Calendar

Professional

Summer Institute ”Genetics, Ethics and Clinical Translation”

Date: 22 Jun 2010 to 25 Jun 2010 Time: 09:00 to 18:00 hour Location:Egmond aan Zee, NL

Course for professionals actively involved in biobanking who want to learn more about the ethical, legal and societal implications of the translation of epidemiological results from genetic and..

Ten years after - Mapping the societal landscape of genomics

Date: 27 May 2010 to 28 May 2010 Time: 09:00 to 17:00 hour Location:Amsterdam

Call for abstracts open for CSG's May 2010 international scientific conference

Blurring boundaries of research and care: challenges for ethics

Date: 26 May 2010 Time: 09:30 to 16:30 hour Location:Naturalis, Leiden

Symposium on the legal and thical aspects of biobanks

The Governance of the European Patent System

Date: 21 Apr 2010 Time: 15:30 to 17:00 hour Location:Mansholt room, Leeuwenborch, Wageningen

A public lecture by PD Dr. Ingrid Schneider from the University of Hamburg, Germany - organised by Chairgroup Applied Philosophy, WUR

First Continental Convention on Global Sustainable Bioenergy

Date: 24 Feb 2010 to 26 Feb 2010 Time: 09:00 to 17:00 hour Location:Delft

It is our pleasure to invite you to the European Convention of the Global Sustainable Bioenergy Project which will be hosted by the Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation and held in..

Genomics & Personal Identity

Date: 04 Feb 2010 Time: 15:00 to 17:00 hour Location:Radboud University Nijmegen, Huygensgebouw

Colloquium with David Castle (Valgen, Canada), Michael Arribas-Ayllon (CESAGen, UK), Michiel Korthals (CSG, Wageningen)

Brains in dialogue on genetic testing

Date: 28 Jan 2010 to 29 Jan 2010 Time: 09:00 to 18:00 hour Location:Triest, Italy

SISSA and the bid-brains in dialogue team are pleased to announce the second bid workshop "brains in dialogue on genetic testing".

Meeting about 'Discussing genetic screening criteria'

Date: 19 Jan 2010 Time: 15:00 to 16:30 hour Location:Amsterdam, VUMC Medische Faculteit

Join the discussion about genetic screening criteria together with Dr. Tineke Abma and Prof. Bartha Knoppers

Personal Genomics and Privacy

Date: 13 Jan 2010 Time: 15:00 to 16:30 hour Location:Huygensgebouw, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

Lecture by Prof. Bartha Knoppers (Montreal, Canada)

Open Source in Biology: exception or alternative to intellectual property?

Date: 20 Nov 2009 Time: 13:00 to 17:00 hour Location:Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam

The potential and pitfalls of open source as an alternative to the ownership of seeds, genetic materials and genetic information - Join this symposium with Prof Guido Ruivenkamp, Prof. Jack..

Food, Sustainability and Plant Science: A Global Challenge

Date: 06 Nov 2009 to 07 Nov 2009 Time: 09:00 to 18:00 hour Location:Heidelberg, Germany

10th EMBO/EMBL Science & Society Conference

Third Congress of the International Society of Nutrigenomics

Date: 21 Oct 2009 to 23 Oct 2009 Time: 09:00 to 18:00 hour Location:Maryland, USA

call for papers of this Congrss is until June 30, 2009

PhD graduation on Ethics of benefit-sharing

Date: 16 Oct 2009 Time: 11:00 to 00:00 hour Location:Aula, Wageningen

CSG-researcher Bram de Jonge will receive his doctoral degree for his work on benefit-sharing.

PhD graduation on public participation in communication and governance of science and technology

Date: 09 Oct 2009 Time: 15:00 to 16:00 hour Location:Collegezaal II, Spiegel, Universiteit Twente, Enschede

CSG-researcher Lucien Hanssen will receive his doctoral degree.

'Mapping the Genomic Era: Measurements and Meanings'

Date: 07 Oct 2009 to 09 Oct 2009 Time: 09:00 to 18:00 hour Location:City Hall, Cardiff, UK

3rd International Conference of ESRC Genomics Network (EGN)

At the intersection of genomics and society

Upcoming

Good life better – anthropological, sociological and philosophical dimensions of enhancement

In the spotlight

Genomics for the poor