Novel activities for teaching about epigenetics and ethics
1. Novel activities for teaching
about epigenetics and ethics
Lyndsey Wright
Collaborators:
Dr Mark Goodwin and Dr Chris Willmott
2. Epigenetics
Epi (greek): in addition to, on
• The study of heritable changes in gene
expression without a change in DNA
sequence.
• Increasingly highlighted in the public
domain; raises a number of social, legal,
economic and ethical issues.
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5. Approach
• Primarily undergraduate level
• Initially teacher led then small
group work
• Four independent case studies
• Wide range of external resources
• Assignment → presentation or
summary
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9. Task 1: Presentation or
summary for the Minister of
Health on epigenetic
importance of maternal
nutrition
Task 2: Research Government
initiatives that aim to tackle
maternal nutrition and how it
fits in with knowledge of
epigenetics
