"CRISPR-Cas: From superfoods to designer babies" - Road show kick-off event.

CRISPR-Whisper is a science communication project for the priority program "Much more than defense: the many different functions of the CRISPR-Cas system" (SPP 2141) of the German Research Foundation (DFG). Online blog and events are organized by the Science Bridge e.V. association at the University of Kassel, which has been offering student and citizen lab courses for more than 20 years. The road show will kick off with a lecture evening on February 8, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at the Kulturbahnhof Kassel. Dr. Lennart Randau from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg will introduce the topic of "CRISPR-Cas gene scissors" and give an insight into his current research work. Afterwards, comic artist Lukas Kummer from Kassel will look at the topic from an artistic perspective and put his questions to the researcher. In the foyer, a small exhibition will accompany the lecture and discussion. There will also be the opportunity to talk to both the scientist and the artist that evening.

"We at Science Bridge want to build bridges between science and society," explains Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nellen, initiator of the project, "we involve artists in our work who act as translators, so to speak." Lukas Kummer describes his role this way: "Our task primarily involves mediating between molecular biologists and ordinary people."

Admission from 6:30 pm.

More info on the project at: https://crispr-whisper.de/