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GES Colloquium 

Tuesdays 12-1PM, Poe 202
Photo of Kate Creasey Krainer in a tropical field

Next Colloquium: Tuesday, 12/3

Kate M. Creasey Krainer, Ph.D.

President at Grow More Foundation

Website | Email | Twitter @growmorefdn

Our ability to bioengineer insect and viral resistance, biofortify crops for enhanced nutrition, create edible vaccines and, improve photosynthesis for greater yield is being hindered by one controversial application of bioengineering: herbicide tolerance. Grow More Foundation’s mission is EAT – education, awareness, and transparency. We are an NGO comprised of internationally-recognized scientists enabling science to solve global agricultural problems by bridging developed world resources with developing world orphan crop staples. We also promote a global open dialogue on food insecurity and sustainability with society, regulatory bodies and industry.

Related publication: He, Sylvia, and Kate M. Creasey. (2019) “Editing Genetically Modified Organisms: BioEngineered aware.” World Agriculture

Speaker Bio

Dr. Kate M. Creasey Krainer was born and grew up in the countryside of Lincolnshire, England. She earned her BSc. Hon. from The University of Leicester (‘05) and her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from The University of Edinburgh (‘09). In the Spring of ’09, she joined Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and pursued postdoctoral research in plant molecular genetics and genomics. Notably, Dr. Creasey Krainer et. al. discovered a new pathway for transposon regulation. Read more >
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LOOKING AHEAD: 12/10 COLLOQUIUM

Public Perceptions of Enviro-Pig through Public Engagement Projects

This presentation by students from GES/COM 508: Emerging Technologies & Society will explore public attitudes about the Enviro-Pig, a new use of genetic engineering to reduce phosphorus content in hog waste streams. Final colloquium of fall semester! Read more >

Illustration of "Enviro-Pig" via Popular Science

Now Accepting ApplicationsAgBioFEWS icon

AgBioFEWS, or Agricultural Biotechnology in our evolving Food, Energy, and Water Systems, our interdisciplinary Ph.D. program is now accepting applications for the fall 2020 cohort. Please contact program coordinator Dawn Rodriguez-Ward at dtward2@ncsu.edu with any questions. 

Publications

From risk perception to risk governance in nanotechnology: a multi-stakeholder study.

Porcari, A., Borsella, E., Benighaus, C., Grieger, K. et al. Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2019) 21: 245. doi: 10.1007/s11051-019-4689-9. Download PDF
Fig. 1 Level of knowledge of the different SH groups about NMs and their potential impact on the society and the environment
Book cover: Marriage After Migration, by Nora Haenn

'Marriage After Migration': Book Highlights The Women Who Stay In Mexico While Their Husbands Work In The U.S.

NOVEMBER 18, 2019 | LAUREN GILGER, KJZZ - LISTEN NOW >
"When NAFTA took effect in 1994, it changed everything for many of the people living in rural Mexico. Young men began leaving for the U.S...but what about the women they left behind? [GES Affiliate] Nora Haenn's...new book highlights some of those women’s stories."  Read more >

News

A World Mosquito Program staff member releases Wolbachia mosquitoes in Brazil. WORLD MOSQUITO PROGRAM

Mosquitoes armed with bacteria beat back dengue virus

NOVEMBER 22, 2019 | KELLY SERVICK, SCIENCE
"That trial is the “gold standard,” says [GES Co-director] Fred Gould, an evolutionary biologist at NC State. If the results, expected next year, back up the preliminary evidence that Wolbachia reduces dengue, he says, the World Health Organization could approve this microbial ally for broader use."  Read more >
Vice: Kevin Esvelt at lab bench

This Gene Technology Could Change the World. Its Maker Isn’t Sure It Should.

NOVEMBER 18, 2019 | SHAYLA LOVE, VICE, 2019 PROFILES ISSUE
"One accident could affect the whole future of this work. In 1999, a patient died while participating in a gene therapy trial at the University of Pennsylvania, which "really slowed down...the field for a decade at least," according to Kuzma. "Could it happen in the case of gene drive? Yeah," she said."  Read more >
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Margaret Atwood and the Biotechnology of Tomorrow

NOVEMBER 18, 2019 | ELIZABETH BEAL, NC STATE NEWS
On November 15, 2019, NC State hosted world-famous author Margaret Atwood for a daylong visit that included a group discussion with students and faculty, and a keynote speech: “An Evening with Margaret Atwood: Literature to Explore Our Genetic Engineering Futures." Read more >

Events

Event info: Sir Charles Godfray: Can we feed the world without wrecking the environment? January 13, 2020

Margaret Atwood Recap

Our website has now been updated with photos, and videos from her visit, the student session, and the keynote address. Thank you to everyone who helped make this incredible event possible, especially our event committee, partners and donors

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