THE EPIGENETICS OF TRAUMA

Zurich, Switzerland

Seeking Novel Markers For Diagnostics and Treatment Response

Trauma-induced disorders are usually marked in individuals directly exposed but strikingly, they can also affect their offspring sometimes across generations.

This project, at the frontier between epigenetics and molecular psychiatry, aims to study how childhood trauma can influence mental and physical health across generations.

Episode 1 - Is Research Funding Founded On Fads?

Funding for research is a tough nut to crack, especially when you are up against projects which appeal to established parameters or have "preordained" high-profile objectives. Isabelle laments the paucity of financing available to 'lean, mean and provocative" projects that
Episode 2 - Research - A woman's perspective...

When asked about how a career in science is affected by gender, Isabelle Mansuy relates a number of anecdotes that illustrate the prejudices still affecting women's education...
Episode 3

GRAAP (Associative and psychiatric Action Group) - an institution of interested individuals -Isabelle is curious about the organisation behind her PLEX Research Partners and the group obliges with a detailed expose...
Episode 4 - Laurence & the AFAAP

Laurence talks about her involvement with the support group for PLEX based in Fribourg
Episode 5 - Is Epigenetic Change Reversible?

Laurence talks about her involvement with the support group for PLEX based in Fribourg
Episode 6 - Living With Mental Illness Is A Full-time Job

Isabelle listens carefully as the PLEX-RPs build a picture of mental illness that steals your existence and is all consuming...