Epigenetics and Indigenous Australia

表观遗传学和澳大利亚土著

• 批准号: DP190102071
• 负责人: Prof Emma Kowal
• 金额: $ 24.45万
• 依托单位: Deakin University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-03-15 至 2023-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP190102071
• 关键词: Epigenetics; Indigenous; Australia

This project aims to investigate how epigenetics is being received by Indigenous Australians, and to identify the potential risks and opportunities that narratives of biosocial damage entail. Epigenetics is a rapidly evolving science concerned with how life experiences, such as trauma or stress, can modify DNA and be passed on to negatively affect children's (and possibly grandchildren's) health and development. This project will offer an understanding of the relationships between Indigenous health and epigenetics that will help Indigenous researchers, policymakers, and government bodies make well-informed decisions about the application and direction of this new science. The research will make a significant contribution to understanding how the interplay of biology, race, and society unfold at the intersection of different knowledge systems and at the forefront of technological progress.

该项目旨在调查表观遗传学如何被澳大利亚土著人接受，并确定生物社会损害的叙述所带来的潜在风险和机会。表观遗传学是一门快速发展的科学，它关注的是生活经历（如创伤或压力）如何改变DNA并传递给子女（可能还有孙辈）的健康和发育。该项目将提供土著健康和表观遗传学之间的关系的理解，这将有助于土著研究人员，政策制定者和政府机构作出关于这一新科学的应用和方向明智的决定。这项研究将为理解生物学，种族和社会的相互作用如何在不同知识体系的交叉点和技术进步的前沿展开做出重大贡献。