Reading Room  
     
 
Keynote Speakers Abstracts
 
     
 
name:
 
Amalia Bosia
country:
 
Italy
institution:
 
University of Turin
title:
 
Risks and benefits from biotechnology for health
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Elena Cattaneo
country:
 
Italy
institution:
 
Centre for Stem Cell Research and Department of Pharmacological Science, University of Milano
title:
 
Women in science: advanced juggling techniques
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Giovanna Di Chiro
country:
 
USA
institution:
 
Earth and Environment Department - Mount Holyoke College
title:
 
Seeking the New Biotechnological Fix: Toxicogenomics Research and Environmental Justice Policy in the United States
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Barbara Duden
country:
 
Germany
institution:
 
University of Hannover
title:
 
"Pop-Genes" - the symbolic effects of the release of "genes" into ordinary speech
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Sarah Franklin
country:
 
UK
institution:
 
BIOS Istitute London School of Economics
title:
 
Transbiology: the cyborg embryo and feminist politics
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Elena Gagliasso Luoni
country:
 
Italy
institution:
 
Facoltà di Filosofia, La Sapienza, Università di Roma
title:
 
Dividual beings and neoteny
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Nancy Hawkins
country:
 
Canada
institution:
 
Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry Simon Fraser University
title:
 
Women in Academia; perspectives from Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Marsha Tyson Darling
country:
 
USA
institution:
 
ADELPHI UNIVERSITY
title:
 
Gender and Justice in the Gene Age: The Challenge of Reproductive and Genetic Biotechnologies
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
María Julia Oliva
country:
 
institution:
 
UNCTAD Bio Trade Initiative
title:
 
Trade, intellectual property and agricultural biotechnology: Key links and considerations from a sustainable development perspective
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Qamar Rahman
country:
 
India
institution:
 
Integral University, Lucknow
title:
 
Designed nanoparticles: boon or bane for human life
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Teresa Rees
country:
 
UK
institution:
 
School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales
title:
 
Women’s careers in academic and industrial research
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Elettra Ronchi
country:
 
institution:
 
OE CD
title:
 
Seeking a Seat at the Policy Table: Engaging Women in Biotechnology Policy and Decision-Making
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Suman Sahai
country:
 
India
institution:
 
Gene Campaign
title:
 

Biotech innovations impacting family food systems in rural areas
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Silja Samerski
country:
 
Germany
institution:
 
Faculty of Sociology University of Hannover
title:
 
The Release of Genetic Terms. About the disabling effects of education in genetic literacy
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
Submitted Abstracts
 
     
 
1. Women scientists in biotechnological research
 
     
 
name:
 
Klea Faniko
country:
 
Switzerland
institution:
 
Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l’éducation (FPSE), University of Geneve
title:
 
Are affirmative actions plans in favor of women in Albania a right way to decrease gender bias?
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Georgina Kosturkova
country:
 
Bulgaria
institution:
 
Department of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Genetics,  Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
title:
 
Women's contribution to plant biotechnology in the istitute of genetics, Bulgarian Academy of sciences
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Agnes Nemeny
country:
 
Romania
institution:
 
Faculty of Sociology and Social work Department of sociology, University Babes-Bolyai
title:
 
Systematic Lack Women in science and in higher education in Romania
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Taran Nataliya
country:
 
Ukraine
institution:
 
Plant Physiology  &  Ecology Department, Taras Shevchenko National University
title:
 
Impact of environmental factors on deschampsia antarctica desv one of native vascula plant species...
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
2. Bodies cultures scientific metaphors
 
     
 
name:
 
Trish Adams
country:
 
Australia
institution:
 
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia
title:
 
Something Quite “Other” ’: the ‘machina carnis’ art/science collaborative project
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Catherine Fargher
country:
 
Australia
institution:
 
Creative Arts Department, Wollongong University
title:
 
Laboratory and Biotechnology as Metaphor in Hybrid Arts Practice
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Silvia Gherardi + Manuela Perrotta
country:
 
Italy
institution:
 
Dept. of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento
title:
 
The organizational construction of the body in the assisted reproductive technologies
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Katherine Harrison
country:
 
UK
institution:
 
Birkbeck, University of London
title:
 
What's in a name? The importance of nomenclature in biotechnology
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Birgit Pretzsch
country:
 
Germany
institution:
 
University Koblenz-Landau, Dept. of Foreign Languages
title:
 
Exploring Cyborgian questions – biotechnology, subjectivity and gender.
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Nikole Pruckermayr
country:
 
Austria
institution:
 
Institute of Contemporary Art, Technical University, Gratz
title:
 
The skin, sex gender and sex
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Vija Sile
country:
 
Latvia
institution:
 
Faculty of History and Philosophy, Riga Stradins University, Latvia.
title:
 
Body and Social Constructionism
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Ruby Sircar
country:
 
Austria
institution:
 
Institute for Contemporary Art, Department of Architecture, Graz University of Technology
title:
 
Transformation, transbeing and entrancing
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Kristin Spilker and Merete Lie
country:
 
Austria
institution:
 
Dept. of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
title:
 
Gender and bioethics intertwined: egg donation within the context of equal opportunity
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
3. Environmental effects of biotechnologies
 
     
 
name:
 
Katalin Bartok
country:
 
Romania
institution:
 
Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Babe?-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology-Geology
title:
 
Biodiversity of Romania - stressed by the transgenic cultures?
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Galina Ivanova
country:
 
Hungary
institution:
 
Department of Biotechnology, University of Szeged
title:
 
The contribution of soil biodiversity to diesel degradation
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Ágnes Oláh, Zsuposné
country:
 
Hungary
institution:
 
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agrochemistry and Soil Sciences, University of Debrecen
title:
 
Measurement of biological activity in different soil environment in Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Oksana V. Sytar
country:
 
Ukraine
institution:
 
Biology Faculty, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
title:
 
Coltivazione di soya e riscaldamento globale
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Susanne Uusitalo
country:
 
Finland
institution:
 
Department of Philosophy, University of Turku
title:
 
Affective implications of GM food on social and individual integrity:an ethical approach
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
4. Facing impact society and biotechnologies
 
     
 
name:
 
Fabienne Crettaz von Roten + Elvita Alvarez
country:
 
Switzerland
institution:
 
University of Lausanne University of Geneva
title:
 
Women’s perceptions of biotechnologies: the case of genetically modified foods
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Erzsébet Németh
country:
 
Hungary
institution:
 
Institute of Behavioural Sciences Semmelweis University
title:
 
Gender differences in competitive situation
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Anca Gheaus
country:
 
Belgium
institution:
 
Université Catholique de Louvain
title:
 
"Choosing one's future children: How would we read the message?"
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Lucia Martinelli and Floriana Marin
country:
 
Italy
institution:
 
Genetics and Molecular Biology Department, IASMA Research Center
title:
 
An holistic approach to face the plant gene transfer technique: from laboratory to society
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Nancy Mauro
country:
 
Netherlands
institution:
 
Institute for Networked Cultures [INC] Amsterdam
title:
 
embodiment & *nix modus operandi
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Signe Mezinska
country:
 
Latvia
institution:
 
Department of Humanities, Riga Stradins University
title:
 
Bioethical discourse in Latvia: women’s voices, women’s interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Branca Nikolic
country:
 
Serbia
institution:
 
Medical Faculty –Cathedra for Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Belgrade
title:
 
Role of open discussion about possibilities and usefulness of collecting and preserving  cord blood...
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Alexandra Plows
country:
 
UK
institution:
 
ESRC centre CESAGen  (Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics), Cardiff University 
title:
 
Egg Donation in the UK; Tracing Emergent Networks of Feminist Engagement
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 
Christina Rodhes
country:
 
UK
institution:
 
Bradford Disarmament Research Centre, Manchester
title:
 
International power inequalities in the consenquences and control of the biotechnology revolution
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 

Sylvia Tomova
country:
 
Bulgary
institution:
 
Medical University of Sofia
title:
 
Regualtions in the field of science and biotechnology according bulgarian legislation, gender aspect
 
 
 
 
 
 
name:
 

Judit Acsády + Zoltán Ferencz + Anna Vári

country:
 
Hungary
institution:
 
Sociology Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Science Budapest
title:
 

"Perception and attitudes towards biotechnology in Hungary"