Join us for the National DNA Day "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) Series! Each day during the week leading up to National DNA Day, Monday, April 18th - Friday, April 22nd, and on Monday, April 25th, a different expert will be answering questions on the reddit science community forum: "/r/Science". The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), […]
pgEd is excited to visit the Christ the King Presbyterian Church in Cambridge for a conversation about personal genetics with members of the congregation.
pgEd will bring a focus on the importance of awareness to a meeting of African American pastors and ministers, organized by The Health Ministries Network with the goal of mobilizing the faith community to engage congregations on the topic of precision medicine. pgEd Director, Ting Wu, and Advisor, George Church, will be featured speakers at this two-day […]
Ting will be speaking with Vancouverites about the intersection of space and genetics at the October meeting of Café Scientifique. Ting was invited to present at this science café by the American Society of Human Genetics who will be holding their 2016 conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Marnie will be speaking on a multi-disciplinary panel discussion on CRISPR with Jamie Metzl (Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council), Roberto Barbero (Former Assistant Director on Biological Innovation, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy), and Matthew Liao (Director, Center for Bioethics, New York University). The discussion will consider potential applications of CRISPR, policy questions, long-term societal implications, and […]
Dana has been invited to give a talk on genome editing as part of the Smithsonian traveling exhibition "Exploring Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human?" at the Bangor Public Library in Bangor, Maine.
pgEd's Johnny Kung has been invited to speak at "A Panel Discussion on Genetic Engineering," an event being organized by Harvard Medical School's Science In The News (SITN) as part of the Cambridge Science Festival. Other panelists will include bioethicist George Annas and scientists George Church and Wilson Wong.
pgEd will be traveling to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to visit Elizabeth McMillan and the Sanford Program for the Midwest Initiative in Science Exploration (PROMISE). Liz is a partner on our SEPA grant and is working with us to organize a Summer Institute for teachers in Sioux Falls in 2018. Highlights will include a community […]
pgEd director, Ting Wu, will join Dr. Paul Appelbaum and Dr. Arthur Caplan for a panel discussion before a live television audience as part of the program on Sequencing the Genome: Examining modern medicine. Moderated by Dr. James Hamblin of the Atlantic, the panel will address the “Opportunities and Challenges Ahead.”
pgEd is partnering with the Minority Coalition for Precision Medicine to hold an event for the faith-based community that focuses on precision medicine and the potential for genetics to advance our understanding of health and disease. The goal of this event will be to share information and generate discussion. As a group leader in Precision Medicine, the […]
