Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences

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Based at the University of Exeter in the UK, Egenis is committed to providing research of the highest international standard into the nature, historical precedents, and philosophical, social and scientific implications of developments in contemporary biosciences. Also covering the cognitive, biomedical and agricultural sciences, Egenis is interested in all of the life sciences' socio-political, ethical, as well as epistemic repercussions. Egenis has pioneered new approaches to the understanding of genomics, stem cell science, symbiosis, model organisms, data-intensive research, systems and synthetic biology, heredity, and microbiology.

Egenis has a strongly interdisciplinary culture, encompassing a range of perspectives from social science, biology, and philosophy. The Egenis membership is engaged in developing and running a wide range of highly innovative, interdisciplinary research projects in cooperation with a range of external partners. This research is characterized by its variety of output modes, impact vectors, and policy potential.

Egenis routinely hosts workshops, events, and visitors in these research areas, is home to the international journal HPLS, is active in the boards of international academic societies, and organizes two international summer schools. This lively research culture finds its roots in Egenis' foundation in 2003 as the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society. After 10 years of producing internationally excellent social science research on the social impact of developments in genomic science, the focus and scope evolved and Egenis' new title reflects this change. Some details of Egenis' work in its first incarnation are preserved on the ESRC GenomicsNetwork archive website.

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2003

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University of Exeter
Exeter