NC State Receives DARPA Funding to Develop, Test Gene Drive System
For Immediate Release August 3, 2017 John Godwin | 919.513.2936 North Carolina State University researchers have received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and test a system that would reduce populations of...Continue reading "NC State Receives DARPA Funding to Develop, Test Gene Drive System"
Jennifer Kuzma was appointed as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Council on The Future of Technology, Values, and Policy.
The council consists of thought leaders from business, government, civil society and academia and will focus on how values for the global public interest can be embedded in technological systems and how agile governance mechanisms...
FDA approves genetically modified mosquitoes for release in Florida
The FDA gave it’s support for a biotech company, Oxitech, to release thousands of male Aedes Aegypti in the Florida Keys in an effort to stop the spread of the many diseases the species carries,...Continue reading "FDA approves genetically modified mosquitoes for release in Florida"
GES faculty featured in Bay Nature Magazine
An article in the July-September issue of Bay Nature Magazine, ‘Re-Coding for Conservation,’ covers a range of topics, including CRISPR and GM chestnuts. It also includes quotes by John Godwin and questions on island rodents...Continue reading "GES faculty featured in Bay Nature Magazine"