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SUMMARY:Corn Maze: From Teosinte to Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Part of the upcoming Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures art exhibit\, the 100’ x 100’ corn maze has its opening event on Sunday\, Aug. 11 at 3:00 p.m. Locopops and the El Molcajete food truck will have refreshments for sale. The event is free and open to the public. After this opening event\, the corn maze will remain open and accessible during museum park hours. The maze will be open through the end of October.\nThis corn maze is a time machine. \nAt the heart of From Teosinte to Tomorrow\, a quarter-acre stand of non-GMO tropical field corn\, you will find an interior room with a raised bed of teosinte\, the wild grass thought to be an ancestor of modern corn. \nOnce there\, you will have traveled thousands of years into civilization’s agricultural past\, through generations of cultivation practices developed by farmers across the American continents as well as by contemporary biotechnologists. Through countless harvests\, the skinny\, hard kernels of teosinte grass were gradually hybridized into today’s juicy and sweet corn on the cob. \nAs humanity struggles with challenges like global population growth and climate change\, there is a growing disconnect between first-world populations\, the sources of our food\, and the people who labor to grow it and deliver it. As one of the earliest cultivated grains in the western hemisphere\, the cultural significance of maize (Zea mays) invites conversations about these issues as well as about issues of class\, identity\, community\, and genetics in society. \nFrom Teosinte to Tomorrow was inspired by artist Josef Albers and based on his photographs and drawings during the years he and Anni Albers traveled extensively in Mexico (1930s–60s). The Albers’ deep connection to Mesoamerican art\, together with their importance to the growth of art and design in North Carolina\, made these reflective works an apt inspirational source for NC State University Libraries exhibit designer Molly Renda and design collaborator William Dodge. \nFrom Teosinte to Tomorrow is funded by the NC State University Libraries’ Goodnight Educational Foundation Endowment for Special Collections with additional support from the Genetic Engineering and Society Center\, and in-kind donations from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences\, the JC Raulston Arboretum\, Hanbury\, and the North Carolina Museum of Art. \nThis exhibit is part of the multi-site exhibition Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures (October 17\, 2019–March 15\, 2020)\, an art-science exhibition organized by the NC State University Libraries and the Genetic Engineering and Society Center\, and shown at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design\, in the physical and digital display spaces of the Libraries\, and here at the North Carolina Museum of Art Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park. For more information visit go.ncsu.edu/artswork \nThe corn maze is located near the new entrance to the museum parking along Blue Ridge Road\, at the end of the parking lot farthest from the museum buildings. Please wear comfortable shoes.
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/corn-maze-from-teosinte-to-tomorrow/
LOCATION:NC Museum of Art\, 2110 Blue Ridge Road\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art's Work/Genetic Futures,GES Event,University
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SUMMARY:Federico Ciliberto - Valuing product innovation: genetically engineered varieties in US corn and soybeans | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home  |  Fall 2019 MediaSite Live-Stream  |  YouTube Library (Past Colloquia) \nValuing product innovation: genetically engineered varieties in US corn and soybeans\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: There will be no live-stream this week as the video will be embargoed until a later date. \n×\nSpeaker: Federico Ciliberto\, Ph.D.\, Professor\, University of Virginia\nProfile | CV & Publications | ciliberto@virginia.edu \nAbstract\nWe develop a discrete-choice model of differentiated products for US corn and soybean seed demand to study the welfare impact of genetically engineered (GE) crop varieties. Using a unique data set spanning the period 1996–2011\, we find that the welfare impact of the GE innovation is significant. In the last five years of the period analyzed\, our preferred counterfactual indicates that total surplus due to GE traits was $5.18 billion per year\, with seed manufacturers appropriating 56% of this surplus. The seed industry obtained more surplus from GE corn\, whereas farmers received more surplus from GE soybeans. \nRelated Publications:\n\nEDWARD D. PERRY\, FEDERICO CILIBERTO\, DAVID A. HENNESSY\, GIANCARLO MOSCHINI\, Genetically engineered crops and pesticide use in U.S. maize and soybeans\, Science Advances\, 31 AUG 2016\nSee also the working paper: Ciliberto\, Federico and Moschini\, Giancarlo and Perry\, Edward. Valuing Product Innovation: Genetically Engineered Varieties in U.S. Corn and Soybeans (December 15\, 2017). Working Paper 17-WP 576\, December 2017\, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development Iowa State University.\n\nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Federico Ciliberto is a Professor at the University of Virginia\, and also served in 2016 as an economist at the Antitrust Division in the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Ciliberto is the author of a variety of articles in empirical industrial organization\, with most of his work related to the antitrust and competition policy dynamics in industry. He has received research grants from the NIH and the USDA\, and has been the Program Chairman of the International Industrial Organization Conference since 2017. He is a fellow of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)\, London\, and the German Institute for Economic Research\, Berlin. He has taught topic classes in empirical industrial organization at the German Institute for Economic Research\, Berlin; the University of Zurich (Switzerland); and Aarhus University (Denmark)\, where he was the VELUX Visiting Professor (Villum Kann Rasmussen Foundation)
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-10-1-2019/
LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event
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SUMMARY:Jonas Monast - Natural Resources Law as a Model for Biotechnology Governance | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home  |  Fall 2019 MediaSite Live-Stream  |  YouTube Library (Past Colloquia) \nNatural Resources Law as a Model for Biotechnology Governance\nSpeaker: Jonas Monast\, JD\, C. Boyden Gray Distinguished Fellow\, UNC School of Law\nProfile | CV | jmonast@email.unc.edu \nAbstract\nAdvanced gene editing techniques are new\, but many of the conflicts presented by the techniques are not. Disputes over resource use\, alteration\, and preservation are recurring themes in natural resources law. Although existing laws do not contemplate the ability to reorder ecosystems via gene editing\, there are established regulatory systems designed to address risks of extinction\, balance competing ideologies\, and incorporate interests of future generations. This presentation will discuss the emerging conflicts between biotechnology governance and natural resources management\, and explore how existing natural resources laws can inform biotechnology governance challenges. \nRelated Publications\nJonas J. Monast\, Governing Extinction in the Era of Gene Editing\, 97 N.C. L. REV. (2019). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3420948 \nJonas J. Monast\, Editing Nature: Reconceptualizing Biotechnology Governance\, 59 B.C. L. REV. 2377 (2018). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3143270 \nSpeaker Bio\nJonas Monast is the C. Boyden Gray Distinguished Fellow at the UNC School of Law and directs the Center for Climate\, Energy\, Environment & Economics (CE3). His work focuses on climate change mitigation\, aligning energy and environmental policy goals\, and the intersection between natural resources and emerging technologies. Prior to joining the Carolina Law faculty\, Monast directed the Climate and Energy Program at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and taught courses on energy and environmental issues at Duke University’s School of Law and Nicholas School of the Environment. Monast has also worked as an attorney in the Corporate Social Responsibility Practice at Foley Hoag LLP\, as a congressional fellow for the late Senator Paul Wellstone\, and as legislative counsel for the Center for Responsible Lending. Monast received his BA from Appalachian State University in 1995 and his JD in 2002 from the Georgetown University Law Center.
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-10-8-2019/
LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Discussion with Fred Gould - The Windup Girl (Art's Work/Genetic Futures)
DESCRIPTION:Book Discussion – The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi\nTuesday\, October 8\, 7 – 8 pm\, So & So Books\nJoin Dr. Fred Gould\, University Distinguished Professor of Entomology at NC State\, for a discussion of biopunk sci-fi cult classic The Windup Girl.  The novel\, which won the 2010 Nebula and Hugo Awards for best novel\, explores questions like\, “what happens when calories become currency?” and “what happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits?” \nThis discussion is in conjunction with Art’s Work/Genetic Futures art-science exhibition organized by the NC State University Libraries and the GES Center. \n\nArt’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures) is an art-science exhibit and symposium of artists\, scientists\, and humanities scholars\, led by the the NC State University Libraries and the Genetic Engineering and Society Center\, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design\, the physical and digital display spaces of the NC State Libraries and the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA). These activities will elicit discussion about genetics in society through the lens of contemporary art and offer viewers new ways to think about their role in the genetic revolution. \nBy combining science and art and design\, the artists\, and artworks chosen for display\, will contextualize genetic engineering by bringing it out of the lab and into public places; challenging viewer’s understandings about the human condition\, the material of our bodies\, and the consequences of biotechnology. The exhibit(s)\, integrated curriculum\, and cross-campus dialogues will raise awareness and discussion about biotechnologies and their consequences in our society\, while drawing in art practices for reaching new communities. \nArt’s Work/Genetic Futures: October 17\, 2019 – March 15\, 2020\nDetails and related events at: go.ncsu.edu/artswork
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/book-discussion-windup-girl-10-8-19/
LOCATION:So & So Books\, 704 N. Person St.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27604\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art's Work/Genetic Futures,External,GES Event
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SUMMARY:Art's Work/Genetic Futures Docent Training
DESCRIPTION:Art’s Work/Genetic Futures Docent Training\nFriday\, October 11\, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm\, Group Study 7422\, D.H. Hill Jr.\, Library\nBeing a docent is cool\, and you should do it. \nWhat does a docent do? Lead tours and talk about art and science with museum visitors. \nIs this a big commitment? Nope. After the training\, you can sign up to lead as few or as many tours as you’d like as requests come in. \nWhy will you love it? You’ll be helping people think about their genetic futures while talking about some really amazing artworks. \nSign up to be an Art’s Work/Genetic Futures volunteer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArt’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures) is an art-science exhibit and symposium of artists\, scientists\, and humanities scholars\, led by the the NC State University Libraries and the Genetic Engineering and Society Center\, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design\, the physical and digital display spaces of the NC State Libraries and the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA). These activities will elicit discussion about genetics in society through the lens of contemporary art and offer viewers new ways to think about their role in the genetic revolution. \nBy combining science and art and design\, the artists\, and artworks chosen for display\, will contextualize genetic engineering by bringing it out of the lab and into public places; challenging viewer’s understandings about the human condition\, the material of our bodies\, and the consequences of biotechnology. The exhibit(s)\, integrated curriculum\, and cross-campus dialogues will raise awareness and discussion about biotechnologies and their consequences in our society\, while drawing in art practices for reaching new communities. \nArt’s Work/Genetic Futures: October 17\, 2019 – March 15\, 2020\nDetails and related events at: go.ncsu.edu/artswork\n  \n 
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/artswork-docent-training-10-11-19/
LOCATION:Group Student 7422\, D.H. Hill\, Jr. Library\, 2 Broughton Drive\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27695\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art's Work/Genetic Futures,GES Event,University
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SUMMARY:Entomology Seminar: Zack Brown on Public Perceptions and Ex Ante Consumer Impacts of Gene Drives for Agricultural Insect Pests
DESCRIPTION:Public Perceptions and Ex Ante Consumer Impacts of Gene Drives for Agricultural Insect Pests\nSpeaker: Zack Brown\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics\, NC State\nEntomology Seminar\n11:15am – 12:15pm\nThomas Hall\, Room 3503 (Stephens Room) \nTo watch the ENT seminar remotely via Zoom:\nhttps://ncsu.zoom.us/j/927923475 \nRelated publication:\nDoes the U.S. public support using gene drives in agriculture? And what do they want to know?\nMichael S. Jones\, Jason. A. Delborne\, Johanna Elsensohn\, Paul D. Mitchell\, Zachary S. Brown. Science Advances 11 Sep 2019; Vol. 5\, no. 9\, eaau8462. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau8462. Download PDF
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/entomology-seminar-zack-brown-public-perceptions-gene-drives-for-pests-10-14-19/
LOCATION:Stephen’s Room\, Thomas Hall Room 3503\, 112 Derieux Place\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T120000
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SUMMARY:Modeling the impact of GM insect releases on resistance management and yields in GM crop fields | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home  |  Fall 2019 MediaSite Live-Stream  |  YouTube Library (Past Colloquia) \nModeling the impact of GM insect releases on resistance management and yields in GM crop fields\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: There will be no live-stream this week as the video will be embargoed until a later date. \n×\nSpeakers: Michael Jones\, Jennifer Baltzegar and Nicole Gutzmann\, PhD Candidates\, NC State\nAbstract\nGenetically modified (GM) crops with Bt insecticidal proteins are an effective and widely used agricultural pest management strategy. Managing insect resistance to these methods is crucial to preventing the loss of these key GM crop inputs. A novel proposed strategy combines the traditional planting of non-insecticidal refuge with releasing GM insects that are Bt-susceptible and have a repressible\, female-specific lethal gene. Caged field trials where GM Diamondback Moth (Plutella xylostella) was released into populations of resistant moths on Bt broccoli appear successful. \nGiven this success\, the trial authors questioned the potential redundancy of the long-time and legally-mandated practice of planting refuge to mitigate resistance. We extend previous work to combine genetic and economic models of GM insect releases in Bt crops and estimate the economic value of crop yield preserved over long-term time horizons. Our model suggests GM insect releases can support resistance management\, though Bt and GM moths have substitutable and complementary effects on population control depending on the time horizon as well as refuge and release rates. GM insect releases generally reduce economically optimal refuge requirements\, though refuge elimination is only optimal in limited circumstances. We also provide insight on optimal refuge-release combinations under varying (uncertain) biological and GM moth design parameters. Interestingly\, the model suggests that growers and input supply actors may opt for different management strategies.
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-10-15-2019/
LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event
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SUMMARY:Spit Collection for America Project by Paul Vanouse (Art's Work/Genetic Futures)
DESCRIPTION:Part 1 – Public Participation:\nSpit Collection for America Project by Paul Vanouse\nWednesday\, October 16\, 11 am – 2 pm\, Talley Student Union Atrium\nAmerica Project is a live\, biological art installation centered around a process called DNA gel electrophoresis\, colloquially described as DNA Fingerprinting\, a process appropriated to create artwork images. The project premiered at the Esther Klein Gallery\, Philadelphia\, on October 20\, 2016\, and received an Award of Distinction at Prix Ars Electronica\, Linz\, in 2017. \nVisitors to the installation will encounter a spittoon in which their donated spit will be collected. On this day\, students and other visitors will be offered a one-ounce cup of saline solution and asked to swish for thirty seconds\, then to deposit the solution into the spittoon. \nDuring the installation (Part 2 – Public Performance: DNA Extraction)\, Vanouse will extract the DNA from the combined spit samples. The DNA will not be individuated nor retained: it will be processed as a whole to make iconic DNA Fingerprint images of power—such as a crown\, warplanes and a flag—which will be visible as video projections of the electrophoresis gels throughout the exhibition. \nPAUL VANOUSE is an artist and professor of Art at the University at Buffalo\, NY\, where he is the founding director of the Coalesce Center for Biological Art. Interdisciplinarity and impassioned amateurism guide his art practice. His bio-media and interactive cinema projects have been exhibited in over 25 countries and widely across the US. READ MORE \n\nArt’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures) is an art-science exhibit and symposium of artists\, scientists\, and humanities scholars\, led by the the NC State University Libraries and the Genetic Engineering and Society Center\, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design\, the physical and digital display spaces of the NC State Libraries and the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA). These activities will elicit discussion about genetics in society through the lens of contemporary art and offer viewers new ways to think about their role in the genetic revolution. \nBy combining science and art and design\, the artists\, and artworks chosen for display\, will contextualize genetic engineering by bringing it out of the lab and into public places; challenging viewer’s understandings about the human condition\, the material of our bodies\, and the consequences of biotechnology. The exhibit(s)\, integrated curriculum\, and cross-campus dialogues will raise awareness and discussion about biotechnologies and their consequences in our society\, while drawing in art practices for reaching new communities. \nArt’s Work/Genetic Futures: October 17\, 2019 – March 15\, 2020\nDetails and related events at: go.ncsu.edu/artswork\n  \n 
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/spit-collection-america-project-art-exhibit-10-16-19/
LOCATION:Talley Student Union\, 2610 Cates Avenue\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art's Work/Genetic Futures,GES Event,University
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SUMMARY:Public Performance: DNA Extraction for America Project by Paul Vanouse (Art's Work/Genetic Futures)
DESCRIPTION:Part 2 – Public Performance:\nDNA Extraction for America Project by Paul Vanouse\nWednesday\, October 16\, 2 pm\, Talley Student Union – ROOM 3210 (next to 1887 Bistro)\nAmerica Project is a live\, biological art installation centered around a process called DNA gel electrophoresis\, colloquially described as DNA Fingerprinting\, a process appropriated to create artwork images. The project premiered at the Esther Klein Gallery\, Philadelphia\, on October 20\, 2016\, and received an Award of Distinction at Prix Ars Electronica\, Linz\, in 2017. \nVisitors to the installation will encounter a spittoon in which their donated spit will be collected (Part 1 – Public Participation: Spit Collection). On this day\, students and other visitors will be offered a one-ounce cup of saline solution and asked to swish for thirty seconds\, then to deposit the solution into the spittoon. \nPart 2 – Public Performance: During the installation\, Vanouse will extract the DNA from the combined spit samples. The DNA will not be individuated nor retained: it will be processed as a whole to make iconic DNA Fingerprint images of power—such as a crown\, warplanes and a flag—which will be visible as video projections of the electrophoresis gels throughout the exhibition. \nPAUL VANOUSE is an artist and professor of Art at the University at Buffalo\, NY\, where he is the founding director of the Coalesce Center for Biological Art. Interdisciplinarity and impassioned amateurism guide his art practice. His bio-media and interactive cinema projects have been exhibited in over 25 countries and widely across the US. READ MORE \n\nArt’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures) is an art-science exhibit and symposium of artists\, scientists\, and humanities scholars\, led by the the NC State University Libraries and the Genetic Engineering and Society Center\, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design\, the physical and digital display spaces of the NC State Libraries and the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA). These activities will elicit discussion about genetics in society through the lens of contemporary art and offer viewers new ways to think about their role in the genetic revolution. \nBy combining science and art and design\, the artists\, and artworks chosen for display\, will contextualize genetic engineering by bringing it out of the lab and into public places; challenging viewer’s understandings about the human condition\, the material of our bodies\, and the consequences of biotechnology. The exhibit(s)\, integrated curriculum\, and cross-campus dialogues will raise awareness and discussion about biotechnologies and their consequences in our society\, while drawing in art practices for reaching new communities. \nArt’s Work/Genetic Futures: October 17\, 2019 – March 15\, 2020\nDetails and related events at: go.ncsu.edu/artswork\n  \n 
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/dna-extraction-america-project-art-exhibit-10-16-19/
LOCATION:Talley Student Union\, Room 3210\, 2610 Cates Avenue\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art's Work/Genetic Futures,GES Event,University
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SUMMARY:Art's Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Future Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures\nOctober 17\, 2019 – March 15\, 2020\nGregg Museum of Art & Design and NC State University Libraries\nAre scientists and engineers in charge of the future\, or do artists have a role\, too? What happens when artists appropriate the scientific tools and techniques of modern biotechnology?\nA joint exhibition between the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center and NC State University Libraries. \n\nArt’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures) is an art-science exhibit and symposium of artists\, scientists\, and humanities scholars\, led by the NC State University Libraries and the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center\, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design\, the physical and digital display spaces of the University Libraries\, and the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA). These activities will elicit discussion about genetics in society through the lens of contemporary art and offer viewers new ways to think about their role in the genetic revolution. \nBy combining science and art and design\, the artists\, and artworks chosen for display contextualize genetic engineering by bringing it out of the lab and into public places; challenging viewer’s understandings about the human condition\, the material of our bodies\, and the consequences of biotechnology. The exhibits\, integrated curriculum\, and cross-campus dialogues will raise awareness and discussion about biotechnologies and their consequences in our society while drawing in art practices for reaching new communities. \nDetails and related events at go.ncsu.edu/artswork\n 
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/arts-work-genetic-futures-10-17-19-to-3-15-20/
LOCATION:Gregg Museum of Art & Design\, 1903 Hillsborough St\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art's Work/Genetic Futures,GES Event,University
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SUMMARY:Pre-Opening: Lucky Mice Throwing Dice by Joe Davis (Art's Work/Genetic Futures)
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Opening: Lucky Mice (Throwing Dice) by Joe Davis\nThursday\, October 17\, 10 am – 4 pm\,\nD.H. Hill Jr. Library Exhibit Gallery\, First Floor\, East Wing\, Room 1120\nBrown bag lunch and artist discussion (12 – 1 pm)\nRSVP for pizza lunch at 12 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaytime opening at D.H. Hill Jr. Library location. Lucky Mice was inspired by Larry Niven’s fictional Ringworld series where aliens carry on secret experiments to enhance good luck through human breeding. While serendipity might be ascribed to chance\, closer examination suggests it is chance coupled with coincidence. Both judgment to recognize\, and ability to accommodate unexpected events underlie all serendipitous discovery. History recounts many unexpected accidents that\, through reasoning and deduction become transformed into opportunity. Investigations of luck have been undertaken in psychology\, cognitive science\, information science and economics\, but correlations of serendipity and genetics have never been studied. \nIn this experiment\, we will observe serendipitous behaviors with mouse-operated dice-throwing apparatus and pursue in vivo selective breeding of “lucky mice.” This scientifically rigorous approach will abide by protocols for ethical research and humane treatment of laboratory animals. Use of live mice highlights human-animal relationships in art and science and examines protocols underlying use and care of laboratory animals. \nJOE DAVIS pioneered laser carving methods at Bell Telephone Labs and U. Cincinnati Medical Center in the 1970s. In 1981 he joined MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies as Research Fellow and Lecturer. His Microvenus (1986) was the first genetically engineered art. Davis joined the Harvard laboratory of George Church in 2010 as “Artist Scientist.” READ MORE \n\nArt’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures) is an art-science exhibit and symposium of artists\, scientists\, and humanities scholars\, led by the the NC State University Libraries and the Genetic Engineering and Society Center\, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design\, the physical and digital display spaces of the NC State Libraries and the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA). These activities will elicit discussion about genetics in society through the lens of contemporary art and offer viewers new ways to think about their role in the genetic revolution. \nBy combining science and art and design\, the artists\, and artworks chosen for display\, will contextualize genetic engineering by bringing it out of the lab and into public places; challenging viewer’s understandings about the human condition\, the material of our bodies\, and the consequences of biotechnology. The exhibit(s)\, integrated curriculum\, and cross-campus dialogues will raise awareness and discussion about biotechnologies and their consequences in our society\, while drawing in art practices for reaching new communities. \nArt’s Work/Genetic Futures: October 17\, 2019 – March 15\, 2020\nDetails and related events at: go.ncsu.edu/artswork\n  \n 
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/lucky-mice-art-exhibit-10-17-19/
LOCATION:D.H. Hill Library\, Exhibit Gallery\, 2 W Broughton Drive\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27695\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art's Work/Genetic Futures,GES Event,University
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SUMMARY:Symposium - Art’s Work the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures
DESCRIPTION:Symposium – Art’s Work the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures\nDate: Friday\, October 18\, 2019\nLocation: Gregg Museum of Art & Design 8:30-12:00 pm\nD.H. Hill Library Auditorium 2:00-5:30 pm (Register)\nThe Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center\, NC State University Libraries\, and Gregg Museum of Art & Design will host a full-day symposium to discuss the Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology exhibition. The symposium will bring together artists\, humanists\, and social/natural scientists\, using the exhibition as a departure point for conversations about the future of biotechnology and genetics. \nThe exhibition provokes questions about who has the standing to comment on or even create our genetic futures. It shows how artists and designers can contribute materially\, rhetorically\, and conceptually to biotechnology’s development. The selected works question the all-too-common assumption that scientists and engineers hold the power to create new futures that will come to pass without the input of other people. By highlighting artists’ contributions in these areas and bringing the public into the conversation as a partner rather than a recipient of technical knowledge\, visitors will be encouraged to consider the contributions artists and scientists are making toward shaping our genetic futures\, the effects these innovations and ideas will have on their own lives\, and their own roles in this process. \nThe symposium places art at the center of discussions about the future of biotechnology by presenting works in which artists appropriate tools and techniques of modern biotechnology that have until recently been the exclusive purview of scientists. The event will use the exhibition as a departure point for conversations about the future of biotechnology and genetics. The morning session will be held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design from 8:30-12:00 pm and continue at the NC State’s D.H. Hill Library Auditorium in the afternoon beginning at 2:00 pm. The morning session will consist of responses from scientists\, humanities scholars\, artists\, and members of the public to specific artworks in the show. \nRegister for afternoon sessions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the afternoon\, three panels of artists will convene to discuss:\n 2—3 pm: Biotechnology as Culture\nModerator: Priscilla Wald\, R. Florence Brinkley Professor of English\, Duke University\nArtist Panel: Joe Davis\, Jennifer Willet\, Ciara Redmond\, Kirsten Stolle\, Maria McKinney\, and Rich Pellpanel descriptionWhat is the relationship between luck and genetics? Between biotechnology and phenotypic outcomes? Between individual choices and corporate coercion? And in what ways can artists make use of the culture to make comments on biotechnology\, genetics\, and science more broadly? Joe Davis and Ciara Remond have both approached the concept of luck in their work\, while Jennifer Willet\, Rich Pell\, Maria McKinney\, and Kirsten Stolle have different takes on ways of using identifiable cultural markers to draw audiences into conversations about biotechnology. This panel will explore how biotechnology is culture and the ways that culture can be used to leverage new possibilities for thinking about genetic futures. \n 3—4 pm: Genetic Arts Intervening in the Anthropocene: Climate\, Geoengineering\, and Ecosystems\nModerator: Jason Delborne\, Professor of Science\, Technology\, & Society\, NC State\nArtist Panel: Aaron Ellison\, David Buckley Borden\, Jon Davis\, Joel Ong\, Erin Kirchner\, and Rachel Ruskpanel descriptionArt’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology features a number of works which investigate the way that changes on our planet are related to genetic change or biotechnological affordances. In this panel\, the creators of the Novel Ecosystem Generator\, Kerasynth\, Terra et Venti\, and the animations behind Teosinte to Tomorrow will introduce how their work grapples with global environmental change\, discuss why art and design are great mediums for addressing the anthropocene\, and what the future holds for art about these issues. \n 4—5 pm: Art and Identities: From Surveillance and Privacy to Collective Identities and Personal Choices\nModerator: Patsy Sibley\, Professor of Women’s Studies\, NC State\nArtist Panel: Charlotte Jarvis\, Paul Vanouse\, Adam Zaretsky\, and Emeka Ikebudepanel descriptionIdeas about identity have swirled around developments in human genomic science since its inception. Surveillance and privacy have been investigated throughout the first generation of bioart\, including cutting edge work by Paul Vanouse and Heather Dewey-Hagborg. Vanouse’s more recent work\, like the America Project\, exhibited in this show grapples with collective identity. Emeka Ikebude’s “Fragments” works with the opposition between individual genetic codes and microbiomes which are also largely shared with other people. Issues of diversity have been present in the work of the scientists of the human genome project and the artistic critiques of this work that followed. In other work\, Adam Zaretsky asks about human genetic possibilities for the future and he will discuss how his botanical work in Errorairum relates to those inquiries about human futures. Charlotte Jarvis’ In Posse brings attention to ideas about gender and feminism. This panel will discuss the relationships art draws out between science and identities. \n\nThe symposium will conclude with an open conversation on how we develop richer interfaces between artists and scientists in determining our genetic futures. \nFor more on the artworks go to: go.ncsu.edu/artswork
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/symposium-arts-work-the-age-of-biotechnology-shaping-our-genetic-futures/
LOCATION:Erdahl-Cloyd 2304 Auditorium\, D.H. Hill Library\, 2 W Broughton Dr\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27695\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art's Work/Genetic Futures,GES Event
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SUMMARY:Lyubov Kurkalova - North Carolina crop rotations and cropland use intensity | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home  |  Fall 2019 MediaSite Live-Stream  |  YouTube Library (Past Colloquia) \nNorth Carolina crop rotations and cropland use intensity\nSpeaker: Lyubov Kurkalova\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Economics\, NC A&T State University\nProfile | Email \nAbstract\nThe continuity of the landscape’s vegetative cover affects the propensity of soils to erode by water and wind\, and to accumulate soil organic carbon. The continuity of cover depends on crop rotations\, i.e.\, on year-to-year changes in cropland use. The GIS-based\, remotely sensed\, U.S. Department of Agriculture Cropland Data Layer (CDL) data for multiple\, consecutive years has enabled significant advances in documenting and analyzing crop rotations. However\, the applications of CDL for cropping pattern identification have been focused on relatively homogeneous regions such as the U.S. Midwest\, and crop rotations for more complex\, geographically diverse regions are much less understood. \nNorth Carolina is one of the most physio-geographically diverse states in the southern U.S. The western (mountain) section of the state has a short growing season and is not generally suitable for crop production. The length of the crop-growing season increases from the west to the east\, with the east-most section of the state\, Coastal Plain\, having an adequate crop-growing season\, and\, in consequence\, the majority of the state’s crop production. We analyze the extent and the year-to-year dynamics of cropland use intensity in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina. \nWe postulate that year-to-year land-use transitions could be described as a first-order Markov process. To set up an estimable model\, we categorize the intensity of cropland use in four broad categories\, with progressively longer duration of soil coverage: fallow (land is bare all year long); single-season crop (land is covered from spring through fall); double-cropped land (land is covered for the majority of the year); and hay and pasture (land is covered essentially year-long). We use the 2008-2018 CDL data to estimate the yearly matrices of transition from one land-use intensity to another\, and analyze how the probabilities of transition correlate with crop prices. \nWe find that the probabilities of remaining in the same intensity category are 0.91\, 0.75\, 0.47\, and 0.16 for single-season crops\, hay and pasture\, fallow\, and double-cropped land\, respectively. We also find that double-cropped land rarely transitions to fallow or hay the year after. The probabilities of transition from double-cropped to single-cropped practice are highly responsive to changes in winter wheat prices and vary between 0.6 and 0.9 over the years considered. The spatially detailed maps of year-to-year cropland use transitions that we develop are likely to improve the precision of environmental assessments of crop production in North Carolina. \nSpeaker Bio\nLyubov (Luba) Kurkalova is interested both in (a) analyzing the impacts of policy and economic factors on forest and agricultural land use\, production\, and the environment\, and in (b) developing the tools – spatially explicit models and econometric techniques – for such analyses. Her research program has received over $10.7 million in extramural funding from USDOE\, NSF\, and USDA. Dr. Kurkalova has published her research in multiple peer-reviewed journals including Energy Economics\, Journal and Soil and Water Conservation\, Environmental Modeling and Software\, Biomass and Bioenergy\, and Environmental Management.
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-10-22-2019/
LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event
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SUMMARY:Brandon Hollingsworth on Preventing dengue using Wolbachia infected mosquitoes | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home  |  Fall 2019 MediaSite Live-Stream  |  YouTube Library (Past Colloquia) \nPreventing dengue using Wolbachia infected mosquitoes: developing optimal release strategies on an uncertain time horizon\nSpeaker: Brandon Hollingsworth\, Ph.D. student in Biomathematics\, NC State\nWebsite  |  Email \nAbstract\nDengue virus\, which is responsible for dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever\, is a systemic viral infection spread most commonly by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Dengue is estimated to infect 390 million individuals a year worldwide\, with around 3.9 billion people at risk of infection. Currently\, there are no licensed vaccinations or therapeutic treatments for the disease and control of the vector species through conventional methods has proven inefficient and costly. Recently\, there have been several novel vector control techniques proposed to prevent dengue outbreaks. Of these\, the approach most likely to be implemented in the near future relies on infection with the bacterium\, Wolbachia. \nWolbachia is a naturally occurring infection in most species of arthropods worldwide. In Ae. aegypti\, it is a chronic infection that is vertically transmitted\, reducing the fitness of infected mosquitoes and blocking the ability of the infected mosquito to acquire and transmit dengue. Additionally\, due to cytoplasmic incompatibility Wolbachia shows super-mendelian inheritance\, allowing for it to self-maintain and spread in a population. These aspects of Wolbachia have led many organizations to discuss the implementation of Wolbachia based vector-controls. However\, the rearing and release of Wolbachia infected mosquitoes will require funding and optimal release strategies have yet to be discussed. \nAs part of an interdisciplinary GES class\, we developed a framework to determine an optimal release strategy for Wolbachia infected mosquitoes in an area at risk for epidemic dengue with an uncertain time horizon. We then used this framework to determine an optimal release surface and find that it is relatively insensitive to most parameters and\, in most situations\, suggests an “all or nothing” release plan. This allows the optimal release question to be reframed in terms of optimal facility size which is found using fixed cost analysis. \nSpeaker Bio\nBrandon Hollingsworth is a Biomathematics Ph.D. student studying mosquito and disease ecology and control at NC State University
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-10-29-2019/
LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event
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