#  Bios Talk: Brandon Ogbunu - The Rules of Genome Engineering: Lessons from History and Speculative Fiction 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 18, 2026** 

 01:30PM - 03:00PM EDT 

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 **Virtual**  



 

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C. Brandon Ogbunu is an Associate Professor (Tenure) in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is a computational biologist whose research investigates complex problems in epidemiology, genetics, and evolution and evolutionary biology. In addition, he runs a parallel research program at the intersection of science, society, and culture. In light of this, he is the founding director of the Yale Initiative for Science and Society. Brandon is currently an ideas columnist at*WIRED* and writes a column at *Undark* entitled “[Selective Pressure.](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://undark.org/group/selective-pressure/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2V0QFHYxgx_XsX2oJJFHzu)” He has written for a range of publications including *Scientific American*,*The Undefeated, The Atlantic*, the *Boston Review and* several other venues.



 

 



 

 

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