Genetics, stress hormones and experiences - can we decipher the code of life?
Natural Sciences

Genetics, stress hormones and experiences - can we decipher the code of life?

You thought your genes were unchangeable? Learn in a playful way how experiences across the life span and especially during pregnancy and the postpartum period influence and change your body's biology.
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Start 17:00 o'clock
End 21:00 o'clock

At a glance

Universitätsklinikum und Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik
Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum MTZ
Foyer
Fiedlerstraße 42
01307 Dresden (Dresdner Süden)
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Description

Using a train route, children playfully learn how genes are regulated by experience and thereby influence the code of life. In the process, the children can take hair samples from a wig themselves and as such approach the topic of biopsychology in a playful way. For adults, there is more information about our DREAM study and the associated research topics.

Duration:
approx. 10 min

Topics:
Epigenetics, cortisol, stress, family life, pregnancy, postpartum

Information on the event format

Participate and do it yourself Suitable for children