Join us at NC State on May 21 for SAFTS - the Sustainable Agri-Food Technology Summit. Register for free by 4/30. Details at go.ncsu.edu/safts
Funding provided by NIFA, STEPS Center, FBNS NCState NC State Dept. of Agricultural & Human Sciences & GES Center - Genetic Engineering & Society Center

Next #GESColloquium on 4/9: Dr. Eric Hallerman, Chair of National Academies committee on heritable GM in food animals, joins us as our final spring in-person guest to discuss #aquaculture #biotechnology , #sustainability & public policy. mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo…
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At the next #GESColloquium , Steven Heine joins us via Zoom from UBC Psychology to discuss how the psychological biases of essentialism distort the ways people understand genetics, eugenics, and GMO products. Tuesday, 4/2 at 12 PM ET
Details at: mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo…

Exciting new issue paper just published by @castagscience 'Applications, Benefits, and Challenges of Genome Edited Crops,' chaired by Sarah Evanega and co-authored by Zack Brown @[email protected] from the GES Center, online at cast-science.org/publication/ap…

Thank you, Khara Grieger for  #GivingPack  to the GES Center on the NC State Day of Giving! dayofgiving.ncsu.edu/organizations/…

Thank you, Kristen Landreville, PhD for #GivingPack to the GES Center on the NC State Day of Giving!
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Next #GESColloquium : Anna Krome-Lukens of UNC Public Policy sheds light on how 20th Century eugenics ideology helped to shape North Carolina's welfare system, and still persists today. Full newsletter: mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo… | Event details: ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloqui…

Next #GESColloquium , Jennifer Rowland, PhD, joins us to discuss how the Dept. of Agriculture supports the development, use, regulation, and trade of agricultural biotechnologies through multiple agencies and programs.
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Next #GESColloquium , Jennifer Rowland, PhD, joins us to discuss how the Dept. of Agriculture supports the development, use, regulation, and trade of agricultural biotechnologies through multiple agencies and programs.
Newsletter: mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo…. Event details: research.ncsu.edu/ges/event/coll…

Pesticide resistance poses major challenges for ag production, costs of food, and public health in the control of insect-vectored diseases. In this new paper, researchers establish a more practical and scientifically credible way to calculate these costs. doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.1…

Join us online for the MoBE Workshop on May 15, 2024, exploring the Societal and Ethical Implications of Microbiome Engineering in Built Environments. Hosted by GES Center - Genetic Engineering & Society Center and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation PreMiEr grant. Learn more & register at go.ncsu.edu/mobe #MoBEWorkshop

🗓️ Mark your calendars! The NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences International Plant Breeding Seminar Series will be hosted over consecutive weeks from March 28 – May 2, on Thursdays from 11:00 am to noon EST. Learn more about our speakers and registration: go.ncsu.edu/pbc-seminars

Applications for the GES Minor Fellowship due March 15th 🔜
Happy Spring Break! Our next GES Colloquium will be on 3/19. Also inside: SAFTS – Call for student presenters, news, events, and publications. Newsletter: mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-updat…

What's the best way to address ethical gaps in ag-biotech governance? A new article tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… co-authored by Jennifer Kuzma urges the creation of a dedicated bioethics commission to navigate the ethical complexities of food & ag biotechnologies.

Next #GESColloquium on 3/5 via Zoom – Brazil's transgenic mosquitoes & the human politics of the Enemies to Lovers narrative
Luísa Reis-Castro discusses the class, gender, and regional issues around the efforts to rebrand mosquitoes from a problem to a solution mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo…

In the latest GES blog, AgBioFEWS Fellow Jill Furgurson writes about Kirsty Wissing's recent colloquium, Indigenous Perspectives on Synthetic Biology for Conservation. research.ncsu.edu/ges/2024/02/bl…

New literature review from the SEI team of the NSF PreMiEr Center is the first systematic review of the literature exploring the societal and ethical implications (SEI) of engineering the microbiome of the built environment. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Next #GESColloquium , Dr. Helen Anne Curry joins us from Georgia Tech to explore how Indigenous practices inform conservation & bridge the gap b/t local knowledge & broader sustainability goals
Also inside: GES Minor Fellowship, news, events & publications
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In our latest blog post, #AgBioFEWS Fellow Nick Loschin discusses a recent #GESColloquium from David Andow, head of NC State Applied Ecology, on the evolution of GMO regulation from the 1980s to early 2000s from an ecological perspective.
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NC State has been recognized as one of the universities with the highest number of students, faculty and administrators selected for both the U.S. Fulbright U.S. Student and Scholar Programs, including three GES faculty members and an AgBioFEWS Fellow. research.ncsu.edu/ges/2024/02/nc…