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

Unrelated to this specific talk, attached here is a technology trend
slide on personal genomic costs including its trend prediction of
CRISPR-modified babies being born in larger numbers.


On 3/21/19, Jonathan Cline <jcline@ieee.org> wrote:
> 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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