Conceptual Issues in the Dissemination of Genomics (Representing Genes III) Venue: ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society, University of Exeter
This workshop brought together academic historians and philosophers of science working on the history and current status of the gene concept and related constructs used to represent DNA in an interactive discussion forum with people who have been actively involved in communicating work in genetics and genomics to non-specialists. The conference opened with a presentation of some of the results of the Representing Genes project – a project funded by the NSF which used a web-based survey to examine how working bioscientists are responding to the conceptual challenges posed by recent advances in genomics.
Friday 13th May 2005 (PM),
University of Exeter, Streatham CourtXfi centre, conference room 1
Coffee and Registration
Welcome: John Dupre, Director Egenis
Paul Griffiths & Karola Stotz – Diverse conceptualizations of the gene and why they matter.
Panel Discussion: Jon Turney (moderator), Lenny Moss, Staffan Mueller-Wille, David Heaf (to be confirmed), Robert Sternberg (to be confirmed), Stotz and Griffiths
Shuttle to Crossmead Centre
7:00 Conference dinner (Crossmead Centre)
Saturday 14th May:
University of Exeter, Stretham Court Xfi centre, Conference Room 1
9.30-10.15 Session 1: Disseminating genomics: A case study (Brandy Smolnik)
10.15-10.45: Coffee break
10.45-12.15 Session 2. Roundtable discussion: Communicating scientific dissent and the contestability of science. Discussion leaders:
Jeffrey Schwartz
,
Lenny Moss
12.15-1.30 Lunch buffet
-3.00 Session 3: Roundtable discussion: Bioethics meets the Philosophy of Biology Discussion leaders: Rachel Ankeny, Tim Lewens
3.00-3.30 Coffee break
3.30-5.00 Session 4: Roundtable discussion: What are we studying in the history and philosophy of genomics? Genes, gene concepts and other historiographic approaches to DNA. Discussion leaders: James Griesemer, H-J Rheinberger.
Attendees
Egenis participants
John Dupré (Egenis)
Christine Hauskeller
(Egenis)
Ginny Russell (Egenis)
Adam Bostanci
(Egenis)
Barry Barnes (Egenis)
Steve Hughes (Egenis)
Steffan Mulle-Wille (Egenis)
Jane Calvert (Egenis)
David Reece (Egenis)
Paula Saukko (Egenis)
Michael Hauskeller (Egenis)
Graciela Nowenstein (Egenis)
UK participants
Tim Lewens
(
Cambridge
)
Bronwyn Terrill (Sanger)
Pamela Black (
CambridgeGeneticsKnowledgePark
)
David Heaf (Freelance)
Eluned Hughes (
LondonKnowledgePark
)
Kate Mathieson (
North WestGeneticsKnowledgPark
)
Katherine Mathieson (Program Manager NESTA)
Robert Sternberg (Filmmaker,
ImperialCollegeLondon
)