Professional Development Workshop: Integrating Research and Society

August 9, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

Genetics and Genomics Scholars, AgBioFews, and Global One Health Fellows from all cohorts are invited to participate in monthly workshops on Fridays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The topic for the February 16th workshop will be Integrating Research and Society....

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Professional Development Workshop: Building your research identity and networks

August 9, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

Genetics and Genomics Scholars, AgBioFews, and Global One Health Fellows from all cohorts are invited to participate in monthly workshops on Fridays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The topic for the January 19th workshop will be Building your research identity and networks....

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Professional Development Workshop: Promoting your research

August 9, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

Genetics and Genomics Scholars, AgBioFews, and Global One Health Fellows from all cohorts are invited to participate in monthly workshops on Fridays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The topic for the November 17th workshop will be Promoting your Research, the Who, What, Where on all things grants, persuasive writing, and science communication/engagement. Meet us in Plant Science Building Seminar Room, Seminar Room 1322 A....

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Professional Development Workshop: Managing your graduate research

August 9, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

Genetics and Genomics Scholars, AgBioFews, and Global One Health Fellows from all cohorts are invited to participate in monthly workshops on Fridays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The topic for the December 8th workshop will be Managing your Graduate Research, learn about ORCiD profiles, literature review techniques, data management & sharing (GitHub), citation index (Zotero), responsible authorship, resumes/CVs/headshots, moving goal posts of an academic career, building a website. Meet us in Witherspoon Student Center, Room 201....

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Professional Development Workshop: Promoting your research

August 9, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

Genetics and Genomics Scholars, AgBioFews, and Global One Health Fellows from all cohorts are invited to participate in monthly workshops on Fridays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The topic for the November 17th workshop will be Promoting your Research, the Who, What, Where on all things grants, persuasive writing, and science communication/engagement. Meet us in Plant Science Building Seminar Room, Seminar Room 1322 A....

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Professional Development Workshop: Expanding your networks

August 9, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

Genetics and Genomics Scholars, AgBioFews, and Global One Health Fellows from all cohorts are invited to participate in monthly workshops on Fridays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The topic for the October 20th workshop will be Expanding your Networks, addressing how to have successful collaborations in science, networking at conferences, cold contacts w/ faculty, social media for professional networking & career advancement, finding mentors and sponsors, and finding communities that support your trajectory. Meet us in CVM 1st Floor Conference Room, Room A101...

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Professional Development Workshop: Expanding your networks

August 9, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

The topic for the October 20th workshop will be Expanding your Networks, addressing how to have successful collaborations in science, networking at conferences, cold contacts w/ faculty, social media for professional networking & career advancement, finding mentors and sponsors, and finding communities that support your trajectory. Meet us in CVM 1st Floor Conference Room, Room A101...

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Professional Development Workshop: Maintaining work-life balance

August 9, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

Genetics and Genomics Scholars, AgBioFews, and Global One Health Fellows from all cohorts are invited to participate in monthly workshops on Fridays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The topic for the September 8th workshop will be Maintaining Work-Life Balance: learn and discuss tools for cultivating a healthy work-life balance and maintaining mental health as a student and throughout your career. Meet us in Witherspoon Student Center, Room 201. ...

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

Seminar | GES Colloquium

August 3, 2023 | 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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Joseph Gakpo and Modesta Abugu presenting their poster at the ‘International Conference on GMO Analysis and New Genomic Techniques’

Blog: The Challenges of GMO Detection and Traceability in a Globalized Food System

April 7, 2023 | Guest Author

By Joseph Opoku Gakpo and Modesta Abugu | The traceability and detection of biotech foods in a globalized system remain crucial, and while detection methods have improved, many challenges remain, especially for products of new genomic methods like CRISPR....

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Blog: Impressions from the field: biotechnology, scale, and change

April 5, 2023 | Guest Author

By Asa Budnick and Jill Furgurson | Over the summer of 2022, the last cohort of AgBioFEWS graduate students conducted field research in eastern North Carolina, gaining insights into the intersection of biotechnology, farm size, and environmental shifts on farmers....

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GGA Seminar with Dr. Latifa Jackson – Decolonizing Human Genetic Research Workshop Series

March 10, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

​Leveraging computational scale data, studies show that socioeconomic, psychological, and biological factors contribute to immune weathering in young adults, and recent research suggests that violence and other adverse experiences may be affecting biological stress responses in African Americans. Hosted in collaboration with BAA (Being an Ally in Academics). ...

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Fireside Chat with Dr. Latifa Jackson - 3/20/23 at DH Hill Library

Fireside Chat with Dr. Latifa Jackson – Decolonizing Human Genetic Research Workshop Series

March 10, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

As part of a two-day engagement, Jackson will join us for a “fireside chat” and Q&A session to answer your questions about her research on the effect of sexual and racial discrimination on human health, her work with the 1,000 African-American Genomes Project, her career path, and more. Hosted in collaboration with BAA (Being an Ally in Academics). ...

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A plenary meeting of the United Nations biodiversity conference (December 2022). Credit: Willy Wei

Blog: Reflections on COP15

January 13, 2023 | Khara Grieger

GES members attended the recent UN biodiversity conference to better understand the impacts of biotechnology on biodiversity and conservation....

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SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Bethany Brookshire – Don’t Dumb it Down, and Other Science Writing Tips and Tricks | GES Colloquium [In-Person]

January 5, 2023 | Patti Mulligan

What are the different kinds of science writing for the public, and how on earth do you do them? Science writer Bethany Brookshire will pull back the curtain....

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