CSaP's Science, Policy, and Genetic Technologies podcast mini-series explores the policy and governance questions being raised by new genetic technologies.
Our third podcast season, which was first published in February 2021, explores the science and policy questions, opportunities and challenges posed by advances in genetic technologies. Throughout the series, Dr Rob Doubleday interviews guests from areas including crop sciences, policy, agriculture, bioethics, geography, and the history of science. This series was hosted by Dr Rob Doubleday and was produced by Kate McNeil with the support of research assistant Alice Millington.
Episode 4 - Medicine
26 February 2021
In the final episode of our four-part mini series exploring Science, Policy and Genetic Technologies, host Dr Rob Doubleday sat down with Dr Jonathan Roberts - who is currently a researcher in the Society and Ethics Research Group at the Wellcome Campus and a NHS Genetic Counsellor at Addenbrooke’s Hospital; the PHG Foundation's Alison Hall; and University of Cambridge sociologist Professor Sarah Franklin to explore some of the regulatory, ethical and societal implications of genetic technologies for the field of medicine.
You can read the accompanying news article here.
Episode 3 - Gene Editing, Nature, and Biological Risks
19 February 2021
In the third episode of our 4-part mini series on genetic technologies, Dr Rob Doubleday is joined by University of Cambridge geographer and Emeritus Moran Professor of Conservation Professor Bill Adams, and Dr Catherine Rhodes, the Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and a Senior Research Associate, Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. They discuss gene drives, the implications of genetic technologies for conservation, biological conventions, and biological risks.
You can read the accompanying news article here.
Episode 2 - Agriculture
12 February 2021
In the second episode of our 4-part mini series on genetic technologies, Dr Rob Doubleday explores some of the questions facing the plant scientist community and the agriculture sector in the UK as Defra undertakes a new consultation about the future of the regulation of genetic technologies. Throughout the episode, you'll hear from plant geneticist and Director and Chief Executive Officer of NIAB Dr Tina Barsby OBE, and Dr Jack Stilgoe, a Senior Lecturer at UCL's Department of Science & Technology Studies.
You can read the accompanying news article here.
Episode 1 - Agriculture
5 February 2021
In the first episode of our 4-part mini series on genetic technologies, Dr Rob Doubleday explores some of the pressing policy questions in the genetic technology space with three experts. Throughout the episode, you'll hear from University of Cambridge crop scientist Professor Giles Oldroyd, Royal Society Senior Policy Advisor Jonny Hazell, and University of Cambridge Lecturer in History of Modern Science and Technology Dr Helen Anne Curry.
You can read the accompanying news article here.