NEWS & EVENTS

The European Human Exposome Network newsletter is out! In a handy PDF format, it showcases all the EHEN projects, starting with an overview of the exposome concept, and moving on to introduce the Network Coordination Team who will be leading EHEN over the coming years, and the collaborative aims of the EHEN working groups on Communication and Dissemination, Metadata, and Law and Ethics.

This is the story of how researchers in Utrecht are starting to systematically sequence the environmental factors influencing our health – mapping out the outside world as well as the miniature worlds existing, for instance, in our intestinal tracts. Decoding life. One block at a time.

A so-called Google Air View Car, fitted with advanced air quality equipment by Utrecht University, measured the air quality on every single street in Amsterdam several times during a period of two years. After six million measurements, the Project Air View team, shared the final map.

“Decoding the exposome: the biggest influencer on health” took place on Friday 11th June 2021. The conference programme included three keynote presentations, two panel discussions and a number of break-out outs, enabling participants to hear from each other of the nine EHEN projects.

The European Parliament published a new ESMH article, which explains nicely why the European Human Exposome Network advocated for a ‘sysyem’vision, which would allow us to study environmental factors and genetic factors along the course of an individual’s life.

Oxford University Press has officially launched the journal ‘Exposome’. Editor-in-chief is EXPANSE researcher Gary Miller from from Columbia University. Never miss the latest content and sign up for email alerts or learn more about the submission process and requirements.

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? We are looking for a Postdoctoral researcher in environmental epidemiology to strenghten our team at Karolinska Institutet.