Should we synthesise human genomes?

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Should we synthesise human genomes?

The first synthetic virus self-replicated in 2002. Its DNA molecules were created in a lab using genetic information copied from nature. In 2016 an international project was launched to synthesise and recode entire human genomes, the ‘Genome Project – Write’. Join a panel to discuss biosecurity and bioethics, science fiction, practical limits and possible futures for humanity and life as we know it.

Date: 20 June 2017, 18:00
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speakers: Piers Millett (Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford), Marianne Talbot (University of Oxford), Justina Robson, Robert Smith (King’s College London), Max Jamilly (University of Oxford)
Part of: SynBio.Oxford
Booking required?: Recommended
Cost: £5
Audience: Members of the University only
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Editors: Anne Bowtell, James Scott-Brown