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Science in the Movies: Happy Birthday, Frankenstein!

Celebrate Frankenstein’s 200th birthday by exploring “Frankenfilms” in the latest installment of SCONC’s “Science in the Movies” series.We’ll be exploring the science and bioethics behind Dr. Frankenstein and his creation

Symposium: Forging Integrated Expertise in Graduate Education

Details available at https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/events/symposium-integrated-expertise/Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBi0KtRBqUbXRftnlktxj6Q/liveContact Sharon Stauffer with questions at sastauff@ncsu.edu

NASEM Webinar: Genome Editing and Security: Governance of Non-Traditional Research Communities

Register: http://nas-sites.org/dels/events/ge-security/GES Sr. Research Scholar, Dr. Todd Kuiken, and Dr. Piers Millett,Sr. Research Fellow at the Oxford Future of Humanity Institute, to discuss biosecurity and biosafety within the iGEM and DIYbio laboratory communities. Agenda:10:30 Brief Introduction...

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Fall 2018 Colloquium Intro (lunch from Neomonde)

1911 Building, Room 129 (North Campus) 10 Current Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States

Our series will kick off with a catered lunch from Neomonde on Tuesday, August 28. Come prepared to give a short update about your recent GES activities and upcoming plans.

Paul Vincelli – ‘Can CRISPR Displace Crop Pesticides?’

1911 Building, Room 129 (North Campus) 10 Current Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States

9/4 GES Colloquium: We are thrilled to welcome Paul Vincelli as our first invited speaker of the semester. Paul is an extension professor at the University of Kentucky in the department of Plant Pathology, as well as co-host of the Talking Biotech podcast! He will be available to have lunch and/or meet with folks during his visit on 9/4. Request meeting with Paul >>

David Resnik – ‘Community engagement in field trials of genetically modified mosquitoes’

1911 Building, Room 129 (North Campus) 10 Current Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States

Speaker: David Resnik | Abstract: Effective community engagement is an important legal, ethical, and practical prerequisite for conducting field trials of genetically modified mosquitoes, because these studies can substantially impact communities and it is usually not possible to obtain informed consent from each community member.