GMOs!

How are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) made? Are they safe to eat? Molly heads to the Van Eck Lab at the Boyce Thompson Institute to find out! If you’d like to know more about Joyce’s research: https://btiscience.org/explore-bti/di... This episode was brought to you by: The American Society of Plant Biologists http://www.aspb.org The Boyce Thompson Institute https://btiscience.org/ The European Society for Evolutionary Biology http://www.eseb.org Stay in touch with Science IRL:   / science_irl     / science_irl     / scienceirl   If you’d like to know more about GMOs, here is some great further reading/watching/listening! (Many thanks to the wonderful humans of science twitter for contributing to this list!!) Online resources (government reports, university science communication initiatives, science literacy advocacy groups, etc): Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects, report in brief The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine https://www.nap.edu/resource/23395/GE... US Food & Drug Administration “Q&A on foods from genetically engineered plants” https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredientsp... GMOs and Our Food Science in the News, Harvard University http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/signal-to... Embracing GMO Science Cornell University Alliance for Science http://allianceforscience.cornell.edu... GMO FAQ (how it works, safety, labeling, environmental impacts) Genetic Literacy Project https://gmo.geneticliteracyproject.org/ Making Sense of GM Sense About Science http://senseaboutscience.org/wp-conte... Primary Literature: List of published research articles (primary literature) on GMO technology & safety Biology Fortified https://www.biofortified.org/genera/s... Audiovisual: Plant Transformation University of Nebraska, Lincoln https://vimeo.com/82024247 Food Evolution Movie https://www.foodevolutionmovie.com/ License to Farm Documentary http://licensetofarm.com/ Talking Biotech Podcast Kevin Folta http://www.talkingbiotechpodcast.com/ Books: Mendel in the Kitchen: A scientist’s view of genetically modified foods Nancy Marie Brown https://www.amazon.com/Mendel-Kitchen... Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food Pamela C. Ronald https://www.amazon.com/Tomorrows-Tabl... This list of resources not enough? Here are some excellent additional lists of resources! https://camiryan.com/other-interestin... https://doccamiryan.files.wordpress.c... http://parrottlab.uga.edu/parrottlab/...