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.

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…

🗓️ 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

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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… NC State Applied Ecology NC State BioSci

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, NC State Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences NC State Dept. of Agricultural & Human Sciences & GES Center - Genetic Engineering & Society Center

Final #GESColloquium of the spring semester! AgBioFEWS Cohort 3 discusses an ongoing interdisciplinary effort that seeks to better understand the implications of -omics technologies for regulatory oversight of agricultural products. *In-person only* mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo…

Taking a moment during furious planning of the Connecting in North Carolina Tour to recharge with a great GES Center - Genetic Engineering & Society Center #GESColloquium talk we missed in real time last January. "Public Engagement: Missing the Mark?" by Dr. Katie Barnhill-Dilling #Engagement ncsu.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/…

Welcome back! GES Colloquium resumes Tuesday, Aug. 27 - mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo…

Getting into the weeds with NC farmers | 9/3 GES Colloquium - mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo…

Jason Delborne - Science Policy, Soft Power, and Responsible Development | 9/10 #GESColloquium mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo…

GES Postdoc Nourou Barry presents research on experts' policy preferences around gene drive for agricultural pests | 9/24 #GESColloquium mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo…