Keywords: Webinar
Register: Gene Drive Technologies: Advances in Health, Conservation, and Governance
Tags: WebinarISAAA Inc., 2025.
ISAAA, Inc., in partnership with the Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research, will host a free webinar titled Gene Drive Technologies: Advances in Health, Conservation, and Governance on November 20, 2025, from 3:00 to 4:30 PM GMT+8 via Zoom. Gene drive technology is ...
ISAAA Inc. | Genetic Tools For Conservation and Health: What’s The Role of Gene Drives?
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive, Video, WebinarKristine Grace N. Tome, Science Speaks, 2023.
ISAAA Inc., in partnership with the Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research and the Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC), gathered approximately 834 online participants during the webinar Genetic Tools for Conservation and Health: What's the Role of Gene Drives? ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Emerging Gene Drive Systems 2023
Tags: Agriculture, Arbovirus, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, WebinarDavid O'Brochta, 2023.
Gene drive systems are being engineered in the laboratory and in some cases shown to be effective at rapidly altering target-gene frequencies in experimental populations. Much of this foundational work has been conducted in insects in the laboratory. This webinar series will ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Wolbachia Biology, Mechanisms and Applications 2022
Tags: Aedes, Cytoplasmic incompatibility, Dengue, Genetic biocontrol, Population modification/replacement, Population suppression, Webinar, WolbachiaDavid O'Brochta, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2022.
Intracellular and extracellular symbiotic/commensal bacteria have enormous potential when manipulated and deployed appropriately to serve as agents of control of insects and the pathogens they transmit. Wolbachia, an intracellular bacteria, is a well studied system and one that ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative | Laboratory Containment of Arthropods Capable of Gene Drive: Best Practices and Recommendations
Tags: Containment, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Risk and safety, WebinarHector Quemada, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2022.
This webinar is presented by members of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's American Committee of Medical Entomologists who were involved in drafting a recent Addendum to the ASTMH's Arthropod Containment Guidelines that specifically consider arthropods with ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Demystifying the Convention on Biological Diversity – Seven Videos
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive synthetic, Governance, Synthetic biology, WebinarHector Quemada and David O'Brochta, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2022.
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international agreement aimed at providing the legal framework for country cooperation to conserve biodiversity, while also enabling its sustainable use, and providing for fair and equitable sharing of the benefits derived from ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Genetic Drive Systems in Nature
Tags: Selfish genetic elements, Transmission distortion, WebinarDavid O'Brochta and Hector Quemada, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2022.
Intra genomic genetic conflicts are ubiquitous in nature and have shaped and continue to shape the evolution of plants, animals, and microbes. These conflicts can result in preferential transmission - drive - of genes, various genetic elements, and even whole chromosomes. ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Decision and Analysis Tools for Complex Problems
Tags: Field trials, Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, Risk and safety, WebinarHector Quemada and David O'Brochta, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2021.
The challenges associated with the multiple phases of testing and possible deployment of gene drive-containing organisms appear to have similarities to those associated with various aspects of invasive species management. Preventing unwanted spread of the target species as well ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Controlling Gene Drives
Tags: WebinarDavid O'Brochta and Hector Quemada, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2021.
Some gene drive technologies being explored in the laboratory for possible use in the control and elimination of malaria in Africa are predicted to efficiently spread and persist indefinitely following their initial release into an environment containing the targeted mosquito ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Invasive Species Management: Informing Gene Drive Considerations
Tags: Field trials, Gene drive, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, Rodents, WebinarDavid O'Brochta and Hector Quemada, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2021.
The management, control and elimination of invasive species involves solving problems that have analogs to those anticipating the use of gene drive technologies to control and eliminate malaria in Africa. Avoiding unintended consequences from interventions designed to reduce or ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Ecological Relationships of Mosquito Disease Vectors: Anticipating Risk Assessment of Gene Drive Technologies
Tags: Ecology, Gene drive synthetic, Risk assessment, WebinarStephanie James, Hector Quemada and David O'Brochta, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2021.
An often-raised concern for the development of genetically modified mosquito technologies, particularly those involving gene drive, as tools to prevent disease transmission is the limitation of our understanding of the roles these species may play within the ecosystem. This ...
Renew Europe | The science & ethics of gene drive technology from a conservation & development perspective
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Malaria, Policy, Regulation, WebinarRenew Europe, Renew Europe, 2021.
This hearing intends to examine gene-drive technology and its possible impacts, including unintended ones and reveal the complexity of an unknown technology with inherent uncertainties. Scientists from different backgrounds in the field of gene-drive research will present most ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment of Gene Drives
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Modeling, Regulation, Risk assessment, WebinarHector Quemada and David O'Brochta, 2021.
Unlike non-gene drive organisms, which can be limited in time and space and therefore provide data in small scale tests that can be relevant to large scale releases, the potential for large-scale spread from a limited release, even in well-isolated trials, means that reliance on ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Genetic Biocontrol 2021
Tags: Genetic biocontrol, Incompatible insect technique, Oxitec, Sterile insect technique (SIT), Webinar, WolbachiaDavid O'Brochta and Hector Quemada, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2021.
In the mid 20th century various ideas emerged concerning how genetics and genetic principles could be directly applied to age-old problems of managing insects that threaten food security and public health. This series of webinars will explore the current state-of-the-art of ...
FKMCD – Oxitec | Mosquito Project Webinar Series
Tags: Aedes, Genetic biocontrol, Oxitec, South/Central America, Sterile insect technique (SIT), WebinarOxitec Ltd, FKMCD and Oxitec, 2020.
This FKMCD - Oxitec Public Educational Webinar, our ninth, shows how Oxitec's just-add-water technology helps control the Aedes aegypti mosquito population. The second half of the webinar includes questions and answers with attendees.
ARRIGE 2020 Meeting | The promise of CRISPR and gene drive systems to end malaria in Africa
Tags: Africa, Gene drive synthetic, Population modification/replacement, Population suppression, Stakeholder engagement, Target malaria, Video, WebinarE. Gomez-Diaz, ARRIGE org, 2020.
Presentation by Elena Gómez Díaz (IPBLN-CSIC, Granada, Spain) at the ARRIGE 2020 meeting on "The promise of CRISPR and gene drive systems to end malaria in Africa". Discussion is included at the end of the Ruud de Maagd presentation.https://youtu.be/te3MJ8EZoes
NIH NExTRAC (Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory Committee) | Workshop
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safety, WebinarNIH Office of Science Policy, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2020.
NExTRAC provides advice to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on matters related to the conduct and oversight of research involving emerging technologies in biomedical science. NExTRAC also makes recommendations on research involving the use of, and ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative | Research and Innovation for biodiversity: what role for gene drive research?
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safety, Stakeholder engagement, WebinarEP Intergroup CCBSD, European Bureau of Conservation and Development, 2020.
This webinar will provide an overview of how gene drive works and the problems it seeks to solve, introduce the most advanced research projects on gene drive in the sector of public health and conservation and present the work that international and European bodies such as WHO, ...
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Engineered Gene Drives: Policy and Regulatory Considerations Webinar Series October-December 2020
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Governance, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safety, Risk assessment, Stakeholder engagement, WebinarHector Quemada and David O'Brochta, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2020.
In this series of webinars the regulatory and policy challenges of moving new innovative genetic biocontrol products such as gene drive technologies to the field will be featured. Each seminar is ~60 minutes in length followed by questions and answers.
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Gene Drive Policy and Regulatory Considerations 2020
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Governance, Policy, Risk and safety, Risk assessment, Stakeholder engagement, Video, WebinarHector Quemada and David O'Brochta, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2020.
This is series of webinars the regulatory and policy challenges of moving new innovative genetic biocontrol products such as gene drive technologies to the field will be featured.
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Gene Drive Policy and Regulatory Consideration
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Governance, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safety, Risk assessment, Stakeholder engagement, Video, WebinarHector Quemada and David O'Brochta, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2020.
This is series of webinars the regulatory and policy challenges of moving new innovative genetic biocontrol products such as gene drive technologies to the field will be featured.
GeneConvene Global Collaborative Webinar Series | Gene Drive Technical Webinars
Tags: CRISPR, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic incompatibilities, Population modification/replacement, Population suppression, Replicator/site directed nuclease, WebinarDavid O'Brochta and Hector Quemada, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2020.
A series of technical webinars on engineered gene drive technology research and development given by leading researchers in the field.
ENSSER | Gene Drive Webinar Series
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Policy, Population modification/replacement, Population suppression, Regulation, Risk and safety, Stakeholder engagement, WebinarEuropean Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility, 2020.
This series of five Webinars by some of the authors of the interdisciplinary Gene Drive Report (2019) and were organised by four organisations of independent scientists: the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER), Critical Scientists ...
Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler e.V. | Gene Drive Symposium-Critical Science Switzerland
Tags: Ecology, Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Policy, Video, WebinarCritical Scientists Switzerland; European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility; Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler, 2019.
Dr. Kevin Esvelt, MIT | Gene Drive
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Replicator/site directed nuclease, WebinariBiology, 2019.
Dr. Kevin Esvelt explains how CRISPR-based gene drives can be used to spread genetic alterations through wild populations. He discusses strategies to maximize benefit and minimize risk.
RealSciLine | Gene Drives Media Briefing
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Risk and safety, WebinarRick Weiss, RealSciLine, 2018.
Gene drives represent a new take on genetic engineering offering previously impossible means of fighting disease-spreading insects and invasive species but also raising the specter of ecological disruption. This briefing reviews the current status of gene-drive technology, ...
Centre for Effective Altruism | Gene drive and the case for reforming research
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Risk and safety, WebinarK. Esvelt, N. Labenz, G. Church, Centre for Effective Altruism, 2017.
The wisdom with which we develop and deploy new technologies will define the future of our civilization. Why do we conduct reseearch in small teams of specialists who cannot reliably anticipate consequences on their own? Might it be better to share our best ideas and plans with ...
National Academies of Science | Workshop: Science, Ethics, and Governance Considerations for Gene Drive Research – 2015
Tags: Ecology, Ethics, Gene drive mechanisms, Policy, Risk and safety, WebinarNational Academy of Sciences Engineering Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2015.
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