Lecture: Genetically modified food

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Date/Time:Thursday, 24 Feb 2011 at 8:00 pm
Location:Sun Room, Memorial Union
Cost:Free
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Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
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"DNA at the Dinnertable: The Global Politics of Genetically Modified Food," Lisa Weasel, Portland State University. She is interested in the social dimensions of science and technology, particularly how issues of ethics, equity and politics relate to the life sciences. Part of the Sigma Xi Lecture Series and the Women in STEM Series.

Lisa Weasel is the author of Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food. Her work encompasses a broad range of interdisciplinary topics, from feminist science studies and gender equity, to public engagement with science, to the relationship between biotechnology and sustainable agriculture and food security in the developing world. Weasel earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Cambridge. She is an associate professor of biology at Portland State University.