Krystal Tsosie – Indigenous data ethics in genomics and health | GES Colloquium

August 5, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

Dr. Krystal Tsosie, Native BioData Consortium and Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Arizona State University. Our DNA, our data, our health, our rights: thinking beyond mere inclusion in genomics datasets and thinking about equity and Indigenous data sovereignty....

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Discussion Session: The Biotechnology Executive Order | GES Colloquium

August 5, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

This Colloquium is dedicated to reviewing the recent Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation released on September 12, 2022....

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Panel: Edible South -The Cultural Politics of Food and Cuisine | GES Colloquium

August 5, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

AgBioFEWS Cohort 3 Organized Guest Panel with Drs. Marcie Cohen Ferris, Interim Director, Center for the Study of the American South at UNC-Chapel Hill and Michaela DeSoucey, Associate Professor of Sociology at NC State....

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Joe Herkert – Lessons from Engineering Ethics for Genetic Engineering and Society | GES Colloquium

August 5, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

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....

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Marlene Zuk – Dancing Cockatoos, Silent Sparks and the Future: Writing About Science for the Public | GES Colloquium

August 5, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

Writing about science for the public is fun, and hard, and requires some skills you may not regularly use as a scientist....

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Chalkboard drawing of colloquium topics: research, communication, ethics, etc.

Welcome Back Lunch | GES Colloquium

January 3, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

The Genetic Engineering and Society Colloquium is a seminar series that brings in speakers to present and stimulate discussion on a variety of topics related to existing and proposed biotechnologies and their place within broader societal changes....

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Jennifer Kuzma and Fred Gould – Ethical Dimensions of CRISPR Applications in Agriculture and the Environment | GES Colloquium

January 3, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

A discussion of the key ethical considerations in the governance of CRISPR technologies for agriculture and the environment, including for gene-edited plants and gene drive organisms....

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Heike Sederoff – Engineered Biology for Engineered Environments | GES Colloquium

January 3, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

Addressing the energy problem of greenhouse agriculture...

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Haydar Frangoul – CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing for Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion Dependent β-Thalassemia | GES Colloquium

January 3, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

A presentation of data on using gene addition and gene editing technology to treat patients with sickle cell disease and transfusion dependent beta thalassemia....

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Adam Sychla – Genome Writers Guild: Promoting Responsible Genome Engineering | GES Colloquium

January 3, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

The Genome Writers Guild asks the question: How do we promote responsible use of genome engineering?...

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George Kennedy – Technology, Ag. Intensification, and the Future of Agriculture | GES Colloquium

January 3, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

This presentation will explore the challenges to agricultural sustainability associated with technology driven agricultural intensification....

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Steve Lindow – Understanding Microbial Life on Leaves | GES Colloquium

January 3, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

Bacteria that live on leaf surfaces play important roles ranging from global precipitation to plant health...

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Nicholas Jordan – Gene Editing for Agricultural Diversification? | GES Colloquium

January 3, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

Gene editing as a tool for agricultural diversification: perspectives from a multi-sector deliberative group....

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Becky Goldburg – Supporting Actionable Research That Informs Conservation | GES Colloquium

January 3, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

How Pew's approaches increase the likelihood that research is applied in real world conservation decisions....

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Ben Novak – Biotechnologies for Conservation and Their Intended Consequences | GES Colloquium

January 3, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

IN-PERSON COLLOQUIUM. Revive & Restore's "Intended Consequences" initiative aims at rebalancing the risk-benefit equation around the use of biotechnologies in conservation practices....

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