The quiz is now closed. The  latest iPod was sent to the prize-winner, Ruth Gowers (29), a science teacher at Edlington School in Doncaster, courtesy of Abcam.

Ruth says, “It is hard to keep up to date with cutting edge science from our underfunded schools, so any resources, posters or information about epigenetics which might be suitable for school use would be appreciated.”

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Your response to the Epigenetics? magazine
Further to the distribution of over 100, 000 copies of our magazine in six languages across Europe through New Scientist, the ASE and Scientific American, we asked for your take on epigenetics:

Patrick Harris (49) Teacher, Northern Ireland

“Yet again nature throws up another surprise. That DNA can’t just be reduced to a simple coding molecule but is dynamically interacting with its associated proteins and the world around us is both exciting and humbling. The implications for the health of our descendants arising from how we live now will be enormous.”

Chioda Cristina (33) Researcher, Germany

“Mozart’s compositions are original, but the number of interpretations made on them is countless. Epigenetics is like an orchestral director giving a different flavour to the same notes by modulating different instruments. In this respect, the DNA - the genetic information - is like sheets of music, and epigenetics is the ensemble of conductors and musicians.”