Talks and Testimonies

Rethinking Biopolitics: Scholarship and Advocacy in the Age of Trump

Sponsored by the Health and societies of the Lang Center, Sociology and Anthropology, Black Studies.

Marcy Darnovsky and Dorothy Roberts discuss urgent social justice issues at the intersection of race, genetics, and human biotechnology, and explore their implications for the new US political landscape.

How can engaged scholarship and informed advocacy help avert the kinds of scientific, medical, and biotechnological innovations that unjustly divide us, and encourage those that affirm our common humanity?

Why We Need a Black-Feminist Centered Bioethics in the Age of Gene Editing

Communications Coordinator Victoria Massie facilitated a thought provoking workshop discussion at the Black Women for Wellness Conference, Power Manifesto, on...

Human Genetic Modification

Should We Worry About a New Eugenics?

Marcy was a speaker for a summer seminar for high school educators, “Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics...

Society
A human oocyte is held by a pipette, and another pipette containing an immobilized sperm is inserted through

Gene Editing for Reproduction: "Moral Questions of an Altogether Different Kind"

CGS Executive Director Marcy Darnovsky spoke at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on...

Society
Marcy presents in front of full of lecture hall full of students

CGS classroom visits in 2017

The Center for Genetics and Society receives numerous invitations to speak in person and via video link to high school...

Human Rights
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Gene editing in clinical disease: scientific, ethical and societal questions

Hosted by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Executive Director Marcy Darnovsky was a panelist for a debate and dialogue on...

Human Genetic Modification
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Folklore, Gene Editing, and the Twittersphere: #CRISPRfacts and #Gattaca

During the 128th American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Program Manager Leah Lowthorp presented her paper which explores the relationship between folklore and...

Society
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Ethical and social implications of gene editing

By Malihe Razazan, KALW's Your Call [features Marcy Darnovsky] | 10.03.2017

CRISPR, the powerful gene editing technique that enables the precise modification of genes, is revolutionizing medicine and biotechnology. It can...

Society
Marcy Darnovsky presents in front of a room full of people sitting in desks.

Human Gene Editing for Reproduction: What’s at Stake and Where Should We Draw the Lines?

Hosted by Stanford BioLaw and Health Policy Society, which invites speakers to present on-campus to discuss their current work/research in...

Human Genetic Modification
A puzzle of DNA is spotlighted, with a few puzzle pieces still missing.

The Perils and Promise of Edge Technologies

Marcy Darnovsky was a workshop speaker at the 27th annual National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

Dramatic advances in...

Human Genetic Modification
Black Women for Wellness' promotional poster for Black Futurism event, featuring a portrait headshot of a black woman staring directly. She is filtered using a red ting, and the words "brave," "bold," and "fearless" are overlaid.

Genetics, Reproductive Health, Science & the Future

LA-based Black Women for Wellness, hosted "Black Women for Wellness Futrism Conference," which merged reproductive justice issues and futurism as...

Human Genetic Modification