Browsing by Author "Vigar, Justin R.J."

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    6.1 Establishing the Global Network for Organisms and Multi-disciplinary Exchange (GNOME)
    (Rice University, 2025) Seah, Adeline; Flores, WariNkwi; Perez, Rolando; Palmer, Xavier-Lewis; Elcock, Leon; George, Dalton; Johnson, Alicia; Kiattisewee, Cholpisit Ice; Chappell, Callie R.; Vigar, Justin R.J.; Almeida, Catarina; Jannah, Roudlotul; Molla, Kutubuddin
    This entreaty focuses on the necessary elements to broaden and diversify engagement beyond the Spirit of Asilomar conference community through the creation of a Global Network for Organisms and Multi-disciplinary Exchange (GNOME). The network would build a broader coalition of expertise, experience, perspectives and cultural knowledge to decide on how to use biotechnology to address the biodiversity crisis, and foster collaborative decision-making on the ethical, legal, cultural, and social implications of emerging biotechnologies, especially engaging South-South and South-North stakeholders in connections. GNOME has three key goals - the first is to build and strengthen trust — the most important takeaway from the Spirit of Asilomar meeting — between communities, biotechnologists, conservationists, ecologists, ethicists, and other stakeholders, particularly with the Global South. The second goal is to foster the exchange of technical, cultural values, and local knowledge and perspectives to inform/evolve existing decision-making and operational frameworks for the use of biotech in conservation and the environment. Our final goal is to build responsible and accountable biotech innovation reaffirming local community values, priority needs, the right to withhold consent, self-determination, and the rights of nature. We invite you to join our efforts to design the network, its structure, governance and activities.
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    6.2 Accessible Biotech Education
    (Rice University, 2025) Kiattisewee, Cholpisit Ice; do Nascimento, Cibele Zolnier Sousa; Elcock, Leon B. III; Seah, Adeline; Mitra, Aishwarya Sparky; Neira, Diego Muñoz; Kato, Sebunya Emmanuel; Lindner, Ariel; Thaweechuen, Jirapat; Vigar, Justin R.J.; Kong, David
    This Entreaty is developed in response to the discussion in “Essential education for the Biotechnologists of 2075” as part of “Framing Biotechnology’s Future” theme at the Spirit of Asilomar conference. This session is the only technical session with “Education” keyword ties to the secession name with 1 hour budgeted time. Even though the topic appeared much less frequent in the program, conversations centered on education had been touched as much as other topics during the meeting.
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    6.7 NGL Entreaty on Access and Equity
    (Rice University, 2025) Sousa do Nascimento, Cibele Zolnier; Johnson, Alicia; Kato, Emma Sebunya; Vigar, Justin R.J.; Perez, Rolando; Kiattisewee, Cholpisit Ice; Molla, Kutubuddin
    At the Spirit of Asilomar Summit, conversations about biotechnology’s future took center stage. One of the most important discussions was on Access and Equity, under the "Framing Biotechnology’s Future" theme - focusing on the barriers, needs, and opportunities for making science more accessible, especially for researchers from resource limited or low and middle-income countries. The original Asilomar Conference balanced innovation with responsibility, but failed to address equity. The 'Spirit of Asilomar' organizers were able to address that and position entreaties as a corrective to that oversight. As young leaders in biotech, we wanted to bring our experiences to the table - sharing the initiatives we’ve worked on, the challenges we’ve faced, and the opportunities we see to build a more inclusive and equitable field.