Final Fall Colloquium: Tuesday, 12/10
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Abstract
This presentation will explore public attitudes about the Enviro-Pig, a new use of genetic engineering to reduce phosphorus content in hog waste streams. Through focus groups with students in both animal sciences and environmental science classes, we sought to gauge public perception of GMOs and to see how participants view the Enviro-Pig as different from other genetically modified products. Because this new technology is in the initial stages of development, gathering data related to public perception can help inform critical decisions made about the continued viability and application of this research.
Additionally, it is key to understand the ethical, social, and environmental implications of the Enviro-Pig. Following the public engagement portion of this project, the findings and data were synthesized and delivered as a detailed report to the North Carolina Pork Producers (NCPP) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Read more >
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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.
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LECTURE
Monday, January 13, 7 – 8:30 pm, Hunt Library Auditorium
Sir Charles Godfray is the Hope Professor of Zoology at Oxford University, and Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, whose work examines how the global food system will need to change and adapt to the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. In 2010 he authored a paper, “Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People,” in the journal Science that has been cited over 6,000 times. Many of his more recent papers on the subject dig deeper into this subject.
We can now imagine a future where humanity’s demands of the earth plateau or even decrease. But at that plateau there will be billions more people needing to be fed than exist today. Professor Godfray’s talk will argue that it is possible to feed this number of people without despoiling the environment, but only if we make hard decisions today.
Following prepared remarks, Chancellor Randy Woodson will then lead a discussion with Professor Godfray.
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BOOK
Trump, B. D., Cummings, C. L., Kuzma, J. & Linkov, I. (2020). Springer, Cham.
Synthetic biology is a technology with incredible promise yet equally galling uncertainty. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity defines synthetic biology as “biotechnology that combines science, technology, and engineering to facilitate and accelerate the understanding, design, redesign, manufacture, and/or modification of genetic materials, living organisms, and biological systems.”
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CHAPTERS
Barnes, J., Pitts, E., Barnhill-Dilling, S., & Delborne, J.. (2019) In T. Pittinsky (Ed.), Science, Technology, and Society: New Perspectives and Directions (pp. 203-233). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316691489.009. Published: November 2019.
Zachary Brown, Mike Jones, John Mumford. (2019) Economic Principles and Concepts in Area-Wide Genetic Pest Management. Eds. Onstad, D. W., & Crain, P. in The Economics of Integrated Pest Management of Insects. (pp. 96-121) CABI. doi: 10.1079/9781786393678.0096. Published: 18 September 2019. CALS News
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