Friday, October 21, 20152 p.m. Center for the ArtsQuestions and comments by distinguished panelists to follow
Free and open to the public
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Emerging biotechnologies likeCRISPR and gene drives areushering in a new era of geneticengineering. Whereas existing
ethical and legal debates have focusedprimarily on the genetic modification ofhumans, this year’s Mitchell Lecture willventure beyond the human applications ofgene editing technologies to consider theirbroader cultural and ecologicalconsequences. Three distinguished speakers –as well as a dozen scholars from a wide arrayof disciplines and professional backgrounds –will examine the evolving scientific, legal, andpolitical frameworks that inform theregulatory regimes pertaining to gene editing.
Kevin Esvelt, Media Lab, MITSculpting Ecosystems, ResponsiveScienceKevin Esvelt is an assistant professorand leader of the Sculpting Evolution
group at the MIT Media Lab. He is the first scientistto outline the potential for CRISPR-based genedrive systems to alter the traits of wild populations.
Lori Andrews, Chicago-KentCollege of LawControlling Our “Nature”: Gene Editingin Law and in the ArtsLori Andrews is Distinguished
Professor at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.Andrews is the author of 11 non-fiction books,more than 150 articles, and three mystery bookswith a female geneticist protagonist. She chairedthe federal ethics advisory committee to theHuman Genome Project.
Sheila Jasanoff, KennedySchool of Government,Harvard UniversityThe Moving Finger Writes: Gene Editingand Imaginaries of Control
Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Scienceand Technology Studies at the Harvard KennedySchool. She has authored more than 100 articlesand chapters and is author or editor of a dozenbooks, includingControlling Chemicals , The FifthBranch, Science at the Bar and Designs on Nature.Her work explores the role of science and
technology in the law, politics, and policy ofmodern democracies.
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Irus Braverman, University atBuffalo School of Law Irus Braverman is Professor of Lawand Adjunct Professor of Geography atSUNY Buffalo. She writes at the
intersections of nature, animals, and the law.Braverman’s books include Zooland: TheInstitution of Captivity andWild Life: TheInstitution of Nature.
Emerging Issues in Genetics and the Law
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