminary Programme
The preliminary full programme of the Summer 2007 meeting of The International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology has now been finalised. Registration for the meeting is now available online.
13 December 2006 - Artist in Residence Receives Arts Council Grant
Egenis Artist Deborah Robinson has received a substantial grant from the Arts Council to continue her work. Her project is to develop imagery based on recording the overlooked – a kind of ‘underside’ – of science.
23 November 2006 - Egenis Funded Until 2012
The ESRC have announced a further 5 years funding for Egenis. Egenis will recieve over £4 million to continue its research in the impact of genomic science on society, and will continue to be lead by John Dupre.
06 November 2006 - Egenis Hosts ISHPSSB Summer Meeting
A call for papers has been released for the summer meeting of the International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB).
14 December 2005 - Call for papers - International Workshop "Heredity in the Century of the Gene
The ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society, University of Exeter, and the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, are jointly organizing a workshop " Heredity in the Century of the Gene (A Cultural History of Heredity IV)".
12 December 2005 - Heredity in the Century of the Gene Report
How did the rise of genetics in the last century change our concepts of inheritance? This question was addressed by two groups of researchers from the ESRC Research Centre for Genomics in Society (Egenis) and the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science (Berlin) who met for a one-day-workshop at the University of Exeter.
21 April 2006 - Philosophical and Social Dimensions of Microbiology Workshop
July 13th-14th 2006. A workshop exploring a range of profound philosophical issues in microbiology in relation to their broader social implications.
29 November 2005 - Publication: Fundamental Issues in Systems Biology
Systems biology seeks to build on the spectacular data sets produced by genomics and proteomics to develop an understanding of the function of biological systems.
26 October 2005 - Dr Matt Ridley's opening talk 'How Nurture Turns on Nature'
Dr Matt Ridley's opening talk 'How Nurture Turns on Nature' presented at Exeter's Cafe Scientifique to open the recent Egenis conference 'Genomics in Context' has been digitised and can now be viewed on the Egenis website under Lecture Clips. You can also view the Conference Report.
15 June 2005 - Fully Funded PhD/MSc Studentship - Regulation and Public Attitudes Towards Genetics and Genomics
This studentship will explore the relationships between public attitudes and regulatory developments in genomics. Full details of studentship.
10 February 2005 - Patents and the Future of GM
Egenis co-director Steve Hughes wonders whether the new research could open up the industry to broader participation. Read Steve's comments in detail (PDF file)
24 January 2005 - Exeter Rated Best In UK For Philosophy of Biology
The latest 'Philosophical Gourmet' report, sponsored by Blackwells, rates the University of Exeter as best in the UK for Philosophy of Biology.
16 December 2004 - Innogen International Conference
The ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics (Innogen) have issued a second announcement of their international conference 'Evolution of the Life Science Industries', which takes place in Edinburgh, 23rd-25th February 2005.
12 October 2004 - Research Post Available in Egenis- Closes 22 October 2004
We are seeking a Research Fellow to work for 12-months at Egenis with a team from University College London, the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Nottingham.
21 September 2004 - New Research Fellows In Egenis
23 August 2004 - PFGS Programme Available
The programme for the Postgraduate Forum on Genomics and Society (see previous news item) is now available.
25 June 2004 - Festival in the City
The BA Festival of Science is the BA's showcase event and one of the UK's biggest science festivals.
24 June 2004 - Artist In Residence-Online Diary Now Online
The Egenis website has a new Artist in Residence section.
08 June 2004 - Appointment Of Artist In Residence
Deborah Robinson has been appointed as Egenis Artist in Residence.
19 April 2004 - Human Genome Meeting 4-7 April 2004
Representatives of the ESRC Genomics Network including Egenis attended this year's meeting of the international Human Genome Organisation in Berlin.
30 March 2004 - Local Business Welcome Festival Of Science
On Friday 26th March, Ginny Russell, our External Relations Officer, gave a talk to the Exeter Business Forum about Egenis and the forthcoming BA Festival of Science , which will this year be hosted at Exeter University (6th-10th September).
22 March 2004 - Egenis Co-Director Steve Hughes Takes Part in BA National Science Week
Steve Hughes performed two events in the British Association's National Science Week.
23 July 2003 - Egenis At ISHPSSB Meeting, Vienna 2003
A team of researchers from Egenis attended the 2003 meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) on Wednesday, 16 to Sunday, 20 July 2003.
10 March 2003 - Launch of Egenis
The official launch of Egenis was held on Monday March 3rd.
10 September 2005 - Genomics in Context report
18 December 2007 - Gateway to post-genomic science
New open access resource: an annotated bibliodatabase of new molecular biologies
18 December 2007 - Exeter Café Scientifique
Egenis organises Exeter Café Scientifique.
05 February 2010 - Important Egenis Visitor
