GES Center Lectures, NC State University

GES Colloquium, 11/10/2026: Three Science Stories: Botany, Biotech, IT, and I; or, Lee, Finley, Witherspoon, and Me Mr. Darrell Stover, aka SCIPOET Lecturer in Science, Technology, & Society, and in Africana Studies at NC State / Head of NC Science Museum Grant Program at NC Museum of Natural Sciences | Profile   Full details at https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2026-11-10/   Watc...

Growing North Carolina’s Bioeconomy: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Path Forward Megan Damico, Ph. D. Associate Director, Focused Initiatives Team, North Carolina Biotechnology Center | Profile | LinkedIn   Full details at https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2026-11-03  | Watch the video Related links: NCBiotech Bioeconomy Landing Page Engineering Biology Research Consortium Communi...

Effects of Current and Future Chronic Sea Level Rise Exposures on U.S. East and Gulf Coast Agricultural Land Values Greg Ferraro, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher at OARS, University of Maryland, Profile   Full details at https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2026-10-27/ | Watch the video Related links: Salinity-Affected Lands in Transition (SALT) Program Saltwater is seeping into Maryland’s c...

GES Colloquium: GE Crops and Pesticides: The Critical Nexus Edward Perry, PhD Associate Professor of Economics at Iowa State University, Profile   Full details at https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2026-10-13/  | Watch the video Related links: Genetically Engineered Crops and Pesticides: The Critical Nexus, Moschini and Perry, 2026 [Pre-print]. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstr...

How to Store a Library in a Raindrop: DNA-based Data Storage James Tuck, PhD | Website Professor and Interim Department Head in Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State University   Full details at https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2026-10-06/ | Watch the video Related links: Kyle J. Tomek, Kevin Volkel, Alexander Simpson, Austin G. Has, Elaine W. Indermaur, James M. Tuck , Alber...

Communicating Gene Editing Effectively: What Does the Research Tell Us? Katie Sanders, PhD , Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, NC State University | Profile * **** *Joseph Opoku Gakpo, PHD, Founder, RM Communications | Profile Related links: Sanders, C. E. , Parrella, J. A., Lu, P., Landaverde, R., Gibson, K. E., & Gakpo, J. O. (2026). Perceptions of CRISPR and the role of risk inf...

What is happening with AI, and what are our governments doing about it? Benjamin D. Trump Associate Professor, NC State University   About the speaker Dr. Benjamin D. Trump  is an Associate Professor at NC State University, joining the Genetic Engineering and Society Cluster in 2026 through the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program. His work centers on organizational and societal resilience, dec...

Transforming American Biosecurity Sam Weiss Evans, D. Phil ., Senior Advisor at the Federation of American Scientists About the speaker Dr. Sam Weiss Evans  is a Senior Advisor at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). At FAS, Sam is working to bring about foundational biosecurity and biosafety governance reform. He recently completed a term as a Senior Policy Advisor for the National Securi...

Risk, Responsibility, and Standardization: Lessons from multiple NATO-Sponsored Biotechnology Workshops Christopher L. Cummings, Ph. D. Research Social Scientist at the US Army Corp of Engineers and Senior Research Fellow at the GES Center, NC State University **** About the speaker Christopher L. Cummings, PhD , is a behavioral theorist and social science researcher specializing in risk perceptio...

Final public colloquium of the semester! How can governance keep pace with emerging technologies? Dr. Diana Bowman, inaugural Dean of the School of Law at RMIT University, will reflect on adaptive, responsible approaches to law, innovation, and the public interest. -------- Recorded from NC State’s GES Colloquium, this podcast examines how biotechnologies take shape in the world: microbiome engine...

Recorded from NC State’s GES Colloquium, this podcast examines how biotechnologies take shape in the world: microbiome engineering in built environments, gene editing and gene drives, forest and agricultural genomics, data governance and equity, risk and regulation, sci-art, and public engagement in practice. ________ Genomic Vulnerability and Selective Intervention: Navigating Climate Adaptation...

Recorded from NC State’s GES Colloquium, this podcast examines how biotechnologies take shape in the world: microbiome engineering in built environments, gene editing and gene drives, forest and agricultural genomics, data governance and equity, risk and regulation, sci-art, and public engagement in practice. Innovating for Sustainable Agrifood Futures Khara Grieger, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dire...

Recorded from NC State’s GES Colloquium, this podcast examines how biotechnologies take shape in the world: microbiome engineering in built environments, gene editing and gene drives, forest and agricultural genomics, data governance and equity, risk and regulation, sci-art, and public engagement in practice. The Ark and the Archive: Genetics, Manuscripts, and the Emerging Field of Biocodicology N...

Soil Secrets Unlock Equitable Futures Carter Clinton, PhD, Assistant Professor at NC State University GES Colloquium 3/10/2026 | Learn how burial soil genomics paired with descendant community partnership and bioethical data governance, can reconstruct buried histories and inform more equitable, socially accountable biomedical futures. __ Recorded from NC State’s GES Colloquium, this podcast exami...

Recorded from NC State’s GES Colloquium, this podcast examines how biotechnologies take shape in the world: microbiome engineering in built environments, gene editing and gene drives, forest and agricultural genomics, data governance and equity, risk and regulation, sci-art, and public engagement in practice. --- African Conversations: Insights of African stakeholders on biocontrol technologies fo...

Recorded from NC State’s GES Colloquium, this podcast examines how biotechnologies take shape in the world: microbiome engineering in built environments, gene editing and gene drives, forest and agricultural genomics, data governance and equity, risk and regulation, sci-art, and public engagement in practice. Genome editing in corals Zoom ONLY  |  An overview of the state of genome editing technol...

Recorded from NC State’s GES Colloquium, this podcast examines how biotechnologies take shape in the world: microbiome engineering in built environments, gene editing and gene drives, forest and agricultural genomics, data governance and equity, risk and regulation, sci-art, and public engagement in practice. Gene Drive Research Forum: Convening Evidence, Governance, and Dialogue Through a One Hea...

Recorded from NC State’s GES Colloquium, this podcast examines how biotechnologies take shape in the world: microbiome engineering in built environments, gene editing and gene drives, forest and agricultural genomics, data governance and equity, risk and regulation, sci-art, and public engagement in practice. _________ Governing Genome Editing at the Boundaries: Empirical Insights from Human Healt...

Recorded from NC State’s GES Colloquium, this podcast examines how biotechnologies take shape in the world: microbiome engineering in built environments, gene editing and gene drives, forest and agricultural genomics, data governance and equity, risk and regulation, sci-art, and public engagement in practice. _________ Catching up with the CRISPR Craze Nelson 4305  +  Zoom  |  Deploying and commer...

Nov. 18, 2025 GES Colloquium Building Local Capacity for Innovative Mosquito Control: Lessons from SIT and Nanotechnology Research ZOOM ONLY  |  Dr. Hamidou Maïga will share insights on how innovative mosquito control, including Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) and nanotechnology, is being used to combat vector-borne diseases. Innovative and sustainable mosquito control approaches are urgently neede...

Nov. 11, 2025 GES Colloquium Navigating a socio-ecological inquiry Scientific inquiry into the socio-ecological challenges of forced displacement, environmental degradation, and shifting land use requires an interdisciplinary and multi-scalar approach. This research examines the interplay between local ecological knowledge, environmental pressures, human migration, and the broader global economic...

A GIFT SEED: Accelerated Genetic Improvement of Fir Through Sequencing, Economics, Extension & Diagnostics NC State's Justin Whitehill explores how cutting-edge research on fir genetics is helping Christmas tree growers tackle pests, pathogens, and climate challenges while strengthening a $2.5B industry. A GIFT SEED  is a newly funded USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant focused...

Oct. 21, 2025 | GES Colloquium Farm animal welfare in the gene editing era: a challenge for regulations across the globe. A comparative study between the United States, the European Union and Switzerland Bridging law, ethics, and biotechnology, this talk by Yale PhD candidate Ilaria Cimadori will evaluate how countries regulate the welfare implications of gene-edited livestock. Through a comparati...

Oct. 7, 2025 American Farming Culture and the History of Technology: Social and Cultural Considerations Surrounding Biotechnology in Rural Settings Dr. Brinkman presents his recently published book, contending that farmers in the American Midwest embed social and cultural meanings in technology through performative use that impacts agricultural modernization, policy debates around genetically modi...

Sept. 30, 2025 GES SRA Panel: Is “risk” Risk? Biltmore 2006  +  Zoom  |  Leadership from the Society for Risk Analysis explores how ‘risk’ is understood and practiced across agencies and communities working with emerging technologies. Although formal and legal definitions of risk are widely invoked in policy and governance, the concept itself is deeply contingent on context and perspective. This p...