Media Room
Forum staff are a good source of information and comment on the social, ethical or legal issues connected with genomics related science and technologies - from genetic testing to DNA fingerprinting, from plant and animal breeding to the development of new drugs and therapies.
For further information, please contact:
Chris Berry, Press and Communications Officer Tel: 0131 651 4746, email: chris.berry@ed.ac.uk
For news and comment visit Fourm News Page
Latest Media Releases:
14 May 2013
Robot-inspired new musical work to be premiered
26 March 2013
“Could too little play-time harm children and society?” experts set to debate
11 March 2013
Event to examine how digital technology is resulting in the “evaporation” of real “things”
11 February 2013
Exhibits from Surgeons’ Hall Museum “brought to life” at public event
23 January 2013
Edinburgh young people to engage with nature conservation
9 November 2012
Expert Global Forum to consider the "Evolving Promise of the Life Sciences"
8 November 2012
5 November 2012
5 October 2012
13 September 2012
Experts meet to discuss improving intelligence relating to emerging bio-weapon threats
5 September 2012
Debate around human cloning set to be reignited with the performance of A Number
15 August 2012
Scientists in fiction – creative or crazed geniuses? Edinburgh International Book Festival to consider
6 August 2012
“Will DIY-bio potentially benefit or threaten society?” Edinburgh International Book Festival to debate
11 May 2012
Saving Sebastian – ‘saviour sibling’ fiction prompts ethical debate
9 May 2012
Could reading Harry Potter help scientists cure the common cold?
29 February 2012
Intrusion by Ken MacLeod Book Launch 21 March 2012
28 February 2012
True Cost of DNA Testing
22 February 2012
Translating the Genome into a Play
1 December 2011
`Knowledge brokers’ make social science count
