Art’s Work/Genetic Futures Docent Training
Group Student 7422, D.H. Hill, Jr. Library 2 Broughton Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesBeing a docent is cool, and you should do it.
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Modeling the impact of GM insect releases on resistance management and yields in GM crop fields | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesA novel proposed strategy combines the traditional planting of non-insecticidal refuge with releasing GM insects that are Bt-susceptible and have a repressible, female-specific lethal gene.
Spit Collection for America Project by Paul Vanouse (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
Talley Student Union 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, NC, United StatesAmerica Project, by Paul Vanouse, is a live, interactive biological art installation whereby the DNA from visitors' donated spit will be extracted, combined and processed to create electrophoresis gel art.
Free
Public Performance: DNA Extraction for America Project by Paul Vanouse (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
Talley Student Union, Room 3210 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, NC, United StatesAmerica Project, by Paul Vanouse, is a live, interactive biological art installation whereby the DNA from visitors' donated spit will be extracted, combined and processed to create electrophoresis gel art.
Free
Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Future Exhibition
Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, United StatesOpening Reception for Art's Work/Genetic Futures, a multi-site art-science exhibit and symposium led by the NC State University libraries and the GES Center, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, with additional exhibits in the physical and digital display spaces of the libraries.
Free
Pre-Opening: Lucky Mice Throwing Dice by Joe Davis (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
D.H. Hill Library, Exhibit Gallery 2 W Broughton Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesArtist Joe Davis will be conducting the Lucky Mice experiment in the D.H. Hill exhibit gallery, with a breakout brown-bag lunch to talk to students.
Free
Symposium – Art’s Work the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures
Erdahl-Cloyd 2304 Auditorium, D.H. Hill Library 2 W Broughton Dr, Raleigh, NC, United StatesThe GES Center, NC State University Libraries, and Gregg Museum of Art & Design will host a symposium to discuss the Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology exhibition. The symposium will bring together artists, humanists, and social/natural scientists, using the exhibition as a departure point for conversations about the future of biotechnology and genetics.
Free
Lyubov Kurkalova – North Carolina crop rotations and cropland use intensity | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesNorth Carolina is one of the most physio-geographically diverse states in the southern U.S, resulting in the majority of the state’s crop production the eastern Coastal Plains. We analyze the dynamics of cropland use intensity here, and are developing tools to improve the precision of environmental assessments of crop production in NC.
Brandon Hollingsworth on Preventing dengue using Wolbachia infected mosquitoes | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesDengue is estimated to infect 390 million individuals a year worldwide, with around 3.9 billion people at risk of infection. Currently, there are no licensed vaccinations or therapeutic treatments for the disease and control of the vector species through conventional methods has proven inefficient and costly. One possible novel vector control technique to prevent outbreaks relies on infection with the bacterium, Wolbachia.
Pre-event discussion of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx & Crake | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesJoin us for a discussion of Margaret Atwood's Oryx & Crake in preparation for Ms. Atwood's talks at NC State on November 15.
Cami Ryan on being a social scientist in the Ag industry | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesCami Ryan joins us from Bayer CropScience and explores the challenges of food, technology, and societies through the lens of a “boundary spanning” personal narrative: a social scientist working in the ag industry.
Artist Talk: Suzanne Anker (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, United StatesA Bio Art pioneer, visual artist, and theorist working at the intersection of art and the biological sciences, Anker talks about her work as it relates to Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology, setting the stage for author Margaret Atwood’s keynote talk on the novel Oryx & Crake at NC State Talley Student Union the following evening
Free