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Mark Winston, 604.291.4459; mark_winston@sfu.ca
Fiona Brinkman, 604.291.5646; brinkman@sfu.ca
Mark Winston, 604.291.4459; mark_winston@sfu.ca
Fiona Brinkman, 604.291.5646; brinkman@sfu.ca
November 14, 2003
SFU professor of biological sciences Mark Winston and assistant professor of molecular biology Fiona Brinkman are involved in two public forums connected to The Geee! In Genome exhibition at Science World. The six-part free forum series, The Gene Scene, features panel discussions with renowned Canadian scientists, policy-makers and ethicists on aspects of 21st century life science related to genetics.
Winston is an award-winning author of many books and articles on science issues, as well as a bee researcher. He will help lead GMOs ok?, a panel discussion on the origins, benefits and concerns about genetically modified organisms. GMOs ok? takes place on Wednesday, November 19.
Brinkman, named one of the world’s top 100 young innovators by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will talk about microbes as disease-causing agents in another panel discussion, Small is Bountiful, on Wednesday, December 3. This discussion will also deal with breakthroughs in conquering bacterial resistance to antibiotics and what kind of microbial genomics projects are underway in BC. The public panel discussions, all at 7 p.m. at Science World, continue until December 17.
The Geee! in Genome exhibition runs at Science World through January 2004. The cross-Canada traveling exhibit, produced by the Canadian Museum of Nature, Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA.
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Websites:
Geee in Genome in Vancouver: www.genomebc.ca/GBCGeee/index.asp
Fiona Brinkman: www.sfu.ca/mbb/mbb/faculty/brinkman/brinkman.html
Mark Winston: www.sfu.ca/biology/faculty/winston/
Winston is an award-winning author of many books and articles on science issues, as well as a bee researcher. He will help lead GMOs ok?, a panel discussion on the origins, benefits and concerns about genetically modified organisms. GMOs ok? takes place on Wednesday, November 19.
Brinkman, named one of the world’s top 100 young innovators by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will talk about microbes as disease-causing agents in another panel discussion, Small is Bountiful, on Wednesday, December 3. This discussion will also deal with breakthroughs in conquering bacterial resistance to antibiotics and what kind of microbial genomics projects are underway in BC. The public panel discussions, all at 7 p.m. at Science World, continue until December 17.
The Geee! in Genome exhibition runs at Science World through January 2004. The cross-Canada traveling exhibit, produced by the Canadian Museum of Nature, Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA.
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(Electronic photo files available)
Websites:
Geee in Genome in Vancouver: www.genomebc.ca/GBCGeee/index.asp
Fiona Brinkman: www.sfu.ca/mbb/mbb/faculty/brinkman/brinkman.html
Mark Winston: www.sfu.ca/biology/faculty/winston/