The Conservation Biologist Facing Synthetic Biology
Purpose, focus, culture, spirit, network, knowledge
Conservation biologist Kent Redford is about to bring together two camps that so far have not talked to each other at all—conservation biologists and synthetic biologists. To kick start what he deems to be a long overdue exchange of ideas and perspectives, he organized a conference in Cambridge, U.K. in April 2013 titled “How Will Synthetic Biology and Conservation Shape the Future of Nature?”
Redford makes the case that conservationists have so far sat at the rear of the bus, looking out the back window, cataloging and bemoaning the extinction of species. In his words, every new event “hit conservationists at the back of their heads.” With ...
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