Dr. Gregory Stock believes we are at a defining moment in human evolution. A
thousand years from now our descendants will point to this time, with its
critical breakthroughs in computers, genetics and space travel, as one of the
key transitions in the long history of life. Dr. Stock has explored the larger
evolutionary significance of humanity's recent technological progress for many
years, examining the subject at length in his book The Merging of Humans and
Machines into a Global Superorganism.
A recognized expert on the larger implications of today's revolution in the
Life Sciences, Dr. Stock convened the first major public conference to discuss
our potential to select the genes we pass to our children. This symposium drew
international attention and opened up a wide public debate on the hitherto
taboo topic. He has also convened landmark conferences on genomic testing and
anti-aging medicine.
Dr. Stock has published research papers on topics ranging from developmental
biology and limb regeneration to laser light scattering, and is on the
editorial board of the American Journal of Bioethics, the International Journal
of Bioethics, and the Journal of Evolution and Technology. He makes frequent
appearances on radio and television, including NPR, CNN, PBS, Bloomberg, and
the BBC, speaks regularly to business, government, and academic audiences, has
debated biotech policy with Jeremy Rifkin, Leon Kass, Francis Fukuyama, Bill
McKibben, George Annas and other prominent voices who would rein in biomedical
research, and recently he hosted a television special on key figures in today's
biotech revolution.
Dr. Stock received a Ph.D. in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University and an
MBA from Harvard Business School. Currently the President and CEO of Signum
Biosciences, a company he co-founded in 2002, he is developing therapeutics for
Alzheimer's. He is also visiting at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, where he
is exploring new regulatory possibilities for the pharmaceutical industry.
Each program is individually tailored. Some examples:
Biotechnology And The Future Of Medicine And Healthcare
Unraveling The Workings Of Life - Implications For Industry, Society And The
Human Future
Bio-technology, Bio-innovation, Bio-ethics
Infotech Meets Biotech: A Revolution In The Making
Our Biotech Future.
