Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to announce details of the 2016 Fred Sanger Lecture, which will take place on Mon 3rd October 2016, 6.30pm in the Henry Wellcome auditorium, Wellcome Collection, London.

The lecture will be given by Steven Sturdy, Professor of the Sociology of Medical Knowledge, University of Edinburgh.

Details:

Genomic data: public, private or ‘common’? A historical perspective

The growth of genomics has involved recurring disputes over whether genomic data should be treated as a public, private or common good. But what is at stake in those disputes? Who benefits from different forms of ownership of genomic data?

This lecture will examine how and why the boundaries between public and private ownership of genomic data have shifted over the past forty years, including the changing justifications that have been put forward for different forms of ownership. In so doing, it will highlight changes that have taken place in the social organisation and justification of biomedical research more generally.

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Free tickets for the lecture are now available to book from the Wellcome Collection website:

https://wellcomecollection.org/events/genomic-data-public-private-or-%E2%80%98common%E2%80%99-historical-perspective

With best wishes,

Ross

Ross MacFarlane

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