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

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/
Lecture series: 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


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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.