When:
June 29, 2016 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
2016-06-29T17:00:00+01:00
2016-06-29T18:30:00+01:00
Where:
Assembly Room, Oxford Town Hall
St Aldate's
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1
UK
St Aldate's
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1
UK
Cost:
£5 / £7 (concession / adult)
Contact:
‘Gene editing’ sounds like science fiction, but is an emerging reality. This raises hope for treating medical problems while also opening ethical quandaries about equality, privacy and freedom. Discuss these questions with a panel including:
Lisa Melton, Senior News Editor, Nature Biotechnology
Dr Ben Davies, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Dr Andy Greenfield, Nuffield Council for Bioethics, Chair of Working Group Genome Editing
Paul McAuley, UK science fiction author and former botanist
Elizabeth Bohm, Senior Policy Advisor with The Royal Society
This event is organised by the Synthetic Biology Society as part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival.