GES Colloquium, 9/10/19 | Dr. Todd Kuiken will provide an update on major international treaties and discussions around synthetic biology, and ways for NC State and the broader synbio community to participate in these activities.
A quarter-acre of the NC Museum of Art park is currently planted in a corn maze - the symbolic entrance to the exhibition ART'S WORK IN THE AGE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. Renda will discuss the genesis of the project and introduce some of the 17 artists represented in the exhibition.
The presentation will highlight the issues arising from extreme vertical integration in the food production system, how extreme vertical integration is impacting our communities, and how we are redirecting our approaches in agriculture to protect the environment, as well as the farmers and the farm workers that are producing our food. The solution lies in the soil!
The latest installment in the virtual conference series pioneered by ISGP's "The Forum," #NextGenFood: Innovation You Can Eat is a half-day educational program on food technology and innovation.
Dr. Federico Ciliberto, an economist from of the University of Virginia, will discuss the welfare impacts of genetically engineered (GE) crop varieties of corn and soybeans.
Jonas Monast joins us from the UNC School of Law to discuss the emerging conflicts between biotechnology governance and natural resources management, and explore how existing natural resources laws can inform biotechnology governance challenges.
Join Dr. Fred Gould, University Distinguished Professor of Entomology at NC State, for a discussion of biopunk sci-fi cult classic The Windup Girl. Part of the Art's Work/Genetic Futures exhibition.
Being a docent is cool, and you should do it.
A 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.
America 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.
America 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.
Opening 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.