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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Title: Genetically engineering a multi-organism relationshipPresenter: Eli Hornstein, Provost Doctoral Fellow, Systems and SyntheticBiology, Dept. of Plant and Microbial BiologyAbstract: Biotechnology has great potential as a tool to address pressing issues beyond the agricultural applications...
Stephens Room - 3503 Thomas Hall, NC State, Raleigh, NCMap: https://goo.gl/maps/SJRxVPGxqbP2Sarah Davidson Evanega, PhDDirector, Cornell Alliance for Science - https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/Sr. Associate Director, International Programs CALS, Cornell University Hunger & Hypocrisy: A Climate for GMO ChangeThe...
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Sarah Davidson Evanega, PhDDirector, Cornell Alliance for Science - https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/Sr. Associate Director, International Programs CALS, Cornell University Solutions to hunger, poverty, and sustainable agricultural growth are often inaccessible to Less Developed Countries (LDCs), where they...
Join us in our regular Colloquium space, room 129 in the 1911 Building, to listen to and discuss Todd's interview on WUNC. BYO Lunch! Livestream: http://wunc.org/programs/state-things#stream/0→ GES Scholar Dr. Todd Kuiken will join Frank Stasio...
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GES Colloquium Information: https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/events/colloquiums/ Contact Jason Delborne with questions at jadelbor@ncsu.edu FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20180418T035959Z;BYDAY=TU"