Speaker | Dr. Laurie Garrett (Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations ) |
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Time | 14:00-16:00, Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
Venue | Research Meeting Room 3C, 3rd floor, GRIPS (Minato-ku, Tokyo) (7-22-1, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)(Access) |
Sponsor | GRIPS Innovation, Science and Technology Policy Program (GIST) Global Health Innovation Policy Program (GHIP) |
Language | English |
Fee | Free (Pre-registraion required) |
Dual-use research of concern (DURC) refers to work that could have both beneficial and dangerous consequences. In this talk, Laurie Garrett will new revolutions in biology - such as gain of function research and synthetic biology - that exemplify the DURC problem, and are forcing policymakers across the globe to rethink both national and international surveillance and regulatory systems.