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Genomics Network

genomics network

ESRC Genomics Network

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If you are looking for a quote or interview about anything relating to the impact of genomics on society or your enquiry concerns a subject not listed below, please contact Claire Packman, Egenis Communications Officer. The following academics also can be contacted directly.

Dr Berris Charnley 

  • History of genetics and plant breeding
  • Food security and food production
  • History of intellectual property in the biosciences

Prof John Dupré

  • Philosophical and societal implications of genetic research
  • Evolution, especially human evolution and evolutionary psychology
  • Systems biology and synthetic biology

 Dr Hannah Farrimond

  • Family history as a risk factor for disease
  • Genomic risk and preventive medicine

Dr Christine Hauskeller

  • Impact of genetic information on individual and social groups
  • Genetic screening and diagnostic tests
  • Stem cells/cloning

Prof Steve Hughes

  • Patenting and intellectual property in genetics and genomics
  • Genetic modification

Dr Susan Kelly

  • Development, clinical introduction and regulation of and public attitudes toward non-invasive prenatal diagnostic technologies
  • Social impacts of genetic testing
  • Sociology of medicine
  • Next generation sequencing technologies and clinical genetics

Dr Alison Kraft

  • History of the life sciences
  • History of and issues surrounding contemporary stem cell innovation
  • History of bone marrow transplantation
  • History of the 'nuclear age'

Dr Sabina Leonelli

  • Big data’ science and use of databases in biomedicine
  • History and philosophy of using organisms for scientific research
  • History and current trends in plant biology
  • Experimentation and modelling in biology and medicine  

Dr Michael Morrison

  • The use of medicine and technology to ‘enhance’ human beings
  • Social implications of new medical technologies 

Dr Ginny Russell

  • Increasing prevalence of autism and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Early intervention in childhood neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Dr Dana Wilson-Kovacs
  • Stem cell research, in particular cell therapies and their clinical use
  • Professional roles and trajectories in biomedical innovation