The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute is excited to join Associate Professor Karen Miga’s BME 80G Bioethics course in inviting a series of exciting speakers on bioethics in the 21st century. Please join us on the following Wednesdays* during the spring quarter to learn about different ethical issues and challenges arising from advances in technology and medicine and how we can work toward a vision of genomics that is truly for everyone.
All lectures will be held at 5:20pm in Classroom Unit 2, located near the student union on the UC Santa Cruz campus, south of the Quarry. See map. Free and open to everyone.
Date | Topic | Speaker and talk title |
4/5/2023 | Genetics and Race | Jospeh Graves: “Racism, not race: Answers to the most critical questions.” |
4/12/2023 | Biological Constructs of Indigeneity | Krystal Tsosie: “Referring to whom? The ‘Indigenous reference genome’” |
4/19/2023 | ‘Machines Who Think’ Language Models and Technology | Zac Zimmer: “Metaphors for models” |
4/26/2023 | Environmental Ethics | Benjamin Hale: “Clean meat and muddy markets |
5/3/2023 | Black Feminist Science Studies | Victoria M. Massie: “Of Albert Perry: A biomythography of genetic African origins” |
5/15/2023* | Capacity for Consciousness | Hank Greely: “Weird sh!t: Organoids, chimeras, and embryo models |
5/31/2023 | Medical Ethics/ Ethical Issues in Genetic Testing (CRISPR) |
Marcy Darnovsky: “Should We Genetically Modify Our Children?” VIRTUAL ONLY : REGISTER HERE |
6/5/2023 | Eugenics |
Alexandra Minna Stern: “Eugenics, State Harm, and Reparations in California: An Unfinished History” Virtual option – click here to register |
6/7/2023 | The Legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study |
Susan Reverby: “Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and its Legacy” Virtual option- click here to register |
* Please note that the 5/15 and 6/5 lectures are on a Monday, not Wednesday