GES Center Lectures, NC State University
Genetic Engineering & Society Center | Where biotechnology meets society—ethics, policy, and practice.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 132
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
S10E2 - Nourou Barry - Exploring Experts’ Uncertainties in Gene Drive Technology for Agricultural Pest Control in the U.S.
Exploring Experts’ Uncertainties in Gene Drive Technology for Agricultural Pest Control in the U.S.: A Qualitative Study
Zoom Only | This qualitative study investigates the uncert…
S10E1 - Jason Delborne – Science Policy, Soft Power, and Responsible Development
Science Policy, Soft Power, and Responsible Development: Reflections on the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
Hybrid | Jason Delborne spen…
S9E10 - Barbara Herr Harthorn – Societal and ethical implications of synthetic cells
Final GES Colloquium podcast of Spring 2024
Investigating the societal and ethical implications of synthetic cells
Barbara Herr Harthorn, PhD, Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Califo…
S9E9 - Eric Hallerman – Gene Technology in Aquaculture
Gene technology in aquaculture: Potential, constraints, and first products to commercialization
<h4>Eric Hallerman, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tec…
S9E8 - Steve Heine – Essentialism and Distortion in Eugenics and GMO Attitudes
How essences distort our understanding of genes: Implications for eugenics and GMO attitudes
<h4>Steven Heine, PhD, Professor of Cultural & Social Psychology, University of British Columbia</h4>
S9E7 - Anna Krome-Lukens – Eugenics and the Welfare State in North Carolina
Eugenics and the Welfare State in North Carolina +
Anna Krome-Lukens, PhD, Teaching Associate Professor, Public Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill
Profile | Download seminar poster In North Carolina, socia…
S9E6 - Luisa Reis-Castro – Caring for the Enemy, Killing the Ally: Transgenic Mosquitoes in Brazil
Caring for the Enemy, Killing the Ally: The More-than-Human Politics of Transgenic Mosquitoes in Brazil
<h4>Luisa Reis-Castro, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Southern C…
S9E5 - Helen Anne Curry – Local seeds, global needs, and the history of agrobiodiversity conservation
Local seeds and global needs: Ethnobotany, agroecology, and the history of in situ conservation of agrobiodiversity
<h4>Helen Anne Curry, PhD, Melvin Kranzberg Professor in the History of Technology,…
S9E4 - Kirsty Wissing on Indigenous Perspectives on Synthetic Biology
Indigenous Perspectives on Synthetic Biology for Conservation
<h4>Kirsty Wissing, PhD, Research Fellow, Australian National University | Profile</h4>A discussion of synthetic biology and Torres Stra…
S9E3 - David Andow – Ecological perspectives on the history of genetic engineering
Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on genetic engineering
<h4>David Andow, PhD, Professor and Department Head, Applied Ecology, NC State University | Profile | @NCStateAEC</h4>Ecological and …
S9E2 - Grace Wiedrich – From Plants to People: Mendelian Eugenics in NC in the 20th Century
From Plants to People: Mendelian Eugenics in NC in the 20th Century
Grace Wiedrich, CRDM PhD Student, NC State University The Mendelian eugenics movement in NC provides a useful case study into the l…
S9E1 - Katie Barnhill – Public Engagement: Missing the Mark?
Public Engagement: Missing the Mark?
<h4>Katie Barnhill, PhD, Senior Research Scholar, GES Center, NC State | Profile | Google Scholar</h4>Scholars and funders alike have increasingly recognized eng…
S8E10 - Riley Taitingfong – An oceanic approach to gene drive governance
Final seminar of the fall 2023 semester! Join us again in early January, 2024.
From containment to connectivity: an oceanic approach to gene drive governance
Riley Taitingfong, PhD, Postdoctoral Rese…
S8E9 - Andrew Ofstehage – Soy in the Brazilian Cerrado: A tale of two farming cultures
S8E8 - Carolina Torres—Battling Invasive Aliens: SynBio and Island Conservation
S8E7 - Jennifer Kuzma - Are we ready for engineered microbiomes in built environments?
PreMiEr ERC Societal, Ethical and Policy Implications of Microbiome Engineering
Jennifer Kuzma, PhD, Co-Director of GES Center, & Associate Director of PreMiEr at NC State | Profile page Download sem…
S8E6 - Xaq Frohlich—Labeling Food Risk and Lifestyle Politics: A Critical History
Labeling Food Risk and Lifestyle Politics: A Critical History
Xaq Frohlich, PhD, Associate Professor of History at Auburn University
A history of U.S. food labeling policies and “informational turn” …
S8E5 - Amarish Yadav—CRISPR/Cas-9-Based Gene Drive To Suppress Agricultural Pests
CRISPR/Cas-9-Based Gene Drive To Suppress Agricultural Pests
Amarish Yadav, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow (Max Scott Lab) at NC State | Profile | Google Scholar A discussion about the molecular genetics o…
S8E4 - Brian Donovan – Are high schools teaching an essentialist construal of gender?
Does High School Genetics Education Communicate an Essentialist Construal of Gender?
Brian Donovan, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, BSCS Science Learning
Profile | Website | Related GGA Seminar Evide…
S8E3 - Daniel Uribe—BioNFTs for Ethical AI Models in Life Sciences
BioNFTs: Verifiable Biosamples & BioData for training Ethical AI Models in Life Sciences
Daniel Uribe, MBA, Co-Founder & CEO at GenoBank.io | @duribeb Discover how BioNFTs are revolutionizing the Lif…