Zack Abbott, ZBiotics

    Stephanie Batalis, Georgetown University

    Kirsten Benjamin, Pivot Bio

    Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Science Writer

    Alejandro Camacho, UC Irvine

    Luis Campos, Rice University

    Yonatan Chemla, MIT

    Tammy Collins, Burroughs Wellcome Fund

    Gözde Demirer, Caltech

    Steven Evans, BioMADE

    Bruce Hay, Caltech

    Subray Hegde, USDA

    Kelly Hill, Corteva Agrisciences

    Andrea Hodgson, Schmidt Sciences

    Eric Huang, Corteva Agrisciences

    Natalie Hubbard, Pivot Bio

 

Workshop Participants

   Workshop Organizers:

   John Marken, Caltech

   Mary Maxon, Schmidt Sciences

  Richard Murray, Caltech

  

Workshop Participants:

   

Genetically engineered microbes have the potential to transform almost every aspect of human society, from sustainability to manufacturing to human health. However, many of these applications would involve the deployment of engineered microbes into the external environment – a proposition that carries many potential risks alongside its many benefits.


This workshop brings together leading representatives from regulatory agencies, industrial biotechnology, and academic science to identify the current status of the technological and regulatory landscapes governing engineered microbial technologies, and to assess how these two landscapes can best interface with each other to promote the safe and effective development and deployment of future microbial biotechnologies.

Pathways Towards the Safe and Effective Deployment of Engineered Microbial Technologies

A symposium hosted by the Caltech Center for Science, Society, and Public Policy and the Resnick Sustainability Institute


February 27-28, 2024 

California Institute of Technology

Smruthi Karthikeyan, Caltech

Jennifer Martiny, UC Irvine

    Keith Matthews, Wiley Rein LLP

    Mike Mendehlson, EPA

    Matthew Pava, DARPA

    Larisa Rudenko, MIT / BioPolicy Solutions

    Bentley Shuster, ZBiotics

    Vincent Sewalt, International Flavors and Fragrances

    Wiebke Striegel, EPA

    Yumin Tao, Living Carbon

    Christopher Voigt, MIT

    Jared Westbrook, American Chestnut Foundation

    Christopher Wozniak, Wozniak Biopesticide Consulting

    Felicia Wu, Michigan State University

    Yasuo Yoshikuni, DOE Joint Genome Institute

    Laurie Zoloth, University of Chicago