Robin did a presentation about pgEd’s public engagement efforts as part of a panel on “Expanding Diversity and Engagement with Science” at a meeting of the National Academies Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication and Practice. The meeting was aimed at helping the National Academies focus their science communication efforts and resources. Other panels at […]
pgEd will be in Cleveland at the start of October to attend a scientific meeting as well as visit several schools and communities in the area to start dialogues about personal genetics.
pgEd will be in Houston, Texas to present an invited workshop titled "Issues of race, gender, and identity on our doorstep: Experiences and strategies for respectful and informed dialogue" at the annual conference of the American Society of Human Genetics. We are also planning to visit one or two local high schools while we are […]
Nadine and Marnie are excited to meet students at Cypress Creek High School in Houston, when they are in town for the American Society of Human Genetics meeting.
On October 22nd, Robin and Mare Parker-O'Toole, from the Newton Free Library, will be co-presenting a table talk at the 2019 New England Library Association Annual Conference titled "Volumes Written in Four Letters: Talking with library patrons about personal genetics".
At the end of October, Nadine will travel to the headquarters of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. There she will meet with Lucia von Bredow, EMBL's Science & Society Programme Manager, as well as several of her colleagues to discuss collaboration efforts between pgEd and EMBL. Furthermore, Nadine will attend the […]
pgEd is invited to give a talk to students who are part of the MEDscience program at Harvard Medical School.
On November 16th, Robin will be presenting "Genetics and Ethics in the Age of CRISPR, Ancestry Testing, and Personalized Medicine" at the NABT annual conference.
pgEd will meet with a German international group of students that are visiting Boston as part of the MEDscience program.
pgEd will meet with a group of students from Beacon Academy that are visiting Harvard Medical School as part of the MEDscience program.