8 May
2025
8 May
'25
9:09 a.m.
Dear all
The Vienna Animal Studies Group (VAS) is delighted to announce the upcoming talk
Genetic Pain Surgery with Molecular Scissors? Animal Disenhancement in the Context of
Genome Editing
from Dr Samuel Camenzind
Date: 14 May 2025, 17:00 – 19:00, NIG, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, Austria (room 2H)
Dr Samuel Camenzind’s lecture will address the current state of research on the breeding
of pain-free animals. It will explore biotechnological, philosophical, and ethical issues
that have not received sufficient attention in the current debate on GPD.
Please register here: https://www.viennaanimalstudies.com/event-list
<https://www.viennaanimalstudies.com/event-list>
Looking forward to seeing you at the talk!
Best, Samuel
Upcoming VAS talks:
11 June 2025, Dr Carlo Salzani From Zoopticon to Democratic Spectacle: Foucault Goes to
the (Schönbrunn) Zoo” by (Neues Institutsgebäude, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien,
17:00-19:00)
Homepage: https://www.viennaanimalstudies.com/
<https://www.viennaanimalstudies.com/>
Lecture series: https://www.viennaanimalstudies.com/event-list
<https://www.viennaanimalstudies.com/event-list>
Samuel Camenzind, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
APART-GSK Fellow (ÖAW)
Department of Philosophy
University of Vienna
Sensengasse 8, 1090 Vienna
www.samuelcamenzind.com
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Recently published:
Camenzind, S.: Xenotransplantation in the Age of Genome Editing: Results From the Expert
Report for the Federal Ethics Committee on Nonhuman Biotechnology With a Special Focus on
Animal Ethics.
In: Xenotransplantation vol 31, nr. 6, 2024.
Open access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13993089