Bioethics in the 21st Century Speaker Series

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

Last modified: Apr 18, 2023