Webinar Series
Can Gene Drive Address Health and Conservation Challenges in the Philippines?
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive, VideoKristine 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? ...
Genetic tools for conservation and health: What’s the Role of Gene Drive?
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive, Gene drive syntheticISAAA, Institute of Agricultural Science for Southern Viet Nam, 2023.
The potential uses and impacts of gene drive technologies have garnered increasing interest at the international and national levels across the world. As part of the effort to contribute to an informed debate around gene drive technologies, the Outreach Network for Gene Drive ...
Emerging Gene Drive Applications
Tags: Agriculture, Arbovirus, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Invasive speciesDavid 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 ...
Wolbachia Biology, Mechanisms and Applications 2022
Tags: Aedes, Cytoplasmic incompatibility, Dengue, Genetic biocontrol, Population modification/replacement, Population suppression, 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 ...
Laboratory Containment of Arthropods Capable of Gene Drive: Best Practices and Recommendations
Tags: Containment, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Risk and safetyHector 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 ...
Demystifying the Convention on Biological Diversity – Seven Videos
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive synthetic, Synthetic biologyHector Quemada and David O'Brochta, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2022.
Genetic Drive Systems in Nature
Tags: Selfish genetic elements, Transmission distortionDavid 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. ...
Decision and Analysis Tools for Complex Problems
Tags: Field trials, Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, Risk and safetyHector 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 ...
Controlling Gene Drives
David 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 ...
Invasive Species Management: Informing Gene Drive Considerations
Tags: Field trials, Gene drive, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, RodentsDavid 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 ...
Ecological Relationships of Mosquito Disease Vectors: Anticipating Risk Assessment of Gene Drive Technologies
Tags: Ecology, Gene drive synthetic, Risk assessmentStephanie 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 ...
The science & ethics of gene drive technology from a conservation & development perspective
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Malaria, Policy, RegulationRenew 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 ...
Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessment of Gene Drives
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Modeling, Regulation, Risk assessmentHector 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 ...
Genetic Biocontrol Webinars
Tags: Genetic biocontrol, Incompatible insect technique, Oxitec, Sterile insect technique (SIT), 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 and Oxitec Webinars
Tags: Aedes, Genetic biocontrol, Oxitec, South/Central America, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Oxitec 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.
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, VideoE. 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
Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory Committee – NExTRAC -NIH
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safetyNIH 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 ...
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 engagementEP 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, ...
Educating the Public on Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Tags: Genetically modified mosquitoes, North America, Oxitec, Stakeholder engagement, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Buckner, Eva A., UF - IFAS, 2020.
In May 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Oxitec’s Experimental Use Permit to carry out pilot projects in the Florida Keys. Oxitec is a biotechnology company founded in 2002 out of Oxford University in the United Kingdom. They will be collaborating ...
Engineered Gene Drives: Policy and Regulatory Considerations Webinar Series by The GeneConvene Global Collaborative October-December 2020 – Four Videos
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Governance, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safety, Risk assessment, Stakeholder engagementHector Quemada and David O'Brochta, GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2020.
Gene Drives – Mit gentechnischer Ausrottung Menschen und Natur schützen?
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Policy, Regulation, Stakeholder engagementHeinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 2020.
Am Beispiel von Gene Drives zur Malariabekämpfung soll in diesem Online-Seminar aufgezeigt werden, wie die Technologie funktioniert, wer sie entwickelt, finanziert und ihre Anwendung vorantreibt, welche Risiken sie birgt, wie in betroffenen Ländern darüber diskutiert und warum ...
Engineered Gene Drives: Regulatory and Policy Considerations Webinar Series by The GeneConvene Global Collaborative October-December 2020
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Governance, Policy, Risk and safety, Risk assessment, Stakeholder engagement, VideoHector 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 Oct-Dec 2020
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Governance, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safety, Risk assessment, Stakeholder engagement, VideoHector 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.
Engineered Gene Drives: State of Research Webinar Series by The GeneConvene Global Collaborative September-October 2020
Tags: CRISPR, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic incompatibilities, Population modification/replacement, Population suppression, Replicator/site directed nucleaseDavid 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.
Gene Drive Webinars -ENSSER, CSS, VDW and SC
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Policy, Population modification/replacement, Population suppression, Regulation, Risk and safety, Stakeholder engagementEuropean Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility, 2020.
This series of 5 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 ...
Gene Drive Symposium-Critical Science Switzerland
Tags: Ecology, Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Policy, VideoCritical Scientists Switzerland; European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility; Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler, 2019.
Gene Drive – Esvelt
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Replicator/site directed nucleaseiBiology, 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.
Gene Drive Technology
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Risk and safetyRick Weiss, SciLine, 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, ...
Open until dangerous: gene drive and the case for reforming research to reduce
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Risk and safetyK. 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, Engineering and Medicine’s Gene Drive Workshop: Science, Ethics, and Governance Considerations for Gene Drive Research – October 28, 2015
Tags: Ecology, Ethics, Gene drive mechanisms, Policy, Risk and safetyNational Academy of Sciences Engineering Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2015.