The Network was approved by the ESF Executive Council in May 1998 for a three-year period.
The Co-Chairmen were Professor Ségolène Aymé, INSERM, and Dr. Peter A. Mossey, from University of Dundee Dental School.

Main topics of the Network are: interactions between genetic factors and the environment; interactions between nutritional factors and various maternal and fetal metabolic genes; interaction between certain genes coding for enzymes involved in the metabolism of various toxins.

The dossier contains: proposal; research assessments; correspondence on the establishment and management of the Network; completion report by Peter Mossey.
ESF Scientific Network: ESF Common Core Protocols.
Minutes of the meetings: Coordination Committee meeting in Paris, 18 July 1998; Coordination Committee meeting in Strasbourg, 20 Feb 1999; third Coordination Committee meeting, London, 13 April 1999; Coordination Committee meeting, Dundee, 18 May 2000; report of the meeting held in Catania, 1 June 2001.
Workshop on "Interaction of genes and maternal nutrition in orofacial clefting", 10-11 Oct 1997, Dundee.
ESF conference on "Gene-environment interaction in early human development: demonstration project on orofacial clefts", Dundee, 20-21 Feb 1999.
ESF conference and workshop on "Gene-environment interaction in early human development: demonstration project on orofacial clefts", Dundee, 19-20 May 2000.

The dossier contains: proposal for a Council decision adopting a specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources"; Proposal for a Council decision adopting a specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base". International collaboration on the treatment and prevention of craniofacial anomalies, Bauru, Brazil, October 2-5, 1998.
European Collaboration on Craniofacial Anomalies (EUROCRAN) project.

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