Latest news from the Genomics Forum
11 March 2010 - Funding for EU Zoos project
Professor Steve Yearley has received funding for a Genomics Forum team to partner the EUZoos-XXI project.
11 March 2010 - Appointments to the Human Genetics Commission (HGC)
The HGC, of which Innogen Co-Investigator holds the position of Vice-Chair, seeks 5 new members.
04 March 2010 - New edition of the ESRC Genomics Network Newsletter
The March 2010 issue of "the gen" is available for download
01 March 2010 - Honour for Genomics Forum Director
Steve Yearley, Director of the ESRC Genomics Policy & Research Forum has been named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), today (Monday 1 March 2010).
19 February 2010 - £2.5 million funding package for Genomics Forum
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has awarded a further £2.58 million to the ESRC Genomics Forum.
04 February 2010 - Kelley Swain's visit to the Genomics Forum
Kelly Swain our most recent visiting fellow spent a busy and exciting week at the Forum.
21 January 2010 - 'Designer VRFs' at the Forum
The Genomics Forum is delighted to welcome designers Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and James King as Visiting Fellows from 2-5 February.
18 January 2010 - The Social Sessions 03: Base Pairs and Couplets
The event on Wednesday 13 January was a great sucess.
24 November 2009 - ESRC Genomics Forum Welcomes DNA Databases Recommendations
The HGC recently published a report on the governance of the UK's National DNA Database.
20 November 2009 - Dr Steve Sturdy discusses forensics with Ian Rankin and Lin Anderson
The second of the Forum's Social Sessions was another interesting night.
17 November 2009 - New Policy Brief Published: FDA Orphan Products and FastTrack Programmes
05 November 2009 - Battle of Ideas
Forum Writer in Residence, Ken MacLeod took part in a panel discussion on the 'designer babies' controversy.
05 October 2009 - Synthetic Biology Democs game available to download
New public engagement kits for synthetic biology are available.
- Ken MacLeod in Science (Fiction) Experiment
Renowned Sci-Fi author to be published in an unusu
al anthology of science fiction short stories
01 October 2009 - Improvements to our Publications section
Find EGN publications more easily with our new Sort Tool
28 August 2009 - Visiting Research Fellow
John H. Evans, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego, recently visited the Genomics Forum.
20 October 2008 - September 2008 - ESRC Genomics Network Newsletter
Available online and for download.
04 September 2009 - Human Genre Project
The Human Genre Project is a collection of new writing in very short forms inspired by genes and genomics, and was conceived by Ken MacLeod, writer in residence at the Genomics Forum.
17 August 2009 - Dolly creator debates the impact of his work
Leading figures in bioscience will debate the impact of their work and future industry developments in ‘From Darwin to Dolly and Beyond’ this Tuesday (18 August 2009).
06 August 2009 - Festival of Politics
The Forum are organising an event at the Edinburgh Festival of Politics: 'From Darwin to Dolly – and Beyond!'
08 July 2009 - Press release - UK’s first genomics short story competition – winner named
Edinburgh based writer, Ben Smart, was today named as the winner of the UK’s only (to date) genomics short story competition.
08 July 2009 - Short Story Competition - Read the winning stories!
Winning short stories now online
15 June 2009 - Press Release - Stricter controls for direct-to-consumer genetic testing?
Gengage conference on Wednesday 17 June debates key healthcare and genetics issues
15 June 2009 - Press release - Stricter controls for direct-to-consumer genetic testing?
Gengage conference on Wednesday 17 June will debate key healthcare and genetics issues
03 June 2009 - Cultures of Environmentalism to be re-published
Due to popular demand Professor Steve Yearley's book is being re-launched in paperback in early September 2009.
13 May 2009 - Press Release: Experts debate personal genetic data
Press Information for Public Debate on Thursday 14 May in Cambridge
12 May 2009 - Short Story Competition - Update
We have had over 100 entries to our short story competition.
20 March 2008 - March 2008 - ESRC Genomics Network Newsletter
Available online and for download.
10 March 2009 - UK science policy: who decides?
How do we decide how far science should go? The ESRC Genomics Forum has invited some of the UK’s leading scientists, policy makers, media experts and ethicists to debate this question at a conference in Westminster on Thursday (12/03/09).
04 March 2009 - Press Release - Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act: a retrospective
Press information for Westminster conference
06 March 2009 - Forum Director Steve Yearley comments on Synthetic Biology
'Britain in 2009' magazine asks Prof Yearley about the ramifications of synthetic biology
25 February 2009 - The Politics of Plants
Article calls for joined-up thinking on plant research and governance.
20 February 2009 - ESRC Genomics Forum collaboration helps to win award
Inquiry developed new approach to encouraging members of the public to have their say about forensic databases.
05 February 2009 - Sociology, Genomics and Science Fiction
The Genomics Forum's Writer in Residence, Ken MacLeod discusses the relationship between Sociology, Genomics and Science Fiction:
28 January 2009 - Short Story Competition
Are you up to the challenge of writing a short piece of fiction with a genetics-based theme?
16 December 2008 - First 'Questioning the Tree of Life' event
The Network held its first event in Pittsburgh.
- Genomics Forum Blog
Our writer in residence, Pippa Goldschmidt shares her views on the world of genomics.
05 December 2008 - Writers in Residence
The Forum have appointed 2 Writers in Residence to work with us on some exciting projects aimed at connecting the area of genomics to a wider audience.
06 November 2008 - EGN-led session at SB4.0 in Hong Kong
Innogen and Forum staff took part in the 4th International Meeting on Synthetic Biology.
29 September 2008 - New employment for Forum Research Fellow
Matt Harsh takes up the position of Post-doctoral Associate at the Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) at Arizona State University.
16 September 2008 - SynBioStandards Network website launched
The UK network on standards and characterisation in synthetic biology has a new website.
29 July 2008 - DNA Database: Public inquiry findings
Independent study concludes more oversight and information is needed.
29 May 2008 - EGN is part of new synthetic biology network
Researchers at the Genomics Forum and Innogen are part of a new interdisciplinary network in synthetic biology.
18 August 2008 - Projects and Press Officer vacancies at the Genomics Forum
We are pleased to advertise two exciting short term roles - Projects Officer and Press Officer.
21 May 2008 - Genetic Interest Group at the Genomics Forum
Forum welcomes new colleagues.
05 May 2008 - Prof. Steve Yearley attends Parliamentary/New Statesman Roundtable
02 April 2008 - 22-26 June Summer Institute
An Interdisciplinary course for PhD Students and post-doctoral researchers interested in the relationship bewtween genomics and society.
19 March 2008 - PFGS Regional meeting - Edinburgh 2008
Researching and interviewing 'elite' groups in the field of biomedicine
14 February 2008 - HGC and Genomics Forum Citizens' Inquiry into Forensic Use of DNA gets underway
01 February 2008 - CSG & EGN's Amsterdam conference
Genomics and Society: Setting the Agenda
03 December 2007 - Second EGN meeting held in Xishuangbanna, China
