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SUMMARY:Welcome Back Lunch | GES Colloquium\, Spring 2023 - In-person\, no Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nWelcome Back Lunch\nIn-person\, no Zoom this week\nHappy new year! Our first class will be held in the 1911 Building\, room 129 and lunch will be served! Come join us to catch up on one another’s research and to hear about the Colloquium’s new format and speaker list for Spring 2023. \n\nGES Colloquium (GES 591-002) is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will generally be live-streamed via Zoom\, with monthly in-person meetings in the 1911 Building\, room 129. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates .
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/ges-colloquium-2023-01-10/
LOCATION:1911 Building\, Room 129 (North Campus)\, 10 Current Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Has the UN Biodiversity Convention been a force for ‘good’ or ‘evil’ in how biotech crops are regulated globally?  | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nHas the UN Biodiversity Convention been a force for ‘good’ or ‘evil’ in how biotech crops are regulated globally?\nAgBioFEWS Panelists: Asa Budnick\, Nick Loschin\, Joseph Opoku and Modesta Abugu\nAgBioFEWS Fellows Asa Budnick\, Nick Loschin\, Joseph Opoku Gakpo and Modesta Abugu will share their observations on and interrogate practices at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal\, Canada that eventually lead to global decisions on the governance of biotech crops. \nAbstract\nThe United Nations’ Biodiversity Conference is a once every 2 years conference led by the Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that gathers stakeholders from all over the world to set out global plans on how to protect biodiversity. The December 2022 conference laid out a new set of nature protecting goals to be implemented from now till 2030\, dubbed the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The conference held from the 7th to 19th December 2022 served as the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity\, the Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CP-MOP 10)\, and the Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (NP-MOP 4). We will present learnings from our participation in various plenary and working group sessions which deliberated on biotechnology regulations\, risk assessment\, detection and regulation of living/genetically modified organisms\, agroecology\, digital sequence information (DSI)\, among others. We will also speak about our one-on-one meetings and side events with various delegates and groups\, and inform on the role of academia and research organizations in influencing policy decisions at the CBD – COP. And then respond to the question: Has the UN Biodiversity Convention been a force for ‘good’ or ‘evil’ in how biotech crops are regulated globally? Finally\, we will provide overall recommendations on how these deliberations could be improved if it should continue serving as the platform for decision making on biotech crop regulations globally. \nRelated links: \n\nUnited Nations Biodiversity Conference\nCOP15 concludes with historic deal to protect biodiversity\nBlog: Reflections on COP15\, by Willy Wei\, Nick Loschin\, and Khara Griger\, 1/13/23\n\nSpeaker Bios\nModesta Nnedinso Abugu (@modestannedi) is a PhD student in the sweetpotato breeding and genetics program\, under the supervision of Dr. Craig Yencho and Dr. Massimo Iorizzo. Her research seeks to understand the genetic mechanism of interaction of various sweetpotato flavor compounds. She is passionate about communicating science to the public\, especially on the potentials of agricultural biotechnology tools in promoting food security\, and also interested international regulation of biotech crops. She obtained her masters degree in Horticultural Science from the University of Florida\, and BS in Biochemistry from the University of Nigeria Nsukka. \nJoseph Opoku Gakpo (@josephopoku1990) is a PhD student in Agricultural and Extension Education at the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences\, NC State University. His research interests include: communicating controversial sciences like GMOs\, vaccinations\, and climate; factors that influence success in agricultural education; and how communication is shaping global philanthropic efforts to reduce poverty. He holds a Bsc in Agricultural Biotechnology from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana\, an MA in Communication Studies from the University of Ghana\, and a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from NC State. He is a journalist by profession and is the 2018 International Federation of Agricultural Journalists’ Best Video Journalist Star Prize Award winner. He was also a 2016 Global Leadership Fellow with Cornell University’s Alliance for Science Program. \nNick Loschin is a PhD student in the Applied Ecology Department\, working in the Interdisciplinary Risk Sciences team under Dr. Khara Grieger. He decided to join the PhD program at NC State because he is interested in better understanding the interdisciplinary intersections between risk assessment\, sustainability\, and community engagement within the context of new food and agriculture technologies. Over the past few years\, he has been working at US EPA as an ORISE Research Fellow where he has centered his work within social and natural sciences in order to make science more accessible to diverse groups. More specifically\, his team is situated within the Sustainable and Healthy Communities National Research Program\, where they focus on environmental justice\, science translation\, and cumulative risk impacts. He also volunteers with the RTP Speakers Bureau\, where he regularly gives presentations on sustainability to a wide variety of audiences and organizations. \nAsa Budnick is pursuing a PhD in Plant Biology. He works in the lab of Dr. Heike Sederoff studying plant molecular biology and genetics. Asa graduated with a BS in Biology from Northeastern University in 2018. Before entering NC State\, he worked at MIT\, Editas Medicine\, and Inari Agriculture. With a focus on sequencing and gene editing technology development for crop improvement. Asa wants to work to improve food system sustainability and food sovereignty while utilizing and building an understanding of plant genetics. \n\nGES Colloquium (GES 591-002) is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will generally be live-streamed via Zoom\, with monthly in-person meetings in the 1911 Building\, room 129. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates .
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/ges-colloquium-2023-01-17/
CATEGORIES:AgBioFEWS,Colloquium,Training,University
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SUMMARY:Sebastián Zarate and Jill Furgurson - 4S 2022 Cholula: Reunion\, recuperation\, reconfiguration | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \n4S 2022 Cholula: Reunion\, recuperation\, reconfiguration. Knowledge and technosciences for living together\nSebastián Zarate and Jill Furgurson\, AgBioFEWS PhD Fellows\, NC State University\nThe 2022 Annual 4S conference brought together researchers and practitioners to explore science\, technology and innovation across different cultural\, economic and social settings. \nAbstract\nThe 4S Meeting is an annual conference organized by the Society of Social Studies of Sciences (4S). Science and Technology Studies (STS) is an academic field of research that focuses on the relationships between science\, society\, technology and innovation across different cultural\, economic and social settings. 4S 2022 was held in Cholula\, Mexico and was the second joint meeting with ESOCITE (The Latin American Science and Technology Studies Association). The conference was trilingual (Spanish\, Portuguese and English) as part of the goal to diversify STS to other regions in the world such as Latin America. As AgBioFEWS scholars\, we focused our attention on topics related to genetic engineering\, governance of emerging technologies\, agriculture\, conservation and participatory methods. Overall\, it was an enriching experience that increased our knowledge of STS methods and theories and expanded our professional networks. \nRelated links: \n\nSociety for Social Studies of Science 2022 Meeting\n\nSpeaker Bios\nSebastián Zarate is a PhD student at NC State’s Forestry and Environmental Resources Department. Sebastián comes from Peru with a background in social sciences. He graduated from Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru with a B.A in Sociology and has a master’s in Science and Technology Policy from Arizona State University. He has worked in GRADE (Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo) a Peruvian Think Tank that focuses on public policy and co-founded Sidereus Nuncius\, a nonprofit that is involved in the governance of science and technology in Peru. He is part of the AgBioFEWS Fellowship at NC State. He is interested in science and technology policy in Latin America\, sustainability\, emerging technologies\, natural resources\, and the environment. \nJill Furgurson is a first year PhD student in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at NC State. Her current research explores how broader stakeholder engagement can support more inclusive decision making around the evaluation of new environmental biotechnologies\, such as the genetically engineered (GE) American Chestnut tree. In particular\, how can the exchange of different kinds of knowledge\, especially Indigenous knowledge\, support more trusted and just decisions? She holds an M.S. in Forestry and Environmental Resources\, where she conducted research pertaining to the sustainable use of natural resources used in Cherokee art forms. Her research for her M.A. in Geography assessed the impact of various social\, spatial\, and environmental risk factors on disease incidence. \n\nGES Colloquium (GES 591-002) is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will generally be live-streamed via Zoom\, with monthly in-person meetings in the 1911 Building\, room 129. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates .
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/ges-colloquium-2023-01-24/
CATEGORIES:AgBioFEWS,Colloquium,Training,University
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SUMMARY:Karen Maschke - Nonhuman Animals Containing Human Cells: Ethics and Oversight  | GES Colloquium\, Spring 2023
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nNonhuman Animals Containing Human Cells: Ethics and Oversight\nKaren Maschke\, PhD\, Research Scholar at The Hastings Center\nWebsite | Twitter @hastingscenter \nThis presentation focuses on ethical and oversight issues as they relate to the insertion of human cells into nonhuman animals\, e.g.\, “chimeric research.” \nAbstract\nResearch involving the insertion of human cells into nonhuman animals at various stage of development – referred to here as chimeric research – has helped scientists learn how human cells behave in a living environment. Advances in human stem cell science and gene editing are enabling scientists to more extensively and precisely insert human cells into nonhuman animals at any stage of development. Scientists have conducted in vitro experiments with chimeric embryos and in vivo studies that create chimeric animals. The goals of these studies include developing more accurate models of human diseases\, creating inexpensive sources of human eggs and embryos for research\, and developing sources of tissues and organs suitable for transplantation into humans. Yet concerns have been raised that by biologically altering nonhuman animals with human cells – particularly at an early stage of the chimeric animal’s development – scientists may end up changing them in morally relevant ways\, especially if the chimeric animals exhibit “humanlike” behaviors or capacities that they previously lacked. An NIH-funded interdisciplinary research project of The Hastings Center and Case Western Reserve University examined the ethical\, oversight\, and policy issues regarding research that involves the transfer of human embryonic or induced pluripotent cells\, or cells derived directly from them\, into nonhuman animals or nonhuman animal embryos. \nThis presentation highlights three of the project’s recommendations: \n\nscientists\, journalists\, bioethicists and others writing about chimeric research should use precise and accessible language that clarifies rather than obscures the ethical issues at stake;\nanimal welfare is a primary ethical issue and should be a focus of ethical and policy analysis as well as the governance of oversight of chimeric research; and\nenhanced communication between institutional committees involved in oversight of chimeric research is needed\, as well as a mechanism for a national discussion amongst those in oversight of these studies.\n\nRelated links: \n\nClarifying the Ethics and Oversight of Chimeric Research\, Josephine Johnston\, Insoo Hyun\, Carolyn P. Neuhaus\, Karen J. Maschke\, et. al.\, 2022\nComposite Animals: Then and Now\, Amy Hinterberger\, 2022\nHuman\, Nonhuman\, and Chimeric Research: Considering Old Issues with New Research\, Jeff Sebo\, Brendan Parent\, 2022\nThreats to Benefits: Assessing Knowledge Production in Nonhuman Models of Human Neuropsychiatric Disorders\, Carolyn P. Neuhaus\, 2022\nMoral Status and the Oversight of Research Involving Chimeric Animals\, Patricia Marshall\, Kaitlynn P. Craig\, Insoo Hyun\, 2022\nA Conversation with Chimeric Animal Researchers\, Kaitlynn P. Craig\, 2022\nHow Chimeric Animal Research Impacts Animal Welfare: A Conversation with Animal Welfare Experts\, Kaitlynn P. Craig\, 2022\n\nSpeaker Bio\nKaren J. Maschke\, PhD is a Research Scholar at The Hastings Center and the editor of the Center’s journal\, Ethics & Human Research. As a researcher with training in political science and bioethics\, she focuses on policy and ethical issues related to the introduction\, use\, regulation\, and oversight of new biomedical technologies. She recently completed two projects: the NIH-funded project\, “Actionable Ethics Oversight for Human-Animal Chimera Research” (co-Principal Investigator) and the NSF-funded project\, “Public Deliberation on Gene Editing in the Wild” (co-Investigator). She is currently the lead co-Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded project\, “Informing Ethical Translation of Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials.” She is interviewed frequently by the media\, appearing in AP\, New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, NPR\, Washington Post\, Kaiser Health\, STAT News\, Reuters\, and Bloomberg Law. Her recent book (co-authored with Michael K. Gusmano)\, is Debating Modern Medical Technologies: The Politics of Safety\, Effectiveness\, and Patient Access (Praeger\, 2018). \n\nGES Colloquium (GES 591-002) is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will generally be live-streamed via Zoom\, with monthly in-person meetings in the 1911 Building\, Room 129. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates .
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/ges-colloquium-2023-01-31/
CATEGORIES:AgBioFEWS,Colloquium,Training,University
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