JONATHAN HANKINS
Author, Speaker
Sequencing the Genome of Unborn Babies
As a follow on from my post about 23andMe and genetic testing last month, I would like to point readers towards a story that is just breaking here in the US. The New York Times carried a story on its front page on 7th June that is rapidly spreading, in which it reported that an ... Sequencing the Genome of Unborn Babies
2012 3mn
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Launch of the UCS Center for Science and Democracy
On Thursday May 17th 2012 I attended the launch of The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Center for Science and Democracy. The launch was entitled Science and Democracy in Turmoil: Restoring a Great American Relationship and was held at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Somerville Massachusetts. The program included a welcome by Leslie ... Launch of the UCS Center for Science and Democracy
2012 8mn
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Who’s Responsible?
Cristina Grasseni and The Bassetti Foundation at EASA The 2012 European Association of Social Anthropologists conference (EASA) takes place at Université Paris Nanterre in July of this year, and long time collaborator Cristina Grasseni will participate on a panel on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation, as part of an event entitled “Who’s Responsible?”. The panel ... Who’s Responsible?
2012 5mn
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28 Seeds, a review of the event
This week saw the final evening of an extremely successful Boston Center for the Arts run of the multimedia event entitled 28 Seeds, and I was fortunate enough to experience it. The event takes the form of a musical play, and is presented by Liars and Believers Theater co in collaboration with Walter Sickert and ... 28 Seeds, a review of the event
2012 3mn
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Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 3
(…continues from the previous entry). During the afternoon panel Sharon Terry of the Genetic Alliance explained her interest in creating partnerships between genetic databases in order to use the massive number of participants and wealth of genetic materials available but currently divided between different databases. She talked about the need to move the information about ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 3
2012 5mn
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Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 2
(…continues from the previous entry). On the following day the Harvard STS program hosted a workshop entitled Architectures for Life to continue the debate. Guests and speakers included many world leaders in the field of genetics including George Church of the Harvard and Wyss Institute, who took part in the opening panel of the day ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 2
2012 4mn
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Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 1
On the 17th of April I attended a lecture given by Anne Wojcicki, CEO of direct to consumer genetics company 23andMe. The event which was entitled “Deleterious Me: Whole Genome Sequencing, 23andMe, and the Crowd-Sourced Health Care Revolution” was part of the Science and Democracy lecture series, organized by Sheila Jasanoff at the John F ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 1
2012 7mn
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Safeguarding Venice, the Mose Project
On March 20th 2012 MIT hosted an event entitled ‘The Safeguarding of Venice and its Lagoon: The Mose System’ and Jonathan Hankins was present as representative of the Bassetti Foundation. The widely reported Mose system aims to bring an end to the flooding of Venice caused by a combination of high tides and storms and ... Safeguarding Venice, the Mose Project
2012 4mn
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A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 2
The Union of Concerned Scientists is about to open its new ‘Center for Science and Democracy’, and I was fortunate enough to meet and record a conversation with the centre’s Program Manager Pallavi Phartiyal. (…continues from the previous entry). J H: Global warming or climate change is a political problem here. If you come from ... A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 2
2012 10mn
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A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 1
Cambridge Massachusetts hosts one of the main offices of the Union of Concerned Scientists, described on their own website as “the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world” They go on to state that “UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure ... A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 1
2012 10mn
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Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 3)
Professor Biagioli was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to the Foundation in the form of a conversation with Jonathan Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. Many extremely interesting points came up, from how to lessen constraints on scientific research ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 3)
2012 11mn
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Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 2)
Professor Biagioli was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to the Foundation in the form of a conversation with Jonathan Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. Many extremely interesting points came up, from how to lessen constraints on scientific research ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 2)
2012 10mn
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