Radcliffe: The Past, Present, and Future of DNA Science Symposium

For more information, see the Radcliffe Events List.

The one-day science symposium will focus on the explosion of knowledge about past and present DNA, and will include discussions about possible directions and applications for future research. The event will include experts in ancient DNA, de-extinction, human origins, population genetics, forensic science, ethics, business, future synthetic life, and the personal genome.  

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and will open in September.

Speakers include: 

• Arthur Caplan, Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics; Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine
• Jacob Corn, Scientific Director, Innovative Genomics Initiative; Assistant Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
• Greg Hampikian, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Joint appointment in Department of Criminal Justice, Director of the Idaho Innocence Project, Boise State University 
• John Hawks, Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison      
• Alison Murdoch, Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Head of Department, Institute of Genetic Medicine, International Fertility Centre for Life, Newcastle University 
• Janet Rich-Edwards, Faculty codirector of the science program, Academic Ventures at the Radcliffe Institute, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and associate professor in the department of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Floyd Romesberg, Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
• Beth Shapiro, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz 
• Spencer Wells, Director, Genographic Project, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic