Boston Skeptics in the Pub - Dr. Larry Gilbertson

When:
Monday, Jun 22, 2015 7:00p -
9:00p

Where:
Hong Kong Restaurant
1238 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Date Idea, Food, Lectures & Conferences, Meetup, Social Good

Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1437371429917194/

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) tend to evoke very strong opinions. Some sing their praises. Others think they're the worst thing since...well, sliced bread doesn't work for this metaphor. Maybe genetically modified sliced bread? Suffice to say, some think they're downright evil.


This month, Boston Skeptics will host Dr. Larry Gilbertson (@shodida), a researcher in Monstanto's biotechnology organization in Cambridge. He will be speaking at this month's Skeptics in the Pub about the science of GMOs and the research at Monsanto Company. He will also answer questions collected via social media, as well as from the audience in the room. Leave a question for Dr. Gilbertson on our Facebook event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/1437371429917194/) or tweet them to Boston Skeptics member Mary Mangan (@mem_somerville).


Dr. Gilbertson joined Monsanto in 1995 as a post-doctoral researcher out of curiosity (and a bit of skepticism) about industrial career paths, and was won over within a week by the shared passion for science that he saw among his colleagues. He has worked on and led a variety of teams performing original research in plant transformation, gene expression, vector technology, and insect control, leading to 26 patents and breakthroughs that have enabled the advancement of the Biotechnology pipeline. He currently leads a Monsanto protein engineering team in Cambridge MA.


Dr. Gilbertson has been a Monsanto Science Fellow since 2004, and was recently recognized with the 2014 Monsanto Science and Technology Career Award.


Dr. Gilbertson is from the heart of the corn belt, Iowa, but rarely came close to corn plants until he joined Monsanto. He received a B.S. degree in Biology from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Oregon. He has taught graduate courses plant biology and genomics at the University of Missouri – St. Louis and at Washington University in St. Louis.


We will be meeting on the third floor of the Hong Kong Restaurant in Harvard Square, Cambridge. A few blocks down Mass Ave. (towards Central Sq. and Boston) from the Harvard Sq. T station, on the right.

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