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Davidson professor earns prestigious genetics award – The Lake Norman Citizen

Davidson professor earns prestigious genetics awardThe Lake Norman CitizenHe introduced courses in genomics and synthetic biology to the curriculum, and co-authored with Professor Laurie Heyer of the mathematics department the first true genomics textbook for undergraduates, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics. He and …

October 26, 2012
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Hacking the President’s DNA: When Synthetic Biology Meets National Security

(Forbes) I have a new article out in the month’s Atlantic Monthly. Co-written with synthetic biology expert Andrew Hessel and global security expert Marc Goodman, the story examines the dawning of the era of personalized bio-weapons and the incredible threat these pose to national security. Here’s a sneak peek: “This is how the future arrived. Read More »

October 26, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, and Public Health
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Biotechnology key to addressing farm sector challenges: experts – Business Recorder (blog)

Biotechnology key to addressing farm sector challenges: expertsBusiness Recorder (blog)However, several steps are required to take technology to end-users, including approval for laboratory and field testing of genetically-modified crops by the National Biosafety Committee (NBC). The government has taken several initiatives for the …and more »

October 23, 2012
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Washington Plans Global Meeting on Weapon-Sensitive Biological Studies

(Global Security Newswire) The United States intends before January to convene a global gathering aimed at addressing questions over biological research with potential for misuse, the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases wrote in a commentary published last week by mBio. The planned conference would seek to establish a justification Read More »

October 17, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Mother Nature, Version 2.0

(Wall Street Journal) It once seemed that the most profound feats stemming from DNA-based science would spring from our ability to read and detect genes, which we call the science of genomics. But the real opportunities lie in our ability to write DNA, to synthesize new gene sequences and insert them into organisms, resulting in Read More »