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    "event_id": 56,
    "archive": "2016-10-21 Life science lunch - CRISPR",
    "vortex": {
        "url": "http:\/\/www.ub.uio.no\/kurs-arrangement\/arrangementer\/ureal\/science-debate\/2016\/161021LILCrispr.html",
        "title": "Life Science Lunch: Gene editing with CRISPR - the technology, possibilities, use and ethical considerations. ",
        "location": "Realfagsbiblioteket, Vilhelm Bjerknes' hus",
        "date": "2016-10-21",
        "start_time": "2016-10-21T12:15:00+02:00",
        "end_time": null,
        "introduction": "What is CRISPR, and how can it be a game changer when it comes to gene editing in plants and animals, including humans? How do researchers use CRISPR to find better treatments for diseases? What ethical challenges are we facing with this new groundbreaking technology?\n",
        "text": "Bring your lunch and join, we serve tea and coffee!\\n\\nAbout Life Science Lunch\\n\\nThis series of seminars provides insight into what life sciences are and what topics the University of Oslo and its collaborators are working on within life sciences. You will meet both established top researchers and young talents that through different approaches are working to gain new insight to solve societal challenges related to health and the environment. The seminars are a collaboration between faculties and departments, the Student Parliament, the Science Library and UiO:Life Science.",
        "organizers": [
            "The Science Library",
            "UiO: Life science"
        ],
        "tags": [
            "Science Debate",
            "Livsvitenskap i lunsjen"
        ],
        "thumbnail": null
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            "title": "Life Science Lunch: Gene editing with CRISPR",
            "description": "PhD Sigrid Bratlie Thoresen, senior advisor, the Biotechnology Advisory Board:\n\nWhat is CRISPR, and how can it be a game changer when it comes to gene editing in plants and animals, including humans? How do researchers use CRISPR to find better treatments for diseases? What ethical challenges are we facing with this new groundbreaking technology?"
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    ],
    "primary_language": "en"
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