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Jennifer Kahn, Contributing Writer, New York Times Magazine; Lecturer, Magazine Program at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism; Former Visiting Ferris Professor of Journalism, Princeton
The gene-editing technology known as CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is transforming everything, from pharmaceutical research to agriculture to the process of making yogurt (really). It is a disruptive technology that allows people to edit genomes, changing the genetic code of life. In some cases, it's also raising complicated global questions about risk, regulation & even human values. So, should we be excited or afraid?Come discuss these questions & more with science writer Jennifer Kahn, who gave a 2016 TED talk on CRISPR.
Location:110 The Embarcadero, Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium, San Francisco Time:5:30 p.m. networking reception,6 p.m. program MLF:Science & Technology Program organizer: Gerald Harris
All ticket sales are final & nonrefundable.
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