Subject: Join us: Talking Biopolitics with Paul Knoepfler and Nathaniel Comfort
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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 01:32:21 +0000

Exploring Heritable Genetic Modification:
The Promise and Perils of Altering Future Humans

An Online Conversation

Paul Knoepfler and Nathaniel Comfort
Tuesday, January 26
11am PT / 2pm ET / 18:00 GMT
( http://www.geneticsandsociety.rsvp1.com/s122ealRPsqV )

Dear Subscriber,

Please join us on Tuesday, January 26 (11am PT / 2pm ET / 18:00 GMT) for the next Talking Biopolitics, a series of live online conversations with cutting-edge thinkers about the social meanings of human biotechnologies.
Paul Knoepfler  ( http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.rsvp1.com/s127ealRPsqZ ) will talk with Nathaniel Comfort ( https://hopkinshistoryofmedicine.rsvp1.com/s1f92alRPsr3 ) &ndash; and with you &ndash; about his book, GMO Sapiens: The Life-Changing Science of Designer Babies ( http://www.amazon.rsvp1.com/s1faealRPsr6 ).
GMO Sapiens explores in clear and accessible language the suite of genetic engineering technologies that may make possible what previously was considered science fiction: designing future generations of human beings. A stem and cancer cell researcher, Knoepfler raises broader social questions about human variation, the ethical complexities of pursuing genetic "perfection," and contemporary policies.
Alexandra Minna Stern, professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan and author of Telling Genes ( http://www.minnastern.rsvp1.com/s1feaalRPsr9 ) and Eugenic Nation ( http://www.minnastern.rsvp1.com/s105eblRPsrb ), notes that "GMO Sapiens could not be more timely. New technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing have great clinical potential, but thay also bring us closer to a world in which future children can be pre-conceptively manipulated and customized to possess certain traits."
This online event is free and open to the public, but registration ( http://www.geneticsandsociety.rsvp1.com/s1076blRPsrd ) is required!
Feel free to forward this invitation to your friends and colleagues, and join the Twitter discussion at #TalkingBiopolitics ( https://twitter.rsvp1.com/s1062blRPsrg ).

Looking forward,

Marcy Darnovsky, Executive Director
Center for Genetics and Society ( http://geneticsandsociety.rsvp1.com/s1c16alRPsrl )
( http://www.geneticsandsociety.rsvp1.com/s1c02alRPsro )

About the Author

Paul Knoepfler ( http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.rsvp1.com/s1c9ealRPsrr ) is Associate Professor of cell biology and human anatomy at UC Davis School of Medicine. His lab research focuses on stem cell and cancer cell biology. Paul is a cancer survivor and patient advocate, and in 2013 was named one of the 50 most influential people in the stem cell world. In December, Paul gave a TED Talk in Vienna entitled "What if my neighbor's kid was genetically modified?" ( https://youtube.rsvp1.com/s1cb6alRPsrt ) Paul is the author of Stem Cells: An Insider's Guide ( http://www.amazon.rsvp1.com/s10aeblRPsrv ) (WSPC, 2013), his recent writing can be found in the Slate and on his blog The Niche ( http://www.ipscell.rsvp1.com/s1ce6alRPsrx ).

About the Interviewer

Nathaniel Comfort ( https://hopkinshistoryofmedicine.rsvp1.com/s10feblRPsrz ) is Professor in the Department of the History of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University and the Baruch Blumberg Chair of Astrobiology at the Library of Congress/NASA. His research has focused on heredity and health in twentieth century America. He is the author of The Science of Human Perfection: How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine ( http://amzn.rsvp1.com/s1ddealRPsrB ) (Yale, 2012), The Tangled Field: Barbara McClintock&rsquo;s Search for the Patterns of Genetic Control ( http://amzn.rsvp1.com/s11fablRPsrE ) (Harvard, 2001), and the edited volume, The Panda&rsquo;s Black Box: Opening Up the Intelligent Design Debate ( http://amzn.rsvp1.com/s11eeblRPsrF ) (Johns Hopkins, 2007). His recent writing can be found in The Nation, Nature, Aeon, The Point, and on his blog Genotopia ( http://genotopia.scienceblog.rsvp1.com/s1da6alRPsrH ).

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