Re: [DIYbio] Engineering..a Sustainable Bioeconomy (Video, U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee)

Correct video link - https://youtu.be/xMJu5kzSBgw

On 3/21/19, Jonathan Cline <jncline@gmail.com> wrote:
> Below is the link to the excellent U.S. congressional hearing last month on
>
> emerging biotech which fans of synbio should watch. Starring Rob Carlson.
> Who incidentally, is the only one on either side of the table to quote
> real numbers (plus, those numbers are amazing).
>
> Also a good reminder that the 2 'required reading' texts for synbio are,
>
> 1. Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves by
> George M. Church, ISBN 0465075703
>
> 2. Biology Is Technology: The Promise, Peril, and New Business of
> Engineering Life by Robert H. Carlson, ISBN 0674060156
>
>
> Note I recommend watching at 2x speed or faster to make best use of time.
> Recent misuse of genetic engineering is discussed throughout and iGEM is
> also mentioned. "People doing bad things" is mentioned in vague, general,
>
> mostly idealistic terms.
>
> HOWEVER:
>
> 1. No mention of the massive fraud perpetrated by Theranos employees and
> exec's under the inflated umbrella hype created by MIT around synbio /nor/
> any mention of the lack of scrutiny by government (even though Theranos's
> Board of Directors was populated with ex-government yes-men). Hey
> government, where is the oversight? Hey Rob Carlson, why not mention this
>
> massive government failure and lack of accountability in that same
> government? (As well as slip in the fact that those in congress are
> technologically out of their element and can't keep up because they don't
> have proper scientific staff or education themselves?)
>
> 2. No mention of the massive amount of intellectual property theft using "a
>
> hundred cut & pastes" regularly going on in emerging biotech, even though
> iGEM was mentioned (openwetware was not mentioned). Hey government, where
>
> is the oversight?
>
>
> --Citation--
>
> Engineering Our Way to a Sustainable
> Bioeconomy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYSfjDSxKK0
> Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 10:00am
> Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building
> Subcommittees:
> Research and Technology (116th Congress)
> Opening Statements
> Chairwoman Haley Stevens (D-MI) of the Subcommittee on Research and
> Technology
>
> Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
>
> Witnesses
> Dr. Rob Carlson, Managing Director of Bioeconomy Capital
>
> Dr. Kevin Solomon, Assistant Professor of Agricultural & Biological
> Engineering at Purdue University
>
> Dr. Eric Hegg, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan
> State University; Michigan State University Subcontract Lead, Great Lakes
> Bioenergy Research Center
>
> Dr. Sean Simpson, Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of LanzaTech
>
> Dr. Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics, and
>
> Senior Advisor to the Provost for Programs in Social Ethics at the
> University of Chicago
>
>
> House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
> Streamed live on Feb 13, 2019
> 2318 Rayburn House Office Building
> Washington, DC 20515
>
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