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2022/03/28 Mon 17:30 - Lecture: Creative GMOs Lucas Evers 横川5分遅刻

GMO Basics

Knocking out genes
– Squid that only shows certain colors?

Artwork related to GMO

Mayumi Sakai
https://pandavsky.github.io

CRISPR bestiary(動物寓意譚)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8B%95%E7%89%A9%E5%AF%93%E6%84%8F%E8%AD%9A

There’s a lot of art, but very little concrete application in actual science, and image searches turn up only abstract images.
ex) GMO tomatoes
https://sanatech-seed.com/en/20201211-2-2/
https://p-e-s.co.jp/tomato/high-gaba-tomatoes-monitor/

Because no DNA was inserted - only removed - they are in Japan not considered GMO.

ref:

Cobalt 60 BBQ Sauce Centre for Genomic Gastronomy
http://genomicgastronomy.com/work/2013-2/cobalt-60-sauce/

Edward Steichen’s Delphinium
https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2011/03/08/edward-steichen-archive-delphiniums-blue-and-white-and-pink-too/

CRISPR PIG
https://www.newsweekjapan.jp/stories/world/2018/06/post-10446.php

CRISPR Done for You
https://www.synthego.com/cells

Eduardo Kac, Genesis Alba
https://www.ekac.org/newformations.html

Jiankui He
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Jiankui
https://www.science.org/content/article/creator-crispr-babies-nears-release-prison-where-does-embryo-editing-stand

Artificail womb
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-50056405

Guy Ben-Ari Cellf
http://guybenary.com/work/cellf/

Modified paradise Sputniko
https://lexus.jp/international/brand/intersect/tokyo/garage/modified-paradise.html

Pauline Jehannet EELRIG

Olga Kisseleva Eden(Siberian elm)
https://russianartfocus.com/issue27/olga-kisseleva-deciphering-the-talk-of-trees/

Confronting vegetal otherness, Spela Petric
https://www.spelapetric.org/strange-encounters

Errorarium Adam Zaretsky
https://waag.org/en/article/errorarium-van-adam-zaretsky

Adriana Knouf TX-1
https://zeitkunst.org/projects/tx-1

やくしまるえつこ わたしは人類
https://yakushimaruetsuko.com/archives/2602

Charlotte Jarvis, Blighted by kenning
https://cjarvis.com/blighted-by-kenning/

Orange pheasant, Adam Zaretsky
https://waag.org/en/article/artwork-adam-zaretsky-causes-embarrassment-ministry

Female semen, Charlotte Javis
https://www.interaliamag.org/articles/charlotte-jarvis-in-posse-making-female-sperm/
※This work is not CRISPR but iPS

C-Lab (Laura Cinti, Howard Boland) Human hair cactus
http://www.lesmutants.com/cintiVO.htm
※It was speculative, before speculative… ca 2000 (by Georg-san)

The ODIN
https://www.the-odin.com/science-kits-classes/
※The kit itself is not illegal, it depends where you perform it. If you have a BSL1 lab it’s ok. If you do it in your kitchen, then not.

20:30 - 21:30 GMO Basics, Kas Houthuijs, Global Zoom

Explanation of Central Dogma

Conventional Breeding

  • Natural Variation in Species
  • Artificial Selection Pressure
  • Takes time
  • Speed up by radiation

vs

Genetic modification

  • Variation all over the Tree of Life
  • Results in the next Generation
  • Potentially very Impactful
  • Strong regulations

Even if there is a process of mutating genes using chemicals or radiation, if the manipulation is done through natural crossbreeding, it is not called GMO.

The backlash against GMOs is mainly due to the Monsanto.
The seed industry and labs don’t like to mention GMOs too much because of public perception.

But GMOs have produced a variety of benefits, like GFP to study neuronal distribution and attempts to regenerate soil by promoting plant root growth.

・Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

DIY Genetic Modification: Plasmid DNA
(There are other methods of genetic manipulation.)

ref:

David Goodwill
https://ccsb.scripps.edu/goodsell/

Gael McGill
https://gaelmcgill.artstation.com/projects/Pm0JL1

EU Legislation on GMOs
https://ec.europa.eu/food/plants/genetically-modified-organisms/gmo-legislation_en

Flavr Savr
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavr_Savr

Database of fluorescent proteins:
https://www.fpbase.org

Written on March 28, 2022