Results for: Jason Delborne
Excited about biotech & ethics? Apply for the GES Minor Fellowship!
Exciting news for NC State graduate students! Applications for the 2024-2025 Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) minor fellowship are now open. Here’s your chance to delve into the societal, technological, and ecological issues surrounding the development and potential use of genetically engineered organisms.
Future of Food: Near-Future Genetically Engineered Foods: Prospects and Controversies
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Come try a selection of GE foods, such as the Pinkglow pineapple, and join us for a panel discussion on what stuff you should know about the next generation of genetically engineered foods.
AgBioFEWS Cohort 3 – Lessons teaching Responsible Research and Innovation principles | GES Colloquium [IN-PERSON]
Final GES Colloquium of the spring semester! AgBioFEWS students will discuss their experiences teaching Responsible Research and Innovation principles to undergraduates during a recent Dolphin Tank workshop. Note, this seminar will be held IN PERSON in 1911 Building, Room 129, and will not be recorded.
Experts from 14 Nations Discuss Global Gene Drive Project Registry
By Yadira Galindo | UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science led 70 participants from 14 nations, including several GES Center faculty, in a discussion on the ways in which a gene drive project registry could both contribute to and detract from the fair development, testing and use of gene-drive modified organisms
Special guest Tanja Strive, CSIRO – Prospects for genetic biocontrol of vertebrate pests in Australia
Special guest Tanja Strive of CSIRO in Canberra, Australia, joins us to discuss “Biological control of rabbits in Australia – 70 years of landscape-scale management of a vertebrate pest.” Hosted by the STS and GBIRd programs, Thursday 12/8 at 3 PM in Jordan Addition 1214 seminar room.
NC State University Awarded BioMADE Funding to Advance U.S. Bioindustrial Manufacturing by Educating Future Workers
With a new project funded by BioMADE — led by professor Gary Gilleskie — NC State will help train the workforce needed to advance bioindustrial manufacturing in the U.S.
Patti Mulligan
Patti Mulligan Communications Director; GES Center Executive Committee Member Genetic Engineering and Society Center Contact Email: patti_mulligan@ncsu.edu | Twitter: @chachina | Linktree (sample work) | LinkedIn | CV Bio Patti Mulligan is the Communications Director…
Two Professors Named 2021 AAAS Fellows
Delborne and Watzin are recognized for their “scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.”
Katie Barnhill
Katie Barnhill Senior Research Scholar Genetic Engineering and Society Center Contact Email: skbarnhi@ncsu.edu | CV | Twitter Bio Dr. Katie Barnhill-Dilling is a social scientist, exploring just environmental decision-making. Most recently, Katie served as a…
A Focus on “Intended Consequences” to Drive Conservation Action | Conservation Science and Practice
Press Release, April 15, 2021 | A newly published special issue of Conservation Science and Practice makes the case for rebalancing the risk–benefit equation in conservation.
Scientists Set a Path for Field Trials of Gene Drive Organisms | Science
Press Release, December 17, 2020 | As genetically engineered organisms ramp up, a multidisciplinary coalition offers a framework for ethical, socially engaged and transparent field practices
Perspectives on the new USDA regulation on GM crops | GES Colloquium
GES faculty will review how the new USDA rule changes regulation of GM crops in comparison to the agency’s previous regulatory approach and in light of findings from the 2016 NASEM GM Crops committee. Diverse perspectives on the new USDA rule will be shared followed by Q and A and discussion with the attendees.
Does the US public support using gene drives to control agricultural pests?
Mike Jones, Sep. 11, 2019 | The development of gene drives is progressing more rapidly than our understanding of public values towards these technologies. Findings from this research can inform responsible innovation in gene drive development and risk assessment.
NextGenFood: Innovation You Can Eat – GES Panel: Gene Editing in the Food System
The latest installment in the virtual conference series pioneered by ISGP’s “The Forum,” #NextGenFood: Innovation You Can Eat is a half-day educational program on food technology and innovation.
Colloquium: 2019-20
Colloquium Videos Join the Conversation! Upcoming speakers, past colloquium videos, abstracts, and information. Colloquium is held Tuesdays at 12pm in the 1911 Building, room 129. Contact Jason Delborne at jadelbor@ncsu.edu for more information. Speak…