We'll talk about some of the different ways that journalists have covered genetic engineering over the past several decades, and the journalistic conventions and impulses that shape this coverage.
Together with the NC State Libraries Special Collections and Department of History, GES is creating a video archive of oral histories to document for posterity the memories and papers of the pioneers of genetic engineering....
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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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The GES Center is partnering with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the China Ministry of Agriculture, and the US Trade and Development Agency to organize a workshop on “Communication, Engagement, and Biotechnology.” Several...
Dr. David Berube, professor of science and technology communication and Director of PCOST, will give a student-directed conversation on Zika. Potential topics include how Zika got into Brazil, why it's so dangerous (the microcephaly connection),...
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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Register now → https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/events/steven-druker/Speaker: Steven Druker, Executive Director of the Alliance for Bio-Integrity and author of Altered Genes, Twisted Truth
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...
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...
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...
Ultra-Low Gossypol Cottonseed Will Transform Cottonseed Utilization and ValueMany plants use chemical defense mechanisms to reduce or eliminate predation and the cotton plant is no exception. Gossypol, a naturally occurring noxious compound, found in pigment...
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