#1 – Jennifer Kuzma and Fred Gould on the Ethics of CRISPR in Ag and the Environment

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Ethical Dimensions of CRISPR Applications in Agriculture and the Environment
Drs. Jennifer Kuzma and Fred Gould, Professors and Co-Directors of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center, NC State

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A discussion of the key ethical considerations in the governance of CRISPR technologies for agriculture and the environment, including for gene-edited plants and gene drive organisms.

Abstract

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Related links:

Procedurally Robust Risk Assessment Framework for Novel Genetically Engineered Organisms and Gene Drives (PDF)
Jennifer Kuzma (2019). Regulation and Governance doi: 10.1111/rego.12245.

Engineering the Wild: Gene Drives and Intergenerational Equity (PDF)
Kuzma J. and L. Rawls. (2016). Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science and Technology 56 (3): 279-296.

Community-led governance for gene-edited crops (PDF)
Kuzma, J. and Grieger, K. 2020. Science, Vol. 370, Issue 6519. doi: 10.1126/science.abd1512.

Speaker Bios

Dr. Jennifer Kuzma is the Goodnight-NCGSK Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Social Sciences and co-founder and co-director of the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center at NC State University. Kuzma’s research interests involve the integration of social, policy, and natural sciences for emerging technologies governance, including biotechnology and nanotechnology. She has published over 150 articles and book chapters, and in 2019 she was elected a lifetime Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished translational work in advancing anticipatory governance of new technologies and contributions to methods for oversight policy analysis. (See full bio and profile)

Dr. Fred Gould is a Distinguished University Professor of Entomology and co-founder and co-director of the GES Center at NC State University. He studies the ecology and genetics of pests to improve food production and human and environmental health. Dr. Gould conducts research on the application of evolutionary biology and population genetics to enable sustainable use of insect resistant crops and genetically engineered agricultural pests. He also does research aimed at development of strategies for using engineered insect vectors of pathogens to decrease human disease. In 2011, he was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Dr. Gould has served on several NASEM–National Research Council (NRC) committees studying the environmental and health effects of the commercialization of genetically engineered crops. He chaired the NASEM–NRC committee on “Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects”. He served on the NRC’s Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources until 2020. He is a fellow of the Entomological Society of America and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Gould received his BS in biology from Queens College and a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. (See full bio and profile)

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