Discovery Dialogue: Creating Life in the Lab

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Saturday March 21, 2015
      1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
  • Location: ES&T L1255 (Ford Environmental Science & Technology Building)
  • Phone:
  • URL:
  • Email:
  • Fee(s):
    Free
  • Extras:
Contact

Janet Standeven
JStandeven@forsyth.k12.ga.us

Summaries

Summary Sentence: A panel discussion about synthetic biology, its potential, and its impacts on society.

Full Summary: A panel discussion about synthetic biology, its potential, and its impacts on society.

Part of the Atlanta Science Festival Organized by the Lambert High School iGEM team

Join us for an interactive discussion panel featuring a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, an FBI Special Agent, an immunologist from the CDC, a professor from Georgia Tech, and an ethicist from Emory. We will discuss what synthetic biology is, what good it can do, the potential dangers of this technology, public perceptions about the field, and other topics relevant to synthetic biology's potential role in society.

Register to attend online.

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Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

General, College of Sciences

Invited Audience
Undergraduate students, Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students
Categories
Other/Miscellaneous, Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
Atlanta Science Festival
Status
  • Created By: Kristen Bailey
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Mar 10, 2015 - 4:43am
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:19pm