Genetic Engineering and Society Center

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...

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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...

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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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