James watson recollects his feelings about the asilomar meeting. Initial feelings on asilomar meeting, james watson cshl dna. The asilomar conference on recombinant dna was an influential conference organized by paul berg to discuss the potential biohazards and regulation of. The asilomar conference on recombinant dna was an influential conference organized by paul berg to discuss the potential biohazards and regulation of biotechnology, held in february 1975 at a conference center at asilomar state beach. Berkeley and18 years with the contra costa water district including the last 11 as its water resources manager. The phrase refers to a meeting of molecular biologists that was held at the asilomar conference center in pacific grove, california, in 1975. Career achievement award in recognition of his significant contributions during his 38 years in the water resources field, including eight years a an assistant professor of civil engineering at u. Roberts explained during the lindau nobel laureate meeting, the asilomar conference was promoted by young scientists of the. The international congress on recombinant dna molecules, held in 1975 at the asilomar conference center in pacific grove, california, broke new ground. Lewis still remembers bergs admission that some of the asilo,ar he had talked to felt that there was some line in the process of manipulating the genome that should not. I remember the asilomar conference as an event both exciting and confusing. Pdf on jan 1, 2006, sheldon krimsky and others published from asilomar to industrial biotechnology. Genetic engineering represents a safe approach for innovations. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 855k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page.
Asilomar state beach, a state park unit on the monterey peninsula in california. Nowadays it is known the general controversy about possible adverse effects of free global proliferation of the genetically modified organisms. Conference on recombinant dna molecules published in science on june 6, 1975. Exciting because of the scale of the scientific adventure.
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