Genomics, Genetics, and Epigenetics

EUGENICS

The Center for Genetics and Society writes about the role of ancestry DNA companies, like 23 and Me, in promoting "scientifically inaccurate notions of `race’ & the value of biological difference.”
Link: Click here | Time: 10 minutes | Media: Text | Source: Center for Genetics and Society

Imagine if there were a link between the experience of art, its creation, and our genes. Epigenetics is the study of heritable characteristics not caused by changes in DNA sequence but rather induced by non-genetic factors that alter gene expression. Emory University brings together the next generation of physicians and scientists to explore human development—from molecules to communities—with input from visual artist Fahamu Pecou, whose art examines trauma and the Black male experience.
Link: Click here | Time: 11 minutes | Media: Video | Source: Arts and Social Justice Fellows

Hosts Dr. Sarah Szanton and Dr. Deidra Crews kick off John Hopkins Nursing "Aging Fast & Slow" with guest Dr. Elissa Epel, professor of psychiatry at UCSF. Dr. Epel’s research seeks to understand the root of health disparities and the role of chronic stress in aging. Together, they unpack her recent work, which reveals how the impact of systemic oppression is transmitted intergenerationally.
Link: Click here | Time: 16 minutes | Media: Podcast | Source: John Hopkins Nursing

We understand that our genes determine our height, hair, and eye color, but what about intelligence, educational attainment, or financial success? In a new book, The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality, behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden explores these uncomfortable corners of genetics research and explains why our economic and sociopolitical systems need to take it into account.
Link: Click here | Time: 30 minutes | Media: Podcast | Source: Uchicago News
Vivian Chou, from Harvard University's Science in the News, writes about how discussions about race, in 21st-century Trump era, are distinct from those of the past in that they possess an entirely new dimension: that of genetics and DNA.
Link: Click here | Time: 20 minutes | Media: Text | Source: Science in the News (Harvard University)
Link: Click here | Time: 4 minutes | Media: Text | Source: The Conversation
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Learn about the epigenome, a set of chemical switches that interact with DNA and affect how some genes are expressed.
Link: Click here | Time: 6 minutes | Media: Video | Source: LabXChange
This text discusses predicting disease risk at the individual level, pharmacogenomics and toxicogenomics, microbial genomics (metagenomics), microbial genomics (creation of new biofuels), mitochondrial genomics, and genomics in agriculture.
Link: Click here | Time: 10 minutes | Media: Text | Source: LabXChange
This presentation provides a historical foundation to consider when discussing the benefits and implications of genetic technologies that are emerging today.
Link: Click here | Time: 28 minutes | Media: Video | Source: LabXChange
This scrollable interactive explores our evolutionary history, which helps explain why our species has such little genetic diversity. It also explores what our evolutionary history tells us about the existence of biological races in humans.
Link: Click here | Time: 15 minutes | Media: Interactive Video | Source: LabXChange