#  "What is Life? The Science and Ethics of Making New Life in the Laboratory" 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 30, 2014** 

 04:00PM - 05:15PM EDT 

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 **The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, Radcliffe Yard, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

**Registration is required. Please [**register here**](http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2014-radcliffe-day).   
 How has knowledge of the human genome transformed the biological sciences? How should we assess the promises, perils, and ethics of creating new organisms in the laboratory?

**Eric S. Lander** (moderator), president and founding director, Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); professor of biology, MIT; and professor of systems biology, Harvard Medical School

**I. Glenn Cohen** JD ’03, RI ’13, professor of law and codirector, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Harvard Law School

**Linda Griffith** ’RI 11, professor of biological and mechanical engineering and director, Center for Gynepathology Research, MIT

**David Liu** ’94, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, Harvard University; senior associate member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

**Pamela Silver** RI ’12, professor of systems biology, Harvard Medical School; founding core faculty member, Wyss Institute, Harvard University  
   
 For more information about this panel and other Radcliffe Day activities, please visit <http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2014-radcliffe-day>.  
   
 The **Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study** at Harvard University is dedicated to creating and sharing transformative ideas across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. The Fellowship Program annually supports the work of 50 leading artists and scholars. Academic Ventures fosters collaborative research projects and sponsors lectures and conferences that engage scholars with the public. The Schlesinger Library documents the lives of American women of the past and present for the future, furthering the Institute’s commitment to women, gender, and society. Learn more about the people and programs of the Radcliffe Institute at [www.radcliffe.harvard.edu](http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/).



 

 



 

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