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Discussion Session: The Biotechnology Executive Order
Discussion facilitated by AgBioFEWS Fellows Jabeen Ahmad and Nick Loschin, and
GES faculty Drs. Katie Barnhill Dilling and Zack Brown
This Colloquium is dedicated to reviewing the recent Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation released on September 12, 2022.
Abstract
This Colloquium is dedicated to reviewing the recent Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation released on September 12, 2022. Students should come prepared having already read the current and past biotechnology executive orders and two public commentaries on them by Drs. Jennifer Kuzma and Greg Jaffe (see below for links).
This Colloquium will begin with a brief overview of the Executive Order by Nick Loschin and discussion will be facilitated by AgBioFEWS cohort members Nick Loschin and Jabeen Ahmad with GES-Affiliated faculty Drs. Katie Barnhill-Dilling and Zack Brown. GES Executive Committee members and all three cohorts are invited to attend to discuss the current order and its political implications for the GES Center, each cohort group project, and their respective disciplines.
Readings to review before the Nov 1st Colloquium:
- 2022 Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy
- Biden issues executive order promoting agriculture and food biotechnology, Greg Jaffe, September 2022
- Executive Order 13874 -June 11, 2019, Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products
- 2019: Biotechnology Oversight Gets an Early Make-Over by Trump’s White House and USDA: Part 1—The Executive Order, Jennifer Kuzma, June 2019
- Optional: A Missed Opportunity for US Biotechnology Regulation, Jennifer Kuzma, Science, 2016 (see: related news post)
- Just added – Optional: CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Fact Sheet, CHIPS and Science Highlights: Bioeconomy)
- Search for “Engineering Biology” in the CHIPS Bill
- CRS – White House Initiative to Advance the Bioeconomy, E.O. 14081: In Brief, Marcy E. Gallo and Todd Kuiken, Oct. 2022
- Optional: Special Collection: Executive Order on Biotechnology-related publications, GES Center faculty
GES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will be held in-person in Poe 202, as well as live-streamed via Zoom. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates .
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