The next sporting scandal

The next sporting scandal(2000, Sept 18) The Wall Street Journal, by S. Moore and A.C. Copetas [link] IOC Medical Director Dr. Patrick Schamasch is quoted as saying 'gene dopping will be the next issue' and comments on the challenge of staying ahead of the athletes. But how does the public perception of genetic technology change, as it is described as cheating and undermining what is valuable about being human? Might this encourage people to avoid genetic technology, precisely because it is seen as cheating human nature? This would be unfortunate where medical science is looking to genetics to solve health problems.

Fair and foul

Fair and foul(2000, Nov 21) The Star, by G. Woolsey

This article begins by referring to genetic reserach that took place on flies and delves into an analogy to the movie, The Fly. Predictions are made by Bengt Saltin that gene doping is likely to be present at Athens, which is always a tricky thing to state. I actually wrote a piece where I allude to The Fly as well, though, contrary to what might be assumed, that paper does not imply that I am (or am not) a transhumanist. I am not rejecting the label, but just clarifying that the paper makes no such position.

Enter the Superkid

Enter the Superkid(2000, Feb 5) New Scientist, by Andy Miah

This article gives a brief response to Christie Ascwanden's article that also appeared in New Scientist titled 'Gene Cheats'. Some questions I asked about this topic included:

• Does a parent have the right to enhance their child in any way they see fit?
• What kind of enhancement would be valuable and worthwhile to choose?
• How would governing bodies of sport react to those who are genetically enhanced from birth given that we could not call the athlete a cheat since he/she will have done anything themselves?
• What rights does an athlete have to keep his/her genetic information private when competing with other athletes?

I happen to think that many of these questions remain unanswered and that they should be a priority for discussions on this topic.

Gene Cheats

Gene cheats (2000, Jan 15) New Scientist, by C. Aschwanden [link]

Christie Aschwanden provides a well-researched piece related to the possibile emergence of 'gene cheat'. This article is also re-produced on her own website and it discusses a ranger of examples where gene doping might appear. Ascwanden discusses Eero Maentyranta the genetic super-freak of the 1964 Winter Olympics. She also mentioned Jeffrey Leiden's work, who used an adenovirus to deliver the epo gene to mice and monkeys. The findings suggest a boost to the hematocrit levels of both species. Don Catlin is quoted for saying that detection will not be easy, which remains uncertain in the scientific world.

The article concludes with a quote from Charles Yesalis, who notes that it is unlikely that anti-doping testers will be able to keep up with the users. This same concern has been around for many years, which seems a good reason to re-question the value of the anti-doping strategy. Perhaps the re-conceptualisation of doping would yield a preferable situation in competitive sport. If the interest is to protect athletes, then why not make it legal?

Gene doping

Gene doping (2000, Sep 19) ACF News Source [link]

ACF consider the possibility of oxygen-enhancing gene technology, as a basis for modifying athletic performance. One of the major concerns of this article is that gene doping might not be possible to detect. This remains contentious, though it is certainly not clear that it will be impossible. However, even if detection is possible, it is likely that the costs to implement such methods of doping control and the burden this would place on research funding, might be to high. In the end, the priority of 'cheating' in sport is not particularly high, when research funding is sought for other forms of medical science.This article cites a number of experts in this area, including Larry Bowers (USADA executive) Don Catlin (UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory), Garry Nolan (Stanford University), John Hoberman (historian of doping) and David Joyner (USOC Sports Medicine Committee). Also, the article published in New Scientist by Christie Aschwanden is mentioned along with Lamsam et al. (1997)

Morphing the human body

Morphing the human body(2000, Jan 20) ESPN, by T. Farrey [link]

This article begins with the intriguingly benal question about whether it would be interesting to clone an athlete. Presumably, this question has more meaning in sport, at least because there seems some meaningful and (more) obvious connection between the career of an athlete and their genes. In contrast, wondering whether it would be valuable to clone, say, John Lennon, would be uninteresting just because the link between musical capcity and genetics is less persuasive.

One of the other interesting aspects of this article is the contextualising genetics in a broader technologisation of sport, which includes developments in cybernetics. the bionic athlete is described more through these technologies than genetics. Indeed, this is useful to note since it is more persuasive that, if any Frankensteian being should become manifest through technology, then it is much less likely that it will be through genetics. Rather, it will be through the cosmetic sculpting of our bodies that will produce distorted humans, but all for the better I think. As a species, we lack the necessary level of diversity that would make difference seem unimportant in terms of how we evaluate each other.

Genetic testing beckons

Genetic testing beckons(2000, Jan 20) ESPN, by T. Farrey [link]

Genetic testing promises to yield information about who will be the likely elite athletes of the future. It is perhaps one of the central ethical problems related to genetics in sport in our immediate future. Yet, very few people seem to be concerned about it. In 2003, the Australian Law Reforms Commissionn published a report on possible implications of genetic information for sport, though still it is widely untheorised.

This article consults the expertise of geneticist Lee Silver who speaks about the power of the human Genome Project.

Sport's brave new world

Sport's brave new world(2000, Jan 24) ESPN, by T. Farrey [link]

a brief article with interesting links to prophecies about sport in 2010, 2050, and 2100. I like Tom Farrey's articles and there have been a few in the last few years that have been published in ESPN.

The genetically engineered athlete, The Guardian (1999, Dec 15)

The genetically engineered athlete(1999, Dec 15) The Guardian, by M. Butcher [link]

This article begins by recognising gene doping as a misuse of genetic technology and paints the picture of a couple who are about to illegally modify their prospective child, to ensure that it is going to be a world-winning athlete. The article is loaded with allusions to Frankenstein, deviant behaviour and describes this future as horrific. Yet, it does very little to explain what it is that has been compromised by this 'abuse' of medical technology.

The assumption is that this kind of performance enhancement would necessarily (and obviously) be illegal. Indeed, it is assumed that gene doping is comparable to other kinds of doping rather than, say, comparable to more legal methods of performance modification.

It is possible to construct a diffferent picture of this genetically modified future. Imagine a couple who, with the help (and potentially, legal requirement) have discovered a genetic defect in their prospective child. With the aid of genetic technology it is possible to correct this dysfunction and even make the child more resilient to disease. An unintended consequence of this would be that the child will most likely be a more competent athlete, should (s)he decide to take such a career path.

These two different constructions of the way in which gene transfer technology might be used to create super-athletes are quite different. Very often, the kind of dystopian (and, often, criminal) connotations of this technology obscure the way in which it could be used for the benefit of human kind, which includes enhancing the capacities of athletes.

Ethics of Outer Space

hmmm, a new research venture I think.... The Division of Ethics of Science and Technology Sector for Social and Human Sciences UNESCO

Ethics of outer space

Ethics of outer space is one of the fields of activities of the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, along with environmental ethics, science ethics and bioethics. The purpose of this activity is to raise awareness about the moral issues raised by activities in regard to outer space and space technologies, both inside the space community (where technical considerations tend to dominate and moral debate is often marginalized) and outside the space community (where the impact and relevance of present and future space activities in relation to human life are often discarded). A multidisciplinary effort is therefore required, and this is why UNESCO and its partners try to gather experts of different fields (experts in social sciences, natural sciences, law, ethics, astronauts, international organizations) and to have them involved in space ethics discussions and research.

One example of such effort was the symposium Legal and ethical framework for astronauts in space sojourns, that was held in UNESCO on 24th October 2004 and that was co-organized with the European Center for Space Law, the legal department of the European Space Agency, and the Institut du Droit de l'Espace et des Télécommunications of the University Paris 11. On this occasion, an interdisciplinary reflection was conducted on the presence of human beings in space, addressing such issues as the dignity of astronauts, their responsibility or the legal framework for space tourism. These debates are reflected in the Proceedings of this symposium that you can download at the following address: http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/file_download.php/be8c1e2788b31cde429ff39b5a53d9f7LegalEthicalFramework.pdf.

Building on the success of this conference, UNESCO and its partners are organizing another conference following the same model entitled Legal and ethical framework for space exploration. It will be held in UNESCO headquarters on 26-27 October 2006, and will gather ethicists, lawyers, social scientists, space practitioners, astronauts to discuss the cultural impact of space exploration, its economic background, modes of international collaboration or benefit sharing. You will find more information about this conference at the following address: http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9196_DO=DO_TOPIC_SECTION=201.html <http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9196&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html> .

Find more about ethics of outer space at: http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6195_DO=DO_TOPIC_SECTION=201.html <http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6195&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html> .

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Division d'éthique des sciences et des technologies Secteur des Sciences Sociales et Humaine UNESCO

Ethique de l'espace

L'éthique de l'espace extra atmosphérique est un des champs d'activité de la Division d'éthique des sciences et des technologies, à côté de la bioéthique, de l'éthique de l'environnement et de l'éthique des sciences. Le but de cette activité est la sensibilisation aux problèmes éthiques soulevés par les activités et les technologies spatiales, que ce soit au sein de la communauté spatiale (où les considérations techniques tendent à dominer et où le débat moral a rarement lieu) ou en dehors (où l'impact et l'importance des activités spatiales présentes et futures pour la vie humaine sont souvent méconnues). Une approche multidisciplinaire est requise à cette fin, et c'est pourquoi l'UNESCO s'efforce d'impliquer des experts d'horizons différents (spécialistes des sciences sociales, des sciences naturelles, juristes, philosophes, astronautes, organisations internationales) dans les questions d'éthique de l'espace extra-atmosphérique.

Un exemple de cette approche s'est trouvé dans le symposium Cadre éthique et légal pour les astronautes lors des séjours spatiaux, qui s'est tenu à l'UNESCO le 24 octobre 2004 et était co-organisé avec le Centre Européen pour le Droit Spatial (ECSL), le département juridique de l'ESA, et l'Institut du Droit de l'Espace et des Télécommunications (IDEST) de l'Université de Paris XI. A cette occasion, une réflexion interdisciplinaire a été conduite sur la présence des êtres humains dans l'espace, traitant de problèmes tels que la dignité des astronautes, leurs responsabilités ou le cadre légal du tourisme spatial. Ces débats sont reflétés dans les actes de ce symposium, que vous pouvez télécharger à l'adresse Internet suivante : http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/file_download.php/be8c1e2788b31cde429ff39b5a53d9f7LegalEthicalFramework.pdf.

Forts du succès de cette conférence, l'UNESCO et ses partenaires organisent une deuxième conférence sur le même modèle, intitulée cadre éthique et légal pour l'exploration spatiale. Elle se tiendra à l'UNESCO à Paris le 26-27 Octobre 2006, et réunira des éthiciens, des spécialistes des sciences sociales, des praticiens de l'espace et des astronautes pour discuter l'impact culturel de l'exploration spatiale, son contexte économique, les modes de collaboration internationale ou le partage des bénéfices. Vous trouverez plus d'informations sur cette conférence à l'adresse suivante: http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9196_DO=DO_TOPIC_SECTION=201.html <http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9196&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html> .

Plus d'information sur l'éthique de l'espace à : http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6195_DO=DO_TOPIC_SECTION=201.html <http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6195&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html> .

Bioteknica Laboratory Remix

In 2003, I was on a panel with Jennifer and Shawn at the Glasgow School of Art.... BIOTEKNICA LABORATORY REMIX: with Teratological Prototypes in Collaboration with Tissue Culture & Art Project Shawn Bailey | Jennifer Willet | Oron Catts | Ionat Zurr

Aug 7 – 13 2006 ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge & the Thirteenth International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA2006)

http://www.bioteknica.org <http://www.bioteknica.org> http://www.tca.uwa.edu.au/ <http://www.tca.uwa.edu.au/> http://www.01sj.org/

BIOTEKNICA LABORATORY REMIX (with Teratological Prototypes in collaboration with TC&A) is a complex functional laboratory installation – built to sustain cellular life within the gallery environment.  Utilizing tissue culture and tissue engineering technologies, we have developed a series of small sculptures (Teratological Prototypes) that will be grown live in the gallery environment with an accompanying installation, laboratory protocol performances, and video. This work mobilizes the notion of remixing the laboratory environment as a critical turn in creating an interface between non-specialists - and ‘real’ and mediated representations of the laboratory.

Through a critical participatory methodology BIOTEKNICA LABORATORY REMIX both embraces and critiques evolving biotechnologies, considering the contradictions and deep underlying complexities that these technologies offer the present and future of humanity.

We wish to thank our supporters: SymbioticA, School of Anatomy and Human Biology at The University of Western Australia, The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, HEXAGRAM, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Programme Québec Multimédia Jeunesse, The Canada Council for The Arts, Concordia Part-Time Faculty Union, The Banff Centre for the Arts, and Articule Artist Run Centre.

For more information please contact Jennifer Willet:  jwillet@sympatico.ca

Kristi Giselsson

Well this is a little experiment. I met Kristi in Stanford during the Human Rights and Human Enhancement conference. She explained a little of her phd to me, which was interested in posthumanism. At the time, I recalled a paper from an author in Aus who I thought might interest her. Now, upon looking through my endnote file, I discover the article again and think of sending it. However, I cannot find her email address online anywhere, so I thought I'd post to wordpress with her name in the expectation that she will, at some point Google herself and find it. What name could we give this kind of activity? It's a form of inverse emailing. Anyway, Kristi, if you see this, here is the article and get in touch!

Bendle, M. F. (2002). "Teleportation, Cyborgs and the Posthuman Ideology." Social Semiotics 12(1): 45-62.

Journal of Medical Humanities

Miah, A. (2006). "Doctor, Can You Fix My Broken Heart?" Journal of Medical Humanities 27(2): 127-129.This article began after watching the wonderful film 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' directed by Michel Gondry. It was not the first time I have thought about the way film can convey ethical issues related to medical technologies. One of the other films that sticks in my mind is Extreme Measures. There are many more and this review essay is now being developed into a more substantive article for an edited volume by Sandra Shapsay entitled 'Bioethics through Film', which will be published with Johns Hopkins University Press.

Sporty types (1998, New Scientist)

Sporty types(1998) New Scientist, by A. Cogan [link]

This is one of the earlier pieces on the ACE gene and might not be online any longer. It is one of the first articles to discuss the possibilities of creating sporting champions and refers to research related to the endurance capacities of mountaineers and soldiers.

High-tech cheating (2000, Oct 2, WebMD)

High-tech cheating(2000, Oct 2) WedMD, by M.J. Maltin [link]

A surprising and important venue for this topic, raising some comments from people who cannot be found in any of the other news articles on this topic. Inder Verma from the American Society of Gene Therapy is quoted as recognising that gene doping is possible. Verma also notes that detection is going to be difficult. The article doesn't go much further, though it is very useful information and no short cuts are made on the scientific detail.

Sports threat: Gene transferring (2001, Jan 25, Wired Magazine)

Sports threat: Gene transferring(2001, Jan 25) Wired, by Associated Press

This article preceded the intial dates for the Cold Spring Harbour meeting in New York. The main thrust is that the meeting will bring some very different people together to discuss this matter. This article does not offer much more than the usual quotes, though it is clearly an important venue for the topic to have been discussed. It seems important that the Cold Spring meeting is seen as a platform for wider discussions, though it is not clear whether this has yet happened much.

Is sport winning the war on drugs? (The Guardian, 2 August, 2006)

Miah, A. (2006). Is Sport Winning the War on Drugs? No. The Guardian. London: p.7. The press is in a bit of a frenzy this week over the doping issue. I arrived back in the UK to receive a bunch of calls from journalists wanting to interview. One of these was Duncan MacKay at The Guardian who asked me to write a response to the above question. The piece is published in today's Guardian alongside the counter position written by Dr John Scott at UK Sport.

Mobile Media (2-4 July, 2007)

an international conference on social and cultural aspects of mobile phones, convergent media, and wireless technologies 2-4 July 2007 The University of Sydney, Australia

Barely twenty-five years since their commercial introduction, mobile cellular phones are widely used around the world. Having become an important technology for voice and text communication in the daily lives of billions of people, mobiles are now recognised as central for contemporary transformations in cultural and social practices, and in new developments in computing, media, telecommunications, Internet, and entertainment.

Equipment manufacturers, cultural and content producers, and user groups and creative communities are focussing on the possibilities of mobile media - with mobiles and wireless technologies, platforms, services, applications, and cultural forms being designed, manufactured, and reconfigured as convergent media.

Various forms of mobile media have been imagined for sometime, and are now a reality: mobile Internet, new forms of mobile text, mobile music, mobile film and video, mobile games, mobile learning, mobile media for the workplace, videotelephony, and mobile television. This relatively short history of mobile telephony is concurrently marked by the shift of the role of users from consumers to active producers - and mobile media is being heralded as a new site for consumption, democratic expression, individualism, citizenship, and creativity.

In this international conference, held at the University of Sydney, Australia, 2-4 July 2007, we aim to comprehensively analyse and debate mobile media - exploring its emerging structures, features, practices, value chains, producers and audiences, delving into its social, cultural, aesthetic and commercial implications, and debating its futures.

The conference will feature leading scholars including Genevieve Bell (Intel), Stuart Cunningham (Queensland University of Technology), Shin Dong Kim (Hallym University), Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Undine), Leslie Haddon (LSE), Angel Lin (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Dong Hoo Lee (Incheon University), Rich Ling (Telenor), Shin Mizukoshi (University of Tokyo), Raul Pertierra (Ateneo de Manila and University of Philippines), Misa Matsuda (Chuo University) and Judy Wajcman (Australian National University).

We also invite papers on all aspects of mobile media, including, but certainly not restricted to:

* what does it mean to talk about mobiles as media? * how do we map and theorise the transformations underway with mobile platforms, applications, and networks? * mobile art * mobiles and photography * emerging cultural and narrative forms for mobiles (such as mobile films and videos) * intersections between mobiles and Internet technologies * wireless technologies and cultures * mobile television, radio, and other kinds of broadcasting * video calling and communications * sexuality, intimacy, and mobile media * mobile media and national or regional cultures * subcultures, minority cultures, majoritarian cultures, and mobile media * how do gender, sexuality, disability, socio-economics, cultural and linguistic contexts inflect cultural practices in the far-from-even-and-even terrain of mobiles? * mobile media and political economy * mobile gaming * what are the implications of mobile media for our concepts of culture, communication, and media * mobiles, community, and public sphere * mobile media, place and space * ramifications of mobile media for creative, cultural and media industries * challenges of mobile media for policy, regulation, and legislation.

Abstracts of 300 words are due by 10 September 2006 (please send copy of abstract to both organizers).

Acceptance advised by 20 September 2006, with full papers due by 15 January 2007.

All papers will be subject to masked peer review and published in the conference proceedings.

For further information, contact: Gerard Goggin, Media & Communications, University of Sydney,  (gerard.goggin@arts.usyd.edu.au); Larissa Hjorth, Games programs, RMIT University (larissa.hjorth@rmit.edu.au).

Conference website (from August 2006): www.mobilemedia2007.net

Digital Feminisms: Gender and New Technologies

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Volume 32.2Digital Feminisms:  Gender and New Technologies

The complexity of new technologies has altered the way we think about time, space and ourselves in the digital age. Whether it is business, media, entertainment, advocacy, art, education, social action, politics, paid and unpaid work, or a myriad of other sites of contention, the ability of new technology to converge with and transform past, present and future ways of interacting with the world in which we live has immense and wide-ranging implications.

Given this context, we are seeking contributions to a special issue of Atlantis focused on Gender and New Technologies. We invite submissions that contribute to an inquiry on how new technologies have informed gender's self expression and histories; affected gender, race and culture; influenced the representation of gender; and changed the way in which gender issues are viewed or pursued. In pursuit of a diverse and wide-ranging debate, the issue seeks contributions from a broad range of areas, including Women's Studies, Gender Studies, New Media, Cultural, Film and Communications Studies, History, Visual Arts, Computer Science and any other area relevant to the discussion. Given the complexities of new technologies, we wish to encourage submissions that think across geographical divides, histories and media, including (but not limited to) the Internet, digital arts, locative media, WiFi, aesthetic and narrative analysis, film, video, television, educational software/delivery, medical technologies, and visual and digital art.

Interdisciplinary approaches combining target areas are also welcomed.  Possible topics for this issue include, but are not limited to: * New technologies, gender and self * Gender and digital art * New technologies, gender and race * Gender and convergent technologies * New technologies, gender and media * Gender and the digital body * New technologies, gender and history * Gender and digital networking * New technologies, gender and environmentalism * Gender and discourses in computer science * New technologies, gender and social action * Gender and digital identities * Gender and issues of access to new technologies

All contributions should be accessible to an audience from many different backgrounds interested in participating in the creation and sharing of feminist knowledge. Atlantis articles are peer reviewed. They contribute to a publication that strives to meet the most significant academic and feminist expectations of our colleagues. Articles submitted for consideration must be no longer than 6000 words (including notes, references, appendices, etc.) and must be typed double-spaced. Please send submissions, in sextuplicate, addressed to Cecily Barrie at the Atlantis address below.

Information regarding the contributors' guidelines may be found at the web site (www.msvu.ca/atlantis), or by contacting the Atlantis office.

Please note: When an article is accepted for publication in Atlantis, we ask that the contributor subscribe to the journal for one year. Like many other journals, our fiscal base is vulnerable. Subscribers to Atlantis create the possibility for the dissemination of feminist knowledge in the form of peer reviewed articles, community voices, curriculum reflections and book reviews. As contributors of peer reviewed articles, their subscriptions will assist in keeping the journal in print and available to the larger community of feminist thinkers and doers. In exchange, they will receive both the spring and fall editions plus an extra copy of the edition carrying their article.

GUEST EDITORS:      Sheila Petty and Barbara Crow SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  February 1, 2007

Institute for the Study of Women / Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax NS Canada B3M 2J6 / tel: 902-457-6319 fax: 902-443-1352

Genomics in Perspective

The National Library of Medicine recently announced a great resource of lectures which speak to this title. Details and links below:

A lecture series presented by the National Library of Medicine

Program: May 2, 2006 May 9, 2006 May 16, 2006 June 6, 2006 June 13, 2006 June 20, 2006 Abstracts Videos of the lecturesNLM is pleased to announce Genomics in Perspective, a lecture series that presents historical and social science perspectives on genomics to an audience of scientists, physicians, policy makers, and the general public.

Genomics can be a confusing issue to the public. For some, it promises a radical and abrupt transformation in medical practice; others suggest that the new genetics has not and will not revolutionize the way common diseases are identified or prevented. Some welcome genomics as ushering in a golden age of new and more effective treatments, better diagnostic interventions, and more powerful means of biological investigation through bioinformatics, genetic analysis, measurement of gene expression, and determination of gene function. Others caution against over-optimism, and point to the importance of culture, society and history to an understanding of the complexity of interaction between biology, genes, and environment. The lectures in this series explore some of these issues from historical and social science perspectives. Together they seek to stimulate discussion of the social, historical, and cultural meanings and uses of genomics; to help to put genomics in perspective.

Each event will feature

• A lecture by a historian or social scientist
• A response by a physician or scientist
• A discussion period

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Program

Start time: All lectures will start at 4.00 pm. Location: Lister Hill auditorium, Building 38A, NIH Campus (directions below). Lecture: 45 minutes Response: 5-10 minutes Discussion: 30-45 minutes

May 2, 2006: Genes, Railroads and Regulation: Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
	Lecture: Professor Daniel Kevles, Yale University.
	Response: Claire T. Driscoll, M.S., Director, Technology Transfer Office, National Human Genome Research Institute.
	Lecture: Professor Dorothy Porter, University of California, San Francisco.
	Response: Brian Kimes, Ph.D., former Director, Office of Centers, Training and Resources (OCTR), National Cancer Institute.
	Lecture: Professor Rayna Rapp, New York University
	Response: Sharon F. Terry, M.A., President and C.E.O., Genetic Alliance, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 404, Washington, D.C.
	Lecture: Professor Susan Lindee, University of Pennsylvania.
	Response: Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D., Deputy Director, National Human Genome Research Institute.
	Lecture: Professor Stephen Hilgartner, Cornell University.
	Response: Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D., Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research, National Human Genome Research Institute.
	Lecture: Professor Troy Duster, New York University.
	Response: Vivian Ota Wang, Ph.D., Program Director, Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program, National Human Genome Research Institute, and Senior Advisor, Office of Behavioral & Social Sciences Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health.

The Lister Hill Center (Building 38A), part of the National Library of Medicine, is located near the intersection of Center and Medlars Drives on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Genomics in Perspective will take place in the Lister Hill Auditorium, on the first floor. The auditorium is also accessible via subway; Metro's "Medical Center" station, on the Red Line, is a short walk from the building's entrance. For directions, security information and other visitor information, please consult the Library's Web site at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/visitor.html

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