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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
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SUMMARY:Todd Kuiken - Updates and Opportunities in the International Synbio Policy Space | GES Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home  |  Fall 2019 MediaSite Live-Stream  |  YouTube Library (Past Colloquia) \nBeyond the Walls of NC State: Updates and Opportunities in the International Synbio Policy Space\nSpeaker: Todd Kuiken\, Ph.D.\, Senior Research Scholar\, GES Center\nProfile | tkuiken@ncsu.edu | @DrToddOliver | Publications \nAbstract\n2020 will be a year of intense international discussions and opportunities for the emerging genetic technologies community (synbio\, gene drives\, and whatever we call it tomorrow). Major international treaties and Unions will be making decisions on if\, how\, or when to allow these tools to be used in the environmental context. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature will be voting on its synthetic biology and gene drives resolution which could provide a path towards allowance or set a moratorium. This will take place within a larger conversation as the Convention on Biological Diversity will adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework\, which will serve as a stepping stone towards the 2050 Vision of  “living in harmony with nature.” This talk will provide an update on these discussions\, including the outcome of the latest CBD’s Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Groups report on synthetic biology\, and ways for NC State University and the broader synthetic biology community to participate in these activities. \nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Todd Kuiken is a Senior Research Scholar with the Genetic Engineering and Society Center at North Carolina State University. He has numerous projects evaluating and designing new research and governance strategies to proactively address the biosafety\, biosecurity and environmental opportunities/risks associated with emerging genetic technologies. Including an initiative evaluating the current capabilities of and developing programs to ensure safety and security of the rapidly expanding community of citizen biologists and growing network of community laboratories across the globe. Dr. Kuiken is also a member of the UN CBD Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology\, IUCN’s technical and policy task force on synthetic biology and gene drives\, and the co-chair of the human practices committee of iGEM and a founding member of its biosafety/biosecurity committee.
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-9-10-2019/
LOCATION:Poe 202 (North Campus)\, 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
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