Center for Integration of Research on Genetics and Ethics

Research 2.0: Social Networking and Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Genomics has been published by CIRGE Scholars Sandra Lee and LaVera Crawley in the American Journal of Bioethics.

 

Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age, edited by CIRGE Scholar Sandra Lee along with Barbara Koenig and Sarah Richardson, received high praise in a recent Science book review.

 

"Biobanks, privacy, and the subpoena power" by CIRGE Scholar Teneille Brown, with Kelly Lowenberg, has been accepted for publication in the Stanford Journal of Science Policy and Law.

 

"Through A Scanner Darkly – functional neuroimaging as evidence of a criminal defendant’s past mental states" by CIRGE Scholar Teneille Brown, with Emily Murphy, has been accepted for publication in Volume 62 of the Stanford Law Review.

 

Please visit Active Areas of Research to find descriptions of current CIRGE projects including the newest endeavor, Judiciary Perspectives on the Genetics of Alcohol Use Disorders.

 

Distribution of Citizen Scientists with the accompanying facilitator guide and evaluation form will begin later this year. For more information and to request the film, please email CIRGE Program Manager Jennifer Ladd at jennladd@stanford.edu with your name, institution, mailing address and requested number of copies.

 

Biomedical scientists' perceptions of ethical and social implications: is there a role for research ethics consultation? by CIRGE Scholars Jennifer McCormick, Angie Boyce and Mildred Cho has been published online at PLoS ONE.

 

The "etiome": identification and clustering of human disease etiological factors by CIRGE Scholars Paul Wise and Atul Butte, with Yueyi Liu, has been published in BMC Bioinformatics.

 

Direct-to-consumer genetic tests: beyond medical regulation? by CIRGE Scholars David Magnus and Mildred Cho, with Robert Cook-Deegan, has been published in Genome Medicine.

 

Several presentations from the CIRGE 2006 Interpreting Complexity and 2008 Capturing Complexity Symposia are now featured on Nature Precedings as highlighted collections. Videos of the presentations are also linked from Nature Precedings to GoogleVideo.

 

The CIRGE Journal Club will resume at the start of academic year 2009-2010.

 

May 20, 2009
Research in a Post-Mendelian World: What is the Significance of the Limitations in Genome-Wide Association Studies?
Presented by Dr. David Magnus
Clark Center S363
10:30 - 11:30AM
Readings for this week's Journal Club can be found here

 

April 15, 2009
Trusting Your Gut:
Links Between Microbiome and Weight
Presented by Katie Shelef
Clark Center S363
10:30 - 11:30AM
Readings for this week's Journal Club can be found here

 

For more information about CIRGE events, please see Center Activities.

 

For more events, please see the SCBE events page.