BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Genetic Engineering and Society Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Genetic Engineering and Society Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Genetic Engineering and Society Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211102T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211102T130000 DTSTAMP:20260504T150510 CREATED:20210816T215258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211029T153000Z UID:10000243-1635854400-1635858000@ges.research.ncsu.edu SUMMARY:Panel: Considerations for adopting genetically engineered crops around the world | GES Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nConsiderations for adopting genetically engineered crops around the world\nAgBioFEWS Cohort 3 Fellows bring together a panel of speakers to discuss how the emerging field of GE might influence international markets and impact society. \nAbstract\nGiven the tight interconnectedness of global food systems\, genetically engineering (GE) staple crops might immediately influence our lives. AgBioFEWS cohort 3 fellows from the Genetic and Engineering Society Center at NC State have brought together a panel of speakers to discuss how the emerging field of GE might influence international markets and impact society. Speakers will discuss incentives and considerations regarding the adoption of GE technology from private\, public\, and consumer perspectives. Further\, the panel hopes to reflect on how potential market arrangements might impact the welfare of different groups across regions and income levels\, since many of the GE industry leaders come from a minority of wealthy nations. The three panel members are experts in the philosophy of agriculture and ethics\, international relations\, and biotechnology. They are well positioned to help us understand the effects of this paradigm changing technology. \nGuest Panelists\n\nMd. Arif Hossain is the CEO and Executive Director of Farming Future Bangladesh (FFB)\, a comprehensive communication and community engagement organization aimed to improve awareness about modern agricultural innovations including crop biotechnology to ensure sustainable food security in Bangladesh. Twitter: @arifromel\nDr. Marc Ghislain is a global leader of the biotechnology research program at the International Potato Center where he is currently leading efforts to release a transgenic potato completely resistant to late blight in sub-Saharan African countries. Twitter: @Cipotato\nDr. Paul B.  Thompson is the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural\, Food and Community Ethics at Michigan State University and has spent his career in research and teaching focused on ethical and philosophical topics in food and agriculture. Twitter: @MSUAFRE\n\n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Dawn Rodriguez-Ward and Jen Baltzegar\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter for updates (links above). URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2021-11-02/ LOCATION:https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpdO6trzsoHtdqQ06CKge1FE8BI2FwxBdd CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Colloquium-GE-Ag-Panel-11-2-21_960x540.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="GES Center":MAILTO:gesocietycenter@ncsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T130000 DTSTAMP:20260504T150510 CREATED:20210816T215258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211005T170712Z UID:10000244-1636459200-1636462800@ges.research.ncsu.edu SUMMARY:Sam Weiss Evans - STS Roles in developing technologies of humility around gene drives | GES Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nSTS Roles in developing technologies of humility around gene drives\nDr. Sam Weiss Evans\, Senior Research Fellow at the Program on Science\, Technology & Society\, Harvard University\nWebsite | Twitter \nAs different groups work out whether and how to pursue gene drive organisms\, Sam Weiss Evans explores the ways STS researchers can enrich the attention to diverse perspectives\, equity\, vulnerability\, and learning. \nAbstract\nIn the development of gene drives\, claims for ecosystem-altering capabilities are often coupled with calls for research programs to engage with diverse groups. This talk explores the ways that STS researchers have helped shape the development of gene drives\, drawing out the various roles they have had and how those roles have and have not advanced a research and policy agenda that favors attention to technologies of humility: contrasting framings\, the distribution of benefits and harms\, the capabilities of vulnerable populations to be heard and responded to\, and the potential for institutionalized learning over time. \nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Sam Weiss Evans is a Lecturer and Research Associate at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences\, a Research Fellow in Harvard’s Program on Science\, Technology\, and Society at the John F. Kennedy School of Government\, a Research Affiliate in the Program on Emerging Technology at the Center for International Studies at MIT\, and a Research Affiliate at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Sam is worried that security is thought about too much by people who just think about security\, and not enough by people who don’t. How are decisions made about what areas of science and technology become objects of security concerns? How are decisions about whether something is a threat tied to our ways of managing\, or ignoring\, that [non-]threat? These are some of the questions Sam likes to ask. Other questions focus on the relationship between people like him—Science and Technology Studies researchers—and the people whom he works with and studies. What is the appropriate amount of critical distance to be able to see the context of an environment clearly while still being close enough to the action to have some influence on it? Sam loves trying out different answers to these questions and learning from them. He also loves learning from you. \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Dawn Rodriguez-Ward and Jen Baltzegar\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. As conditions allow\, colloquium will be held in-person in Poe 202\, as well as live-streamed via Zoom. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter for updates (links above). URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2021-11-09/ LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Colloquium-Sam-Weiss-Evans_11-9-21-960x540-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="GES Center":MAILTO:gesocietycenter@ncsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T160000 DTSTAMP:20260504T150510 CREATED:20210813T181401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211013T172747Z UID:10000228-1636727400-1636732800@ges.research.ncsu.edu SUMMARY:Science and the Media | MBTP Faculty Mentors DESCRIPTION:Science and the Media\n*Note: The MBTP Faculty Mentors workshop series is restricted to NC State faculty involved in the NIH Molecular Biotechnology Training Program.\nWhy do reporters sometimes get my science “wrong”? How am I supposed to communicate uncertainty and complexity in a media interview? How do I train my students to think about traditional and social media when it’s not an area of strength for me? In this workshop\, we will work on our media skills and consider how best to mentor our students to succeed in this aspect of science communication. One workshop presenter is a scientist who has had amazing success in communicating her work in many types of traditional and social media; the other works in NC State’s public relations office to promote our science and research findings to media outlets. \nFacilitators\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n Dr. Katie Mack is an Assistant Professor of Physics\, a member of the Leadership in Public Science Cluster\, and author of The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking). email | profile \n \n Matt Shipman is a Research Communications Lead\, member of the Leadership in Public Science cluster\, and author of the Handbook for Science Public Information Officers. email | profile \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nThis monthly workshop series is designed to train MBTP faculty to better mentor students at the intersection of biotechnology and society\, in cooperation with the Genetic Engineering and Society Center and the Genetics and Genomics Initiative. Learn more at https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/academics/mbtp-faculty-mentors/ URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/mbtp-2021-11-12/ LOCATION:https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/93326616301 CATEGORIES:MBTP,Training ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GES-MBTP-faculty-mentors-graphic.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="GES Center":MAILTO:gesocietycenter@ncsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T130000 DTSTAMP:20260504T150510 CREATED:20210816T215258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211112T145531Z UID:10000245-1637064000-1637067600@ges.research.ncsu.edu SUMMARY:Denise Costich - The role of germplasm banks in global food security | GES Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nThe Role of Germplasm Banks in Global Food Security\nDr. Denise E. Costich\, Retired Senior Scientist and Head of the Maize Germplasm Bank at The International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT)\nProfile article \nThe Goal is to have fully secure and accessible Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture where there is the potential for a multi-lateral flow of germplasm and knowledge among the participants\, basically\, all human beings on Earth. \nAbstract\nCrop germplasm banks the world over provide a formal security back up system for the plant genetic resources upon which our future food security relies. At the same time\, smallholder\, mostly indigenous\, farmers\, also conserve the seed of their crop plants. For the most part\, these communities do not act as partners\, even though they are collectively the guardians of the genetic diversity that all humans depend upon to survive. This seminar will focus on the case of maize\, a critical component of the diets of millions of people globally. Research projects in maize seed conservation in smallholder farming communities in Mexico and Guatemala illustrate how to create stronger links\, via seed and technology transfer. Seed longevity research in the germplasm collection at the headquarters of the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) in Mexico enables the maintenance of a secure source of high quality seed for the future. \nRelated links: \n\nGenetic diversity and selection signatures in maize landraces compared across 50 years of in situ and ex situ conservation\nMcLean-Rodríguez\, F.D.\, Costich\, D.E.\, Camacho-Villa\, T.C. et al. Heredity 126\, 913–928 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-021-00423-y. PDF\nEnhancing seed conservation in rural communities of Guatemala by implementing the dry chain concept\nGuzzon\, F.\, Bello\, P.\, Bradford\, K.J.\, Costich\, D.E.\, et al. Biodivers Conserv 29\, 3997–4017 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02059-6. PDF\nThe abandonment of maize landraces over the last 50 years in Morelos\, Mexico: a tracing study using a multi-level perspective\nMcLean-Rodríguez\, F.D.\, Camacho-Villa\, T.C.\, Almekinders\, C.J.M.\, Costich\, D.E.  et al. Agric Hum Values 36\, 651–668 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-019-09932-3. PDF\nSeed longevity of maize conserved under germplasm bank conditions for up to 60 years\nGuzzon\, F.\, Gianella\, M.\, Velazquez Juarez\, J.A.\, Sanchez Cano\, C.\, Costich\, D.E. Annals of Botany\, Volume 127\, Issue 6\, 7 May 2021\, Pages 775–785\, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab009. PDF\nCrop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity\nKhoury\, C.K.\, Brush\, S.\, Costich\, D.E.\, Curry\, H.A.\, et al. (2021). New Phytol. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17733. PDF\n\nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Denise E. Costich is a passionate defender of maize genetic resources\, devoting the past two decades to research topics related to its taxonomy\, evolution and conservation. She received her B.S. in Biology with a Concentration in Ecology and Systematics from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Cornell University. In the middle of her undergraduate studies\, she went to Kenya with Friends World College and ended up as a field assistant on a baboon research project. She eventually went on to graduate school at the University of Iowa\, after another field research assistant gig in another exotic location—the Brazilian Amazon. In pursuit of a better understanding of plant breeding systems\, she did her Ph.D. thesis research as a Fulbright Scholar in Spain on the ecology and evolution of dioecy in a wild cucurbit. Through a series of postdoctoral positions\, Denise’s research interests became more genetically oriented\, and she landed in her first maize lab in 2000\, at the Boyce Thompson Institute\, back on the campus of her alma mater. Interest in crop evolution and plant population biology lead her to join the USDA-ARS lab of Dr. Ed Buckler\, where she spent six fascinating and productive years. In 2012\, the opportunity to apply her diverse knowledge and skills in an international agricultural research-for-development setting presented itself\, and she became the fourth Head of the Maize Collection of the Germplasm Bank at the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) near Mexico City. In October 2020\, she retired from that position\, and returned to Ithaca\, where she continues to pursue her interests in seed conservation and maize wild relatives. \nPhoto credit: Teake Zuidema \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Dawn Rodriguez-Ward and Jen Baltzegar\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. As conditions allow\, colloquium will be held in-person in Poe 202\, as well as live-streamed via Zoom. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter for updates (links above). URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2021-11-16/ LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Colloquium-Costich-Germplasm-Banks-in-Global-Food-Security_11-16-21-960x540-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="GES Center":MAILTO:gesocietycenter@ncsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T130000 DTSTAMP:20260504T150510 CREATED:20210816T215258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211105T170210Z UID:10000246-1637668800-1637672400@ges.research.ncsu.edu SUMMARY:John Field - Carbon Sequestration and GHG Mitigation in Carinata Cropping Systems | GES Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nCarbon Sequestration & GHG Mitigation in Carinata Cropping Systems\nDr. John Field\, R&D Staff Member\, Environmental Sciences Division\, Oak Ridge National Laboratory\nProfile article | Twitter \nEthiopian mustard (Brassica carinata) can produce substantial amounts of aviation fuel and soil carbon benefits when grown as a winter crop in the southeastern US. \nAbstract\nThe oilseed Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata) has been proposed as a supplemental cash crop grown over the winter fallow season in the mild climates of the southeastern US and used as a feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production\, with potential co-benefits for soil carbon and other ecosystem services. In this work we used a process-based ecosystem model to establish initial expectations for total regional SAF production potential and associated soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions when carianata is integrated into existing annual crop rotations across its frost-tolerant range in Alabama\, Florida\, and Georgia. We calibrated the DayCent ecosystem model based on carinata field trials in the region\, and used it to evaluate the yields\, soil carbon\, and nitrous oxide emissions when carinata is integrated once ever third winter within those existing crop rotations. We estimate this could produce more than one billion liters of SAF annually and would be approximately neutral in terms of cropland soil GHG emissions. However\, the adoption of climate-smart management techniques such as no-till establishment or organic amendments would result in a substantial soil carbon sink\, significantly improving the overall environmental footprint of the resulting SAF. \nRelated links: \n\nSoutheast Partnership for Advanced Rewables from Carinata (SPARC)\nA regional inter-disciplinary partnership focusing on the development of a carinata-centered bioeconomy\nGeorge\, S.\, Seepaul\, R.\, Geller\, D.\, Dwivedi\, P.\, DiLorenzo\, N.\, Field\, J.\, et al. (2021). GCB Bioenergy. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12828. PDF\n\nSpeaker Bio\nDr. John Field is a R&D Staff Member in the Bioresource Science & Engineering Group within the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He studies the performance of bioenergy systems at the intersection of ecosystem ecology and life cycle assessment\, using process-based ecosystem models to evaluate the effect of biomass feedstock production on ecosystem carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions. Feedstocks he has studied include switchgrass\, corn stover\, winter oilseed crops\, and wood from trees killed by mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the Rocky Mountains. Much of his work has focused on bioenergy landscape design\, including how feedstock production could be targeted on marginal lands to maximize environmental benefits. He has a particular interest in carbon-negative bioenergy systems\, including carbon capture and storage technology\, and pyrolysis and gasification systems that co-produce biochar. John received his BSc from Case Western Reserve University and his PhD from Colorado State University. He was previously a research scientist at the Colorado State University Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Dawn Rodriguez-Ward and Jen Baltzegar\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. As conditions allow\, colloquium will be held in-person in Poe 202\, as well as live-streamed via Zoom. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter for updates (links above). URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2021-11-23/ LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Colloquium-John-Field_11-23-21-960x540-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="GES Center":MAILTO:gesocietycenter@ncsu.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR