Topics

• Biosecurity (including DFG/Leopoldina Codex for responsible research)
• Biosafety regulations (CRISPR/Cas, gene drive and mutagenesis) including norms of German and European laws
• Ethical principles in biosciences (e.g. the comment about synthetic biology from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues)
• Discussing the big picture, using ‘Re-Genesis’ from George Church as an example (human enhancement, intervention of the human germline)
• Neuroethics: emerging neurotechnologies, particularly brain organoids, and the ethical challenges

Lectures

• Prof. Silja Vöneky (Institut für Öffentliches Recht)
• PD. Dr. Jochen Boldt (Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin)
• Dr. Philipp Kellmeyer (Neuroethics and AI Ethics Lab, Universitätsklinik Freiburg)

Dates:

• Monday, 05.07., 14:00-16:00: Ms. Vöneky
• Wednesday, 07.07., 09:00-11:00: Mr. Boldt
• Friday, 09.07., 09:00-11:00: Mr. Kellmeyer

Course language: English

Location: online via Zoom

If you want to participate in the workshop (or for any question about the course), please send a request to: andreas.eizinger@sgbm.uni-freiburg.de

If you have in parts participated in the first workshop, you can now complete your participation to receive the certificate. Please get in contact with Andreas Eizinger.

Please send your request as soon as possible. You will get the information about the login about a week before the first session.