COVID-19 Immunity Passports and DIY Vaccines: A Discussion with Natalie Kofler & Alex Pearlman | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Two leading experts on bioethics and DIYbio join us to discuss the complex issues surrounding COVID-19 immunity passports and "DIY" vaccines. ...
Rodolphe Barrangou – Catching up with the CRISPR craze | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
A discussion of the applications and implications of CRISPR-based technologies in Food, Ag, and beyond....Continue reading "Rodolphe Barrangou – Catching up with the CRISPR craze | GES Colloquium (Zoom)"
Leo Fidjeland and Linnea Våglund – Pink Chicken Project | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Pink Chicken Project suggests changing the color of the entire species Gallus gallus domesticus - using the recently invented CRISPR Gene Drive technique - coloring the geological trace of humankind, pink!...Continue reading "Leo Fidjeland and Linnea Våglund – Pink Chicken Project | GES Colloquium (Zoom)"
Andrew Flachs – Choices and performances in Indian GM cotton fields | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Seeds are tools to ask how promising technology including GMOs and organic certification is used, learned, and adapted by farmers with consequences for rural wellbeing and sustainable agriculture....
Louie Rivers – Decision Heuristics and Biases, Community Engagement and Justice | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
How our conceptualization of cognitive decision making biases and heuristics influences how we engage with underserved communities around issues of justice. ...
Katie Barnhill-Dilling – Environmental Justice Reconsidered: Epistemic Dominance in the Governance of Environmental Biotechnologies | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Dr. Barnhill-Dilling with a discussion on the critical importance of recognition of identity and worldview as foundational to broader environmental justice in the governance of environmental biotechnologies. ...
Election Day! Vote then watch an old colloquium | GES Colloquium
In lieu of colloquium, we are encouraging everyone to vote today, then if you have some free time you can pick a past colloquium to watch from our video archive. ...Continue reading "Election Day! Vote then watch an old colloquium | GES Colloquium"
Anna Stepanova – Building a synbio toolbox to monitor and control plant hormone activity | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Dr. Stepanova will talk about her group's efforts to harness the power of synthetic biology and develop new molecular tools to visualize the activity of plant hormones and gain tighter control over spatiotemporal patterns of gene expression....
AgBioFEWS – Consolidation and Innovation in AgBiotech | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Discussion of two questions from current literature review: is it possible to isolate the specific effects of individual GM traits in trends of farming practices; and whether/why blocks exist that prevent useful, translatable research work from making it to application in the field of agbiotech...Continue reading "AgBioFEWS – Consolidation and Innovation in AgBiotech | GES Colloquium (Zoom)"
Owain Edwards – Accelerating evolution: Engineering resilience in corals to elevated sea temperatures | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Coral bleaching can be prevented by replacing the coral's symbiotic microalgae with strains that have been made more heat tolerant using assisted evolution....CLASSES CANCELLED – Anna Stepanova rescheduled to Nov. 10
Dr. Stepanova rescheduled to Nov. 10...Continue reading "CLASSES CANCELLED – Anna Stepanova rescheduled to Nov. 10"
RaJade Berry James – Cultural Perceptions of GM Foods | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Regarding Genetically Modified Foods, does historical reality and social skepticism still matter? It depends....Continue reading "RaJade Berry James – Cultural Perceptions of GM Foods | GES Colloquium (Zoom)"
Sarah Richardson – How to Win Friends and Influence Bacteria | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
Bacteria rule the planet and we are going nowhere without their blessing....
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....Continue reading "Perspectives on the new USDA regulation on GM crops | GES Colloquium"
