Dr. Vanessa Lux is a Research Fellow at AE Genetic Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum. Her research focuses on the physiological stress response influences in early psychobiological development, and how this is regulated by epigenetic mechanisms. She also has a passion for unsolved methodological and epistemological issues at the intersections of psychology and other life sciences. Further interests include developmental theory, embodiment theories and conceptual issues in empathy research and trauma research.

• 1. Early life epigenetics – its impact in medicine, epidemiology, neuroscience, and psychiatry Section I: Mechanisms 2. Epigenetic changes during embryogenesis 3. Epigenetic changes in early childhood and adolescence 4. Epigenetics and Developmental Origin of Health and Diseases 5. Sensitive periods in early life epigenetics across different physiological systems 6. Early life epigenetics involved in neuronal cell development 7. Early life epigenetics as biomarkers for health and diseases Section II: Methods 8. Modelling epigenetic data across different developmental periods 9. Methods in early life epigenetics: Highlighting the role of twin studies 10 Animal models in early life epigenetics 11. Methodological considerations in the study of early life epigenetics Section III: Biological Systems 12. The immune system as epigenetic response system 13. Epigenetics of nutrition in early life 14. Epigenetic mechanisms involved in thermotolerance acquisition 15. Epigenetics in neuronal cell differentiation 16. Sensitive periods of epigenetic changes following stress in neuronal cell development 17. Developmental programming of the HPA axis 18. Epigenetics of prenatal stress Section VI: Clinical Relevance 19. Epigenetics in reproductive medicine 20. The impact of environmental toxins on epigenetic mechanisms related to hormonal development 21. Epigenetics of obesity 22. The impact of early life adversity on mental health: A mediating role for epigenetic mechanisms 23. Conclusion and Future directions

Dr. Vanessa Lux is a Research Fellow at AE Genetic Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum. Her research focuses on the physiological stress response influences in early psychobiological development, and how this is regulated by epigenetic mechanisms. She also has a passion for unsolved methodological and epistemological issues at the intersections of psychology and other life sciences. Further interests include developmental theory, embodiment theories and conceptual issues in empathy research and trauma research.

• 1. Early life epigenetics – its impact in medicine, epidemiology, neuroscience, and psychiatry Section I: Mechanisms 2. Epigenetic changes during embryogenesis 3. Epigenetic changes in early childhood and adolescence 4. Epigenetics and Developmental Origin of Health and Diseases 5. Sensitive periods in early life epigenetics across different physiological systems 6. Early life epigenetics involved in neuronal cell development 7. Early life epigenetics as biomarkers for health and diseases Section II: Methods 8. Modelling epigenetic data across different developmental periods 9. Methods in early life epigenetics: Highlighting the role of twin studies 10 Animal models in early life epigenetics 11. Methodological considerations in the study of early life epigenetics Section III: Biological Systems 12. The immune system as epigenetic response system 13. Epigenetics of nutrition in early life 14. Epigenetic mechanisms involved in thermotolerance acquisition 15. Epigenetics in neuronal cell differentiation 16. Sensitive periods of epigenetic changes following stress in neuronal cell development 17. Developmental programming of the HPA axis 18. Epigenetics of prenatal stress Section VI: Clinical Relevance 19. Epigenetics in reproductive medicine 20. The impact of environmental toxins on epigenetic mechanisms related to hormonal development 21. Epigenetics of obesity 22. The impact of early life adversity on mental health: A mediating role for epigenetic mechanisms 23. Conclusion and Future directions

Dr. Vanessa Lux is a Research Fellow at AE Genetic Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum. Her research focuses on the physiological stress response influences in early psychobiological development, and how this is regulated by epigenetic mechanisms. She also has a passion for unsolved methodological and epistemological issues at the intersections of psychology and other life sciences. Further interests include developmental theory, embodiment theories and conceptual issues in empathy research and trauma research.

• 1. Early life epigenetics – its impact in medicine, epidemiology, neuroscience, and psychiatry Section I: Mechanisms 2. Epigenetic changes during embryogenesis 3. Epigenetic changes in early childhood and adolescence 4. Epigenetics and Developmental Origin of Health and Diseases 5. Sensitive periods in early life epigenetics across different physiological systems 6. Early life epigenetics involved in neuronal cell development 7. Early life epigenetics as biomarkers for health and diseases Section II: Methods 8. Modelling epigenetic data across different developmental periods 9. Methods in early life epigenetics: Highlighting the role of twin studies 10 Animal models in early life epigenetics 11. Methodological considerations in the study of early life epigenetics Section III: Biological Systems 12. The immune system as epigenetic response system 13. Epigenetics of nutrition in early life 14. Epigenetic mechanisms involved in thermotolerance acquisition 15. Epigenetics in neuronal cell differentiation 16. Sensitive periods of epigenetic changes following stress in neuronal cell development 17. Developmental programming of the HPA axis 18. Epigenetics of prenatal stress Section VI: Clinical Relevance 19. Epigenetics in reproductive medicine 20. The impact of environmental toxins on epigenetic mechanisms related to hormonal development 21. Epigenetics of obesity 22. The impact of early life adversity on mental health: A mediating role for epigenetic mechanisms 23. Conclusion and Future directions