Preserving the history of human and medical genetics. (360G-Wellcome-078709_Z_05_A)

The key goal of this research project can be summarised as being to ensure preservation of the 20th century history of human and medical genetics by: 1. Identifying and conserving key written records, including personal scientific records of workers, records of societies and institutions, and images. 2. Developing and cataloguing a collection of key monographs and other books on human and medical genetics. 3. Consolidation of an international network of interested historians and scientists across Europe, the Genetics and Medicine Historical Network, through international workshops, an electronic newsletter and a website (genmedhist.net). 4.  To make the history of this field more accessible to the wider public, through our website and our links with Science Centres in Cardiff and across the UK. The project can be regarded as the first step towards forming a virtual British human genetics archive; this will become a research resource that should stimulate historians and others to explore specific historical aspects of this important field of science and medicine. The network should itself result in collaborations that will initiate such research.