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SUMMARY:Epigenetics - Why DNA Is Not Your Destiny - Dr Nessa Carey\, Imper
 ial College\, London
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CONTACT:John Cook
DESCRIPTION:*How a complex web of chemical changes can have profound effec
 ts on gene expression and life itself*\n\nOur DNA genome is necessary but 
 not sufficient for complex life. It’s overlaid and augmented by a comple
 x web of chemical changes\, that have profound effects on gene expression 
 and life itself. This is the field of epigenetics\, which is transforming 
 our understanding of situations ranging from human cancers to crocodile ge
 nder\; from the long-lasting effects of childhood trauma to the developmen
 t of barley crops\; from tortoiseshell cats to why humans don’t develop 
 teeth in their eyeballs. Most controversially\, even the inheritance of ac
 quired characteristics (Lamarckism) may be a genuine epigenetic phenomenon
 .\n\nNessa Carey has a virology PhD from the University of Edinburgh and i
 s a former Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology at Imperial College\, Lond
 on. She worked in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry for thirteen yea
 rs and is now International Director for the UK's leading organisation for
  technology transfer professionals. She lives in Norfolk and is a Visiting
  Professor at Imperial College.\n\n"Add to calendar":https://www.addevent.
 com/event/?Jz561345\n\n"Find out more about this event":http://www.csar.or
 g.uk/lectures/2017-2018/nessa_carey/\n\n"Find out more about CSAR membersh
 ip":http://www.csar.org.uk/membership/\n\n"Download the winter programme":
 http://d344lcq4kkpob3.cloudfront.net/assets/files/1037/csar_winter_2018_21
 _nov_2017-1.pdf \n
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, Institute of Astronomy\, Madingley Road
 \, Cambridge\, CB3 0HA
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