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Science Cafe: CRISPR & the Ethics of Editing Genes

http://naturalsciences.org/calendar/event/science-cafe-crispr-and-the-ethics-of-editing-genes/What if it were possible to genetically alter wild populations of “pest” animals so that they were either eliminated or unable to threaten rare and endangered species, transmit disease, or damage crops? Such new “gene...

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Food Evolution film premiere, with Fred Gould

See NC Biotechnology Center website for additional details: http://www.ncbiotech.org/event/nc-film-premiere-food-evolution/230346PROGRAM:5:00 - Doors open6:30 - Welcome and Introductions6:45 - Film8:15- Panel DiscussionWelcome & Introductions: Michelle VonCannon, NCBiotech and Richard Reich, NC Dept of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesPANEL...

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GES Colloquium: Steven Druker – How the Health Risks of GMOs Have Been Systematically Misrepresented: The Biggest but Most Overlooked Issue in Bioethics

Guest speaker Steven Druker discusses his book Altered Genes, Twisted Facts, which asserts that the venture to employ genetic engineering technology in food production has been chronically dependent on misrepresentation. Basic facts of biology (and...

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Greg Jaffe – Genetically Engineered Foods and their Regulation: The Way Forward after 20 Years of Adoption

Greg Jaffe, Biotechnology Director, Center for Science in thePublic Interest, will be discussing Genetically Engineered Foods and their Regulation: the Way Forward after Twenty Years of Adoption. He will also discuss the new GMO disclosure...

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GES Colloquium – Rene Valdez: Perceptions of De-extinction Among Experts and in the News Media

De-extinction is the re-creation of extinct species using methods from synthetic biology, cloning, genetic engineering, reproduction technologies, and stem cell research. Researchers around the world are investigating the possibility of reviving species, including the woolly...

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