IN PERSON. A historical examination of Moore's Law, inviting audience comment on its relevance to genetic engineering.

IN PERSON. Discussion of EPA’s role in the regulation of biotechnology and the development of policies and regulations for emerging technologies.

ZOOM. Discover how BioNFTs are revolutionizing the Life Sciences by providing verifiable biosamples and biodata for training ethical AI models

IN PERSON. Evidence suggests that high school biology textbooks in the US may reinforce an essentialist construal of gender. Special two-day engagement with the Genetics & Genomics Academy, sponsored by the College of Education and the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership

IN PERSON. A discussion about the molecular genetics of homing gene drives disrupting doublesex gene, as well as its potential and challenges in the D. suzukii population control.

IN PERSON. A history of U.S. food labeling policies and "informational turn" in food politics, and a critical look at debates in recent decades over labeling GMOs, "organic", and other food risks and alternative food movements.

IN PERSON. This talk will explore the work of the new NSF-funded Precision Microbiome Engineering Center and the exploration of the social, equity, and ethical implications of engineering microbiomes in indoor spaces.

IN PERSON. Synthetic biology offers new hope for the eradication of invasive alien species from islands, a pressing need in the face of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss.