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Speakers:
Dr Stephan Beck, Professor, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Immunogenomics Lab
Dr Wolf Reik, Head of Developmental Genetics Programme, The Babraham Institute
Prof Mark Hanson, Director, Developmental Origins of Health & Disease Division
Background briefing on ‘epigenetics’ – a phenomenon that adds a new level of complexity to the way genes are turned on and off, hinting at how our environment can change the way genes are expressed and may have a lasting impact on future generations.