Studying how the environment impacts human health
This workshop aimed to identify quantitative molecular proxies of environmental exposures through bringing together experts from across epidemiology, toxicology, social science, and computational biology.
This introductory course explored the complex interplay between genes and the environment in shaping human phenotypes.
EMBL researchers and collaborators have shown gut bacteria can alter how some carcinogens are metabolised and distributed elsewhere, that leads to bladder cancer. The study can help better understand how individuals’ gut microbiota affects tumour growth.
A study from the Hackett group at EMBL Rome shows that disrupting the gut microbiome of male mice increases the risk of disease in their future offspring.
This paper sets out a series of recommendations to adopt molecular biology approaches to understand the impact of environmental exposures on health.