The molecular mechanisms by which social and environmental factors “get under the skin”
Researchers in this theme explore how, when, and under what circumstances social and environmental factors become “biologically embedded” to affect neural, endocrine, and immune systems at the molecular level. Research projects in this theme investigate the role of hormonal signaling pathways, as well as the metabolome, proteome, inflammasome, microbiome, and epigenome, in mediating the effects of our expereinces and environmenst on health and wellbring across the lifecourse.