MoBE: Societal and Ethical Implications of
Microbiome Engineering in Built Environments

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MoBE Workshop Resources

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Session 1: Opening and the State of MoBE Science and Engineering

23:02 Jennifer Kuzma: Welcome and Introductions

28:03 Rob Dunn: The Future of the Household Microbiome, A Comparative Perspective

41:48 Claudia Gunsch: State of MoBE Science and Engineering

1:00:00 Q&A with Panelists

Session 2: Social Equity and MoBE

1:11:36 Amber Benezra: The Social Microbiome: What equity and transdisciplinary collaboration has to do with microbes

1:35:13 Andrew Hardwick: Ghost Variables in the Built Environment

1:52:09 Davida Smyth: CUREing your teaching with microbiome

2:06:23 Q&A with Panelists

Session 3: Bioethics and MoBE: Privacy, Consent, Ownership

3:06:25 Carter Clinton: From Soil to Society: Ethical Considerations of Microbiome Research in Historical African American Burial Sites

3:23:41 David Resnik: Thinking about the risks of engineering the microbiome in the built environment

3:40:05 Nicolae Morar: Bioethical challenges regarding microbiome engineering

4:07:54 Q&A with Panelists

Session 4: Risk Governance and MoBE

5:13:20 Megan Lott: Quantitative microbial risk assessment: applications in the built environment

5:27:59 Chris Wozniak: Regulation of novel engineered microbes into the environment

5:53:43 Kieran O'Doherty: Microbiome Stewardship: Responsible Governance of Microbial Ecologies

6:12:34 Q&A with Panelists

Session 5: Public Perception and Engagement with Communities

6:44:00 Christopher Cummings and 6:57:10 Kristen Landreville: Taking the temperature of US public opinion on microbiome engineering

7:03:28 Erika Szymanski: How is a microbiome?

7:24:54 Pajau Vangay: Community-engaged human microbiome research with underserved communities

7:41:41 Q&A with Panelists

Session 6: Reflections and Closing

8:02:19 Joseph L. Graves, Jr.: Racial Misconceptions and MoBE