Sep 21 2016

Future Biotech Policy

Guest: Dr. Jennifer Kuzma, Goodnight-NC GSK Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, and Co-Director, Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center, North Carolina State University

Topics: Gene drives, GES Center, NAS committee on future biotechnology products, governance systems for emerging technologies

Dr. Jennifer Kuzma

Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center, NC State University

Gene Drives Workshop, GES Center, February 24-26, 2016

NAS Committee on Future Biotechnology Products

“A Missed Opportunity for U.S. Biotechnology Regulation” by Jennifer Kuzma, Science, September 2016

Click to Download: Radio In Vivo September 21, 2016

May 4 2016

CRISPR Gene Editing

Guest: Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou, Associate Professor, Food Science, NC State University
Topics: Gene editing system CRISPR, its history and the explosion of research in CRISPR in biotechnology, food and agriculture, translational medicine, disease modeling, gene therapy, and more

Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou

NC State CRISPR Lab

Rodolphe’s faculty page, NCSU Department of Food, Bioprocessing,and Nutrition Sciences

“Steward of the Future: Rodolphe Barrangou”

CRISPR: Science Magazine’s Breakthrough of the Year, 2015

PubMed link to seminal 2007 paper, CRISPR provides acquired resistance against viruses in prokaryotes

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Mar 11 2015

Gene Regulation

Guest: Dr. Tim Reddy, Assistant Professor, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology
Topics: Gene regulation, recent human evolution, gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9, genetic/epigenetic mechanisms of action by glucocorticoid anti-inflammatory drugs, genetics of gestational diabetes