Karen Maschke – Nonhuman Animals Containing Human Cells: Ethics and Oversight | GES Colloquium, Spring 2023
This presentation focuses on ethical and oversight issues as they relate to the insertion of human cells into nonhuman animals, e.g., “chimeric research.” ...
Fernanda Santos – GE Foods Regulation – The U.S. Way | GES Colloquium
This discussion aims to give participants some thought-provoking information on how food is generally regulated in the U.S., in addition to a general overview of the process utilized by the regulatory bodies to approve genetically engineered foods for human consumption. ...Continue reading "Fernanda Santos – GE Foods Regulation – The U.S. Way | GES Colloquium"
Jack Wang – Multiplex CRISPR-Editing of Wood for Sustainable Fiber Production | GES Colloquium, Spring 2023
The video and podcast of this colloquium will be embargoed until after the referenced research is published (date TBD)....
Welcome Back Lunch | GES Colloquium, Spring 2023 – In-person, no Zoom
In-person, no Zoom this week. Happy new year! Our first class will be held in the 1911 Building, room 129 and lunch will be served! Come join us to catch up on one another's research and to hear about the Colloquium's new format and speaker list for Spring 2023....Continue reading "Welcome Back Lunch | GES Colloquium, Spring 2023 – In-person, no Zoom"
SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Dominique Brossard – Why We Should (Still) Care About Communication and Genetics | GES Colloquium [In-Person]
SPECIAL GUEST: Dominique Brossard’s research agenda focuses on the intersection between science, media and policy with the Science, Media and the Public (SCIMEP) research group, which she co-directs. A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the International Communication Association, Brossard is an internationally known expert in public opinion dynamics related to controversial scientific issues....
Has the UN Biodiversity Convention been a force for ‘good’ or ‘evil’ in how biotech crops are regulated globally? | GES Colloquium
AgBioFEWS Fellows Asa Budnick, Nick Loschin, Joseph Opoku Gakpo and Modesta Abugu will share their observations on and interrogate practices at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada that eventually lead to global decisions on the governance of biotech crops....
SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Latifa Jackson – Decolonizing Human Genetic Research Workshop Series | GES Colloquium [In-Person]
Multi-omic data has been used to create narratives about who we are as humans—are they correct or do they tell a very one-sided story? Hosted in collaboration with BAA (Being an Ally in Academics). ...
Zack Brown – Benefit-cost analysis and alternatives for evaluating biotechnology policy | GES Colloquium (ZOOM)
Is there a future role for benefit-cost analysis in biotechnology governance?...
Tradition Meets Innovation
By Kristen Sargent | Fueled by their father’s passion for agriculture, Ruthie and DJ Stokes are keeping a family promise: do what you love. The fourth-generation farmers have found common ground in supporting producers back home and feeding a growing population....
Modesta Abugu: Improving Sweetpotato Flavor for Nutrition Security
By Brandon Hopper | Ph.D. student Modesta Abugu is researching flavor compounds in sweetpotatoes with a goal of increasing consumption and improving global nutrition security....Continue reading "Modesta Abugu: Improving Sweetpotato Flavor for Nutrition Security"
Blog: Archea, Microbial Superheroes?
Jabeen Ahmad, September 27, 2022 | Food insecurity is a concern now and in the future. Globally, the United Nations estimates that about 690 million people are food insecure. By the year 2050, the world population is expected to reach nine billion people, requiring food supplies to double. ...
Elizabeth Jones – Searching for Ancient DNA: The Use and Abuse of Celebrity | GES Colloquium
Ancient DNA research has a short but sensational history, especially as the birth of the field coincided with the Jurassic Park craze. Find out how celebrity helped shape the science for better or for worse....
Joe Herkert – Lessons from Engineering Ethics for Genetic Engineering and Society | GES Colloquium
ZOOM MEETING: A discussion of key concepts of engineering ethics scholarship and teaching that might be useful in thinking about ethics in the context of genetic engineering and society....
Marlene Zuk – Dancing Cockatoos, Silent Sparks and the Future: Writing About Science for the Public | GES Colloquium
Writing about science for the public is fun, and hard, and requires some skills you may not regularly use as a scientist....