Sensogenomics

Genomics and music, together for the first time to fight the disease.

Sensogenomics

A new discipline within genomic science that aims to investigate how sensory stimuli impact our genome (DNA), seeking the molecular bases underlying the activation of our genetic information. The term was first described by Laura Navarro, Federico Martinón-Torres, and Antonio Salas in the journal Genes (2021) in the article ‘Sensogenomics and the Biological Background Underlying Musical Stimuli: Perspectives for a New Era of Musical Research’.

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In an initial experimental approach, we study the effect of music on the way our gene expression is modified. To do this, we collect biological samples from hundreds of people before and after an experimental stimulus (for example, during experimental concerts) and analyze the RNA molecules that result from DNA expression. The stimuli are administered in a controlled environment. For example, in the experimental concerts of Sensogenomics (Sensogenomics22, Sensogenomics23…), the audience attends a classical music concert performed by the Real Filharmonía de Galicia at the Auditorio de Galicia. In this setting, dozens of nursing stations are set up to collect biological samples just before, during, and after the concert. In other experimental contexts, longitudinal samples are collected over more extended periods, with workshops ranging from musical performance, to music listening, or singing.

Behind the Sensogenome project is a multidisciplinary group of biologists, geneticists, mathematicians, bioinformaticians, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, musicians, and more. There are many open lines of experimentation focused on the analysis of other biomarkers (metagenomics, epigenomics, etc.).

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