Epigenetics, defined as 'the study of mitotically and/or meiotically heritable changes in gene
function that cannot be explained by changes in DNA sequence', has emerged as a …

In this essay we put forth nested arguments about the way that racialization remains a
powerful force in contemporary society, contending that intersections with space and nature …

This article sets the stage for a genealogy of the postgenomic body. It starts with the current
transformative views of epigenetics and microbiomics to offer a more pluralistic history in …

The life sciences are generating a transformative view of the biological body not as fixed and
innate but as permeable to its environment and, therefore, plastic: development is open and …

This article critically explores sociological arguments for greater biosocial synthesis, centring
contemporary developments in public policy to demonstrate how such a reframing of …

The Trump administration's antienvironmental policies and its proclivity to dismiss evidence-
based claims creates challenges for environmental politics in a warming world. This article …

The biology of early life adversity explores how social experiences early in life affect
physical and psychological health and well-being throughout the life course. In our previous …

In recent years, postgenomic research, and the fields of epigenetics and microbiome
science in particular, have described novel ways in which social processes of racialization …

Drawing on research in posthumanism, science and technology studies and biosemiotics,
this essay analyses the challenges epigenetic processes pose for our understanding of …

Research in environmental epigenetics explores how environmental exposures and life
experiences such as food, toxins, stress or trauma can shape trajectories of human health …