Rodolphe Barrangou – Catching up with the CRISPR craze | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Virtual Event
A discussion of the applications and implications of CRISPR-based technologies in Food, Ag, and beyond.
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Leo Fidjeland and Linnea Våglund – Pink Chicken Project | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Virtual Event
Pink Chicken Project suggests changing the color of the entire species Gallus gallus domesticus - using the recently invented CRISPR Gene Drive technique - coloring the geological trace of humankind, pink!
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Angela Saini: The Legacy of Scientific Racism
Virtual Event
A conversation with Angela Saini, journalist and author. Opening remarks from Provost Warwick Arden.
Free
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CRISPRcon 2020 – Equity, Environment, and Agriculture
Virtual Event
CRISPRcon is a unique forum bringing diverse voices together to discuss the future of CRISPR and related gene editing technologies across applications in agriculture, health, conservation, and more. GES Center led webinars on Equity in Environment and Agriculture will be held on October 13 and 15.
Free
Andrew Flachs – Choices and performances in Indian GM cotton fields | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Virtual Event
Seeds are tools to ask how promising technology including GMOs and organic certification is used, learned, and adapted by farmers with consequences for rural wellbeing and sustainable agriculture.
Louie Rivers – Decision Heuristics and Biases, Community Engagement and Justice | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Virtual Event
How our conceptualization of cognitive decision making biases and heuristics influences how we engage with underserved communities around issues of justice.
Katie Barnhill-Dilling – Environmental Justice Reconsidered: Epistemic Dominance in the Governance of Environmental Biotechnologies | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Virtual Event
Dr. Barnhill-Dilling with a discussion on the critical importance of recognition of identity and worldview as foundational to broader environmental justice in the governance of environmental biotechnologies.
Election Day! Vote then watch an old colloquium | GES Colloquium
In lieu of colloquium, we are encouraging everyone to vote today, then if you have some free time you can pick a past colloquium to watch from our video archive.
Anna Stepanova – Building a synbio toolbox to monitor and control plant hormone activity | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Virtual Event
Dr. Stepanova will talk about her group's efforts to harness the power of synthetic biology and develop new molecular tools to visualize the activity of plant hormones and gain tighter control over spatiotemporal patterns of gene expression.
Samantha Thomas- Challenges of Global Vegetable Seed Production and Delivery | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Virtual Event
Last GES Colloquium of 2020! Sam Thomas joins us from Bayer Crop Science to discuss production and delivery challenges faced by the global vegetable seed industry in an increasingly complex regulatory environment
AgBioFEWS Zoom Q&A
Virtual Event
Join Dr. Fred Gould, GES Center co-director, and Dr. Dawn Rodriguez-Ward, AgBioFEWS program coordinator, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 12:00 PM. The Zoom session will start with a brief presentation of the AgBioFEWS program and leave time for all interested applicants to ask questions in the live chat box or via live video.
Spring 2021 Virtual Welcome Lunch | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Virtual Event
The Genetic Engineering and Society Colloquium is a seminar series that brings in speakers to present and stimulate discussion on a variety of topics related to existing and proposed biotechnologies and their place within broader societal changes.