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Saturday, August 6 • 4:00pm - 4:40pm
Beyond Malaria

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What are the considerations important for making informed decisions about widespread use of technologies like CRISPR for the benefit of humanity? How do we carry out the cost benefit analysis of interventions like malaria mosquito eradication?

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Genya Dana

Senior Science Policy Officer, U.S. Department of State
Genya V. Dana is a Senior Science Policy Officer in the Office of the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. She advises on emerging biotechnologies and international policy issues, is a negotiator on science, technology... Read More →
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Kevin Esvelt

Kevin Esvelt is an assistant professor of MIT and leader of the Sculpting Evolution group at the MIT Media Lab, which specializes in developing tools to reshape populations and ecosystems. 


Saturday August 6, 2016 4:00pm - 4:40pm PDT
1. Zellerbach Hall 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA 94720