eLife (May 2020)
Bioengineering horizon scan 2020
- Luke Kemp,
- Laura Adam,
- Christian R Boehm,
- Rainer Breitling,
- Rocco Casagrande,
- Malcolm Dando,
- Appolinaire Djikeng,
- Nicholas G Evans,
- Richard Hammond,
- Kelly Hills,
- Lauren A Holt,
- Todd Kuiken,
- Alemka Markotić,
- Piers Millett,
- Johnathan A Napier,
- Cassidy Nelson,
- Seán S ÓhÉigeartaigh,
- Anne Osbourn,
- Megan J Palmer,
- Nicola J Patron,
- Edward Perello,
- Wibool Piyawattanametha,
- Vanessa Restrepo-Schild,
- Clarissa Rios-Rojas,
- Catherine Rhodes,
- Anna Roessing,
- Deborah Scott,
- Philip Shapira,
- Christopher Simuntala,
- Robert DJ Smith,
- Lalitha S Sundaram,
- Eriko Takano,
- Gwyn Uttmark,
- Bonnie C Wintle,
- Nadia B Zahra,
- William J Sutherland
Affiliations
- Luke Kemp
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- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Laura Adam
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- Ebiosec, Inc, Seattle, United States
- Christian R Boehm
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- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Rainer Breitling
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Bioengineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Rocco Casagrande
- Gryphon Scientific, Takoma Park, United States
- Malcolm Dando
- Division of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
- Appolinaire Djikeng
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- Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Nicholas G Evans
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- Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, United States; Rogue Bioethics, Lowell, United States
- Richard Hammond
- Cambridge Consultants, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Kelly Hills
- Rogue Bioethics, Lowell, United States
- Lauren A Holt
- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Todd Kuiken
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- Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, United States
- Alemka Markotić
- University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia; Medical School, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
- Piers Millett
- Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; iGem Foundation, Boston, United States
- Johnathan A Napier
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- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
- Cassidy Nelson
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- Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Seán S ÓhÉigeartaigh
- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Anne Osbourn
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- John Innes Research Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Megan J Palmer
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- Center for International Security and Cooperation (CSIAC), Stanford University, Stanford, United States; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
- Nicola J Patron
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- The Earlham Institute, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Edward Perello
- Arkurity Ltd, London, United Kingdom
- Wibool Piyawattanametha
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand; Institute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States
- Vanessa Restrepo-Schild
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Clarissa Rios-Rojas
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- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Ekpa’Palek: Empowering Latin-American Young Professionals, Lima, Peru
- Catherine Rhodes
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- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Anna Roessing
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- Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
- Deborah Scott
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- Science, Technology & Innovation Studies, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Philip Shapira
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- Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; SYNBIOCHEM, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, United States
- Christopher Simuntala
- National Biosafety Authority, Lusaka, Zambia
- Robert DJ Smith
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- Science, Technology & Innovation Studies, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Lalitha S Sundaram
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- Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Eriko Takano
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Bioengineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Gwyn Uttmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
- Bonnie C Wintle
- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Nadia B Zahra
- Department of Biotechnology, Qarshi University, Lahore, Pakistan
- William J Sutherland
- Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54489
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9
Abstract
Horizon scanning is intended to identify the opportunities and threats associated with technological, regulatory and social change. In 2017 some of the present authors conducted a horizon scan for bioengineering (Wintle et al., 2017). Here we report the results of a new horizon scan that is based on inputs from a larger and more international group of 38 participants. The final list of 20 issues includes topics spanning from the political (the regulation of genomic data, increased philanthropic funding and malicious uses of neurochemicals) to the environmental (crops for changing climates and agricultural gene drives). The early identification of such issues is relevant to researchers, policy-makers and the wider public.
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