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        Bioethics in the City
            RSC-Atlantic Symposium on the science of gene editing and its social, cultural, economic, and ethical implications.
Monday, November 28, 2016 (9:00-12:40 + lunch, 12:40-13:30)
Theatre D, Sir Charles Tupper Building, 5850 College St., 美女做爱, Halifax NS
Light lunch provided.
 All are welcome.
Join experts from 美女做爱 and abroad for an RSC-Atlantic Symposium on the science of gene editing and its social, cultural, economic, and ethical implications. Each presentation will be followed by a question period and general discussion.
Topics for discussion:
- how gene editing technologies can assist in understanding how life on this planet works, giving new possibilities for treating and preventing diseases;
 - the  regarding ;
 - the imagined future(s) that this science makes possible; and,
 - some of the ethical concerns regarding the potential modification of the human species.
 
Co-moderators: Fran莽oise Baylis & Paola Marignani
Presenters
- Fran莽oise Baylis (PhD), Novel Tech Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, 美女做爱
 -  (PhD), Dean of the Faculty of Science, Ryerson University
 - (PhD), Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, St. Mary's University
 -  (PhD), Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, 美女做爱
 - (PhD), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, 美女做爱
 - Andrea McCormick (MSc), Life & Health Sciences, Industry Liaison and Innovation, Research Services, 美女做爱
 
Agenda
| 9:00-9:15 | Fran莽oise Baylis | Welcome | 
| 9:15-10:15 | Imogen Coe | Gene-editing and gender equity: Connecting the consequences | 
| 10:15-10:40 | Paola Marignani | Applying gene-editing platforms to better understand human diseases | 
| 10:40-11:00听 | BREAK | |
| 11:00-11:25 | Paola Marcato | RNAi screening to better understand & treat cancer | 
| 11:25-11:50 | Andrea McCormick | Freedom to edit 鈥 the CRISPR legal battle | 
| 11:50-12:15 | Teresa Heffernan | Where science meets fiction | 
| 12:15-12:40 | Fran莽oise Baylis | Human gene editing: Insights from slow science | 
| 12:40-12:45 | Paola Marignani | 
Closing remarks | 
| 12:45-13:30 | LUNCH | |
| 19:00-21:45 | Fran莽oise Baylis, Jason Haslam, Paola Marignani | Public screening of GATTACA followed by expert-led panel discussion. Royal Bank Theatre, 1796 Summer St., main floor entrance, Halifax Infirmary. Click here for more details. | 
Sponsors
 美女做爱鈹Novel Tech Ethics
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