Environmental Factor – October 2020: Falk lecture highlights critical X chromosome interplay in early life

Female mammals inherit two X chromosomes from each parent, whereas males inherit only one from the mother. To ensure a balanced distribution of X-linked genes

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Environmental Factor – April 2022: Falk Memorial Lecture focuses on how inflammation ends

A wide variety of human diseases — obesity, asthma, atherosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and severe COVID-19 — have been linked to excessive inflammation. For four

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Environmental Factor – November 2023: Early-life exposures, assisted reproductive technologies can alter gene expression, says Falk lecturer

Environmental factors and assisted reproductive technologies can alter the way genes are expressed in a developing embryo with potentially adverse effects later in life, according

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