Ting has been invited to moderate a panel about “Gene editing and journalism: What story? Whose story? And why?” with panelists Tamar Haspel (Columnist, Washington Post), Antonio Regalado (Senior Editor for Biomedicine, MIT Technology Review), and Elliot Kirschner (Executive Producer, Human Nature and the Wonder Collaborative). For more info about this and other CRISPRcon sessions, […]
Nadine will be joining ASHG's 2020 Virtual Meeting as a panelist for the Professional Development Session "How to Have Difficult Conversations" during Career Day.
This is the launch event of our partnership with the Genetics Society of America to build public dialogue about genetic technologies. Please click here to learn more about this project and to register for this event.
Reproductive genetic technologies, including preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), can allow people to learn more about the DNA of an embryo or fetus than ever before. For some people, genetic testing in reproductive healthcare provides an important decision-making tool; for some, these tests raise a suite of practical, ethical, moral, and […]
The emergence of genome editing technologies, such as CRISPR, have opened new possibilities for engineering the world around us. Scientists are considering ways to apply these tools to address agricultural and environmental issues – modifying crops (for herbicide tolerance, drought resistance, and so on), gene drives to counter vector-borne diseases (e.g., malaria), and even reviving […]
On Monday Dana will present a poster summarizing pgEd's 5-year ARC project funded through SEPA. Then on Thursday, Marnie will be participating in a breakout session titled "Partnership Stories: Diverse Perspectives on Participatory Research and Design with Underrepresented Communities".
Athletics events (commonly referred to as track and field in the US) are often divided into men’s and women’s categories to provide fair competition, but efforts to define who qualifies to compete in the women’s events have been fraught with controversy. Since the 1940’s, athletics governing bodies have required competitors in women’s events to prove […]
Marnie will be a co-presenter for a workshop titled "Engaging Different Audiences in the Importance of Genetics and Genomics", organized by Maurice Godfrey.
Rob will attend the annual conference for networking with science communicators, advocates and scientists interested in public engagement involving genetics and other life sciences. The meeting theme is "Science for Humanity" and will convene in Washington, D.C. and online. Look for him at the opening welcome reception (Thurs. March 2nd @6:30pm) the Anthropology (Section H) […]
Marnie and Nadine are excited to have been invited to lead a workshop at the 2023 conference from the Association of Science Communicators. Our workshop "Finding our Common Thread through Conversation" aims to equip and mobilize participants to engage in two-way conversations with the public on the scientific, personal, and social dimensions of genetics. We […]