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SUMMARY:Amarish Yadav—CRISPR/Cas-9-Based Gene Drive To Suppress Agricultural Pests | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nCRISPR/Cas-9-Based Gene Drive To Suppress Agricultural Pests \nAmarish Yadav\, PhD\, Postdoctoral Fellow (Max Scott Lab) at NC State | Profile | Google Scholar \nA discussion about the molecular genetics of homing gene drives disrupting doublesex gene\, as well as its potential and challenges in the D. suzukii population control. \nDownload seminar poster\nAbstract\nThe CRISPR/Cas9-based homing ‘gene drive’ has emerged as a revolutionary genetic-based method that holds great promise for control of insect pests. Insect pests pose a significant risk to global crop loss\, food security\, and public health. In recent years\, considerable progress has been made in the field of modern gene-drive which advances our understanding of its genetic and molecular mechanisms\, biocontainment strategies\, potential risks\, and challenges. Using the genome-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9\, Amarish has successfully developed and evaluated a split (biosafe) homing gene-drive which disrupts doublesex gene for the population control of an agricultural pest\, Drosophila suzukii. The initial homing gene drive strains he made showed dominant female sterility and biased inheritance of up to 70%. The drive construct was modified such that females were dominant fertile (recessive sterile) and the Cas9 construct re-engineered using D. suzukii components. The final split-homing gene-drive strains showed 94-99% biased inheritance of the engineered genetic element and recessive female sterility. \nIn his talk\, Amarish will discuss the molecular genetics of the homing gene drives disrupting doublesex gene\, as well as its potential and challenges in the D. suzukii population suppression. \nRelated links: \n\nYadav\, A. K.\, Butler\, C.\, Yamamoto\, A.\, Patil\, A. A.\, Lloyd\, A. L.\, & Scott\, M. J. (2023). CRISPR/Cas9-based split homing gene drive targeting doublesex for population suppression of the global fruit pest Drosophila suzukii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\, 120(25)\, e2301525120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301525120. PDF (requires Unity ID)\nDownload PowerPoint slide deck\n\nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Amarish Yadav is a postdoctoral research scholar in Prof. Max Scott’s laboratory at NC State University\, where he has been working on the development of genetic-based pest control methods such as homing gene drives and evaluating safeguards in the agricultural pest spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii). His doctoral research at Banaras Hindu University in India was to investigate the genetic and molecular aspects of cancer progression linked to the loss of cell-polarity regulators function in Drosophila melanogaster. During his postdoctoral research at NC State\, using CRISPR/Cas9 technology\, he developed the first split homing gene drive in spotted wing drosophila which targets doublesex\, a gene essential for female fly development. In addition\, he has generated various transgenics and eye-color mutants to be useful in the D. suzukii genetics research. Amarish is currently assessing the population-suppression potential of gene drive strains at laboratory scale as well as the influence of different genetic backgrounds on the gene drive efficiency in this pest. \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will be held in person in the 1911 Building\, room 129\, and live-streamed via Zoom. \nPlease subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates.
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2023-10-03/
LOCATION:1911 Building\, Room 129 (North Campus)\, 10 Current Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event
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SUMMARY:Xaq Frohlich—Labeling Food Risk and Lifestyle Politics: A Critical History | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nLabeling Food Risk and Lifestyle Politics: A Critical History \nXaq Frohlich\, PhD\, Associate Professor of History at Auburn University \nA history of U.S. food labeling policies and “informational turn” in food politics\, and a critical look at debates in recent decades over labeling GMOs\, “organic”\, and other food risks and alternative food movements. \nDownload seminar poster \nAbstract\nIn recent decades there has been a proliferation of third-party certification schemes in food markets\, which consumers experienced at the supermarket through various new labels for lifestyles: organic\, non-GM\, dolphin-safe\, carbon footprint\, fair-trade\, and animal-welfare approved\, among others. Drawing from my forthcoming book\, From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age (UC Press\, 2023)\, this talk gives a history of this “informational turn” in food politics\, starting with the U.S. FDA’s turn to nutrition labeling in the 1970s. It then situates debates in the 1990s about GMO labeling and USDA “organic\,” debates that continue today\, in a larger history of risk labeling and credence goods that illustrates persistent ambivalence among policymakers on the wisdom of using the food label as a tool to “empower” or “nudge” consumers on controversial subjects. While many have heralded informative labels\, such as the FDA’s introduction of the Nutrition Facts panel in 1993\, as a new form of hands-off\, yet pro-public governance that enables healthy choices\, I make the case that informative labels are also a problematic market device that unloads responsibility onto consumers\, and\, as is the case for the recent “bioengineered” foods label\, can even work as a technology of obfuscation\, rather than transparency. Through a history of the food labels in America\, this talk explores the struggles of scientific\, legal\, and market experts to frame food\, diet and risk for the average consumer. \nResource Links \nDownload flyer for 30% off \n\nFrom Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age\, by Xaq Frohlich\nDownload flyer for 30% off discount code\n\nSpeaker Bio\nXaq Frohlich is an associate professor of history of technology at Auburn University. He is trained in history and STS\, and his research centers on food\, diet and health risks\, consumer politics\, and market governance. His book\, From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age (UC Press\, 2023)\, tells a biography of the food label\, from the U.S. FDA’s food standards to the use of informative labels (such as Nutrition Facts) today. \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will be held in person in the 1911 Building\, room 129\, and live-streamed via Zoom. \nPlease subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates.
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2023-10-17/
LOCATION:1911 Building\, Room 129 (North Campus)\, 10 Current Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Professional Development Workshop: Expanding your networks
DESCRIPTION:Professional Development Workshop: Expanding your networks\n\nOctober 20 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am \n\n\n\nGenetics and Genomics Scholars\, AgBioFews\, and Global One Health Fellows from all cohorts are invited to participate in monthly workshops on Fridays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. \nThe topic for the October 20th workshop will be Expanding your Networks\, addressing how to have successful collaborations in science\, networking at conferences\, cold contacts w/ faculty\, social media for professional networking & career advancement\, finding mentors and sponsors\, and finding communities that support your trajectory. Meet us in CVM 1st Floor Conference Room\, Room A101 \nRegister
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/gga-pro-dev-2023-10-20-2/
LOCATION:CVM 1st Floor Conference Room\, Room A101
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Kuzma—Precision Microbiome Engineering: Societal and Ethical Implications | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nPreMiEr ERC Societal\, Ethical and Policy Implications of Microbiome Engineering \nJennifer Kuzma\, PhD\, Co-Director of GES Center\, & Associate Director of PreMiEr at NC State | Profile page \nThis talk will explore the work of the new NSF-funded Precision Microbiome Engineering Center and the exploration of the social\, equity\, and ethical implications of engineering microbiomes in indoor spaces. \nDownload seminar poster \nAbstract\nThe engineering of microbiomes in the built environment is a new area of inquiry that comes with many uncertainties and under-explored societal implications. This talk will explore the work of the new NSF-funded Precision Microbiome Engineering Center (PreMiEr) and the exploration of the social\, equity\, and ethical (SEI) implications. \nRelated links: \n\nPreMiEr project site: https://premier-microbiome.org/\nPreMiEr SEI homepage: https://go.ncsu.edu/nsf-premier\n\nSpeaker Bio\nJennifer Kuzma\, PhD\, is a Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs\, and co-founder and co-director of the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center at NC State University. She also serves as Associate Director and Lead of the Societal and Ethical Implications Core of the new NSF Precision Microbiome Engineering Center. \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will be held in person in the 1911 Building\, room 129\, and live-streamed via Zoom. \nPlease subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates.
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2023-10-24/
LOCATION:1911 Building\, Room 129 (North Campus)\, 10 Current Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Carolina Torres—Harmonizing SynBio Dialogue with Island Restoration | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES Video Library (current) | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nExploring Synergies: Overlapping International Dialogue on Invasive Alien Species Removal on Islands with Synthetic Biology \nCarolina Torres Trueba\, Lawyer at Island Conservation\nProfile | Website \nSynthetic biology offers new hope for the eradication of invasive alien species from islands\, a pressing need in the face of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. \nDownload seminar poster\nAbstract\nThe talk explores the dynamic intersection between international dialogue on synthetic biology (SynBio) and the pressing need for new tools for the removal of invasive alien species (IAS) from islands. It begins by highlighting the vulnerability and ecological importance of the world’s islands\, often threatened by the disruptive presence of IAS. Simultaneously\, it develops\, from a personal and practical perspective\, the path of the dialogue of IAS and the interaction with synthetic biology. It also extends on these two issues at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)\, and how this dialogue shapes the ethical and policy framework for Synbio. \nThis presentation uncovers the fertile common ground where these two spheres converge\, translating high-level policy aspirations into tangible\, science-based actions. The talk delves into the challenges posed by IAS in island ecosystems and emphasizes the role that synthetic biology can play for the conservation of species and the prevention of extinctions by providing innovative tools for their control and eradication. Through collaborative solutions\, the talk concludes by highlighting the potential of synthetic biology for the eradication of invasive exotic species and the need to continue the search for new technologies to solve the pressing problems of the climate crisis and the loss of biodiversity. \nRelated links: \n\nIsland communities threatened by invasive rodents have potential new conservation tool\, Island Conservation\, Nov. 2022\nGenetic frontiers for conservation: an assessment of synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation. IUCN Task Force on Synthetic Biology and Biodiversity Conservation\, 2019. Download PDF\nProcess of Elimination\, Wired\, Feb. 2018\n\nSpeaker Bio\nCarolina Torres Trueba is an attorney at law\, with a minor in litigant\, financial and corporate law from Universidad de los Hemisferios. She has over ten years of experience managing environmental cases. In the conservation field\, she was the lead attorney for the Galápagos National Park Directorate (GNPD). During her period at the GNPD\, she managed environmental issues regarding vessel wrecks on San Cristobal Island as well as environmental cases in the Galápagos. She is a member of the International Trans-disciplinary Academy of Environment (ATINA)\, and a Kinship Conservation Fellow (2019 cohort). She has been the focal point for international policy matters at the United Nations (UN) and The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) representing IC. She has supported the dialogue on synthetic biology and Gene Drives since 2015. \n\nGES Colloquium is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward\, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will be held in person in the 1911 Building\, room 129\, and live-streamed via Zoom. \nPlease subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates.
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2023-10-31/
LOCATION:1911 Building\, Room 129 (North Campus)\, 10 Current Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
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