Germline in the Sand: Where Should We Draw the Boundaries for Genome Editing?
Progress Educational TrustRoyal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ
19 March 2019
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A free-to-attend public event about the ethical and scientific boundaries of genome editing, produced by the Progress Educational Trust (PET) and supported by the Scottish Government. | ||||
Online booking for this event has now closed. If you wish to attend and you have not yet booked, please arrive at the venue in good time and we will take your details at registration. | ||||
This evening event will be preceded by an afternoon symposium in the same venue, exploring related topics in greater depth. Further details of the symposium can be found here. | ||||
If tweeting about this event, please use the hashtag #FutureFertility | ||||
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SPEAKERS | ||||
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Bruce Whitelaw | ![]() |
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Professor of Animal Biotechnology and Deputy Director at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute | ||||
Pioneer in research involving transgenic and genome-edited animals | ||||
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Dr Gillian Wright | ![]() |
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Senior Researcher at the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics | ||||
Previously a Researcher in Respiratory Medicine and a Registrar in Palliative Medicine | ||||
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Neva Haites | ![]() |
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Emeritus Professor of Medical Genetics, and former Head of Life Sciences and Medicine, at the University of Aberdeen | ||||
Member of the Working Party that produced the Nuffield Council on Bioethics' recent report Genome Editing and Human Reproduction: Social and Ethical Issues | ||||
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Dr Calum MacKellar | ![]() |
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Director of Research at the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, and Visiting Lecturer in Bioethics at St Mary's University | ||||
Coeditor of the books The Ethics of the New Eugenics and Chimera's Children | ||||
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Dr Sarah Chan | ![]() |
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Principal Investigator in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the University of Edinburgh's Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics | ||||
Member of Genomics England's Ethics Advisory Committee | ||||
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CHAIR | ||||
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Sandy Starr | ![]() |
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Communications Manager at the Progress Educational Trust (PET) | ||||
Coauthor of the report Basic Understanding of Genome Editing, and author of related commentary | ||||
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