[bioundgrd] Fwd: Science Symposium Registration Now Open: The Past, Present, and Future of DNA

[Janice Chang]

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From: Radcliffe Events <radcliffe_events at radcliffe.harvard.edu<mailto:radcliffe_events at radcliffe.harvard.edu>>
Subject: Science Symposium Registration Now Open: The Past, Present, and Future of DNA
Date: September 16, 2015 at 11:26:10 AM EDT


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RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE SYMPOSIUM

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Science Symposium: The Past, Present, and Future of DNA
October 2, 2015 | 9:30 AM–4:30 PM
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

This one-day science symposium will focus on the explosion of knowledge about past and present DNA, and will include discussions about possible directions and applications for future research. The event will include experts in ancient DNA, de-extinction, human origins, population genetics, forensic science, ethics, business, future synthetic life, and the personal genome.

Register online and view the full scheduled: <http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-past-present-future-dna-symposium> http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-past-present-future-dna-symposium<http://bit.ly/dnaatradcliffe>

Speakers:

  *   Danielle Allen, director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics; professor, Department of Government and Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
  *   Arthur Caplan, Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics; director, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine
  *   George Church, Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
  *   Jacob Corn, scientific director, Innovative Genomics Initiative; assistant adjunct professor of biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
  *   Greg Hampikian, professor, Department of Biological Sciences, joint appointment in Department of Criminal Justice, director of the Idaho Innocence Project, Boise State University
  *   John Hawks, Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  *   Alison Murdoch, professor of reproductive medicine and head of department, Institute of Genetic Medicine, International Fertility Centre for Life, Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
  *   Janet Rich-Edwards, codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute; associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School; associate professor in the department of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  *   Floyd Romesberg, professor, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
  *   Christine Seidman, Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  *   Beth Shapiro, associate professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
  *   Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., clinical professor of law; director, Criminal Justice Institute, Harvard Law School
  *   Spencer Wells, director, Genographic Project, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic

This event is free and open to the public.

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