Sir Charles Godfray – Open Discussion | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesDiscussion with students reflecting on Professor Godfray's 1/13 keynote address. No livestreaming.
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Kevin Gross – Burning money? The inherent inefficiency of grant proposal competitions in allocating research funding, and possible alternatives | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesThe effort researchers waste in writing proposals may approach the total scientific value of the research that the funding supports. Could lost efficiencies be restored either by partial lotteries, or by funding researchers based on past scientific success?
Career Panel in Risk Science | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesAre you interested in pursuing a career in risk science? If so, please join us to hear from 5 panelists who represent a range of careers in various aspects of risk, including: assessment, communication, governance, and management.
Phil Howard – Consolidation in the Global Seed Industry: Drivers and Impacts | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesThe seed industry has changed dramatically in recent decades, with >60% of global proprietary seed sales controlled by just four corporations—now facing increasing public opposition and the emergence of alternative sources.
Steve Evans – Reflections on 30 Years Traversing the Ag Biotech Landscape | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesRecent technology advances have re-ignited interests in broadly deploying engineered organisms in open environmental releases. Have learnings from the past been incorporated into current development and discourse, or are we setting up simply to re-plow the same ground?
Elizabeth Bennett – Synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesElizabeth Bennett, of Wildlife Conservation Society, on the possible applications of synthetic biology to biodiversity conservation, and their pros and cons
Darrell Stover – Science Poetry: Case of the Two Rita’s | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesWhat is science poetry and how is it that we can have two women named Rita successful in two seemingly separate fields, literature and microbiology, providing inspiration for science communication? The poem, "The Two Rita's," examines the time parallels of the contributions of Rita Dove and Rita Colwell.
Jose Alonso – Implementing recombineering to study gene function in plants | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesDr. Alonso to discuss how high-efficiency homologous recombination in bacteria facilitates the study of gene function in plants
CANCELLED | GES Colloquium
NC, United StatesWith the new public health policies put in place this week and the extension of Spring Break due to the coronavirus COVID-19, colloquium is cancelled on March 17. Moving forward, we will continue with colloquium as an online course, either via Mediasite or Zoom. We will send out more information as it become available.
Carlos Iglesias – The future of protein production and its implications | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesInnovations in food processing, together with synthetic biology, genomics and data analytics is posed to disrupt the food protein market. The ripples could reach most areas related to food and agri-business globally.
Jean Beagle Ristaino – Tackling the Global Challenges of Emerging Plant Diseases | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesEmerging plant diseases threaten many foods crops including those we eat for breakfast such as coffee, oranges, banana and potatoes. Plant pathogens cause global losses estimated to be as high as $33 billion per year. Jean Ristaino will discuss the latest research on P. infestans, the pathogen that caused the Irish famine and other plant diseases and their impact on global food security
Jean Goodwin – Scientists’ Responsibilities in the Public Sphere: the Case of COVID Mask Recommendations | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesA case study of a current COVID-19 debate will provide an opportunity to reflect on scientists' public responsibilities.