Synthetic biology: great expectations and great responsibilities

Organised by Professor Brigitte Nerlich as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, this panel debate will be chaired by the scientist and broadcaster Adam Rutherford, author of the book ‘Creation: How science is reinventing life itself’ (2013) and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s flagship science programme, ‘Inside Science’.

Tags: Adam Rutherford, Andrew Balmer, biology, Brigitte Nerlich, ESRC, ESRC Festival of Social Science, Hilary Sutcliffe, Klaus Winzer, Matter for All, Responsible Research and Innovation, synthetic biology

Profile: Professor Brigitte Nerlich

n the first of a series of profiles of academic staff across the University, Brigitte Nerlich, Professor of Science, Language and Society in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, tells Tara de Cozar about her life and work

Appears in Issue 66

Tags: Athene Donald, Brigitte Nerlich, Emerging Technologies and Society, Nottingham Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Centre, Professor of Science Language and Society, Professor of Soft Matter and Biological Physics