Tue 17 Nov · 6:30pm
Rob Roy Hotel · Adelaide
a gene-editing lecture over drinks and dinner at the Rob Roy
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Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.
This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.
Event Schedule:
6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open
7pm Lecture Starts
7.45pm Q&A
8pm Talk Concludes
8.30pm Event Closes.
*Please arrive close to 6.30pm
A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.
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Cut It Out! Gene Editing, Medicine, and the Future of Biology
What if we could fix a disease-causing gene, engineer immune cells to kill cancer, or grow crops that can better withstand drought and disease?
Gene editing has moved rapidly from a laboratory tool to one of the most powerful technologies shaping modern medicine and biology. Tools like CRISPR have changed what is possible: not just reading DNA, but rewriting it. But turning that idea into a safe, effective treatment - or a real-world application - is far more complicated than simply “cutting and pasting” genes.
In this talk, Dr Ashleigh Geiger will explain how gene editing works, why CRISPR changed the field so dramatically, and what it takes to turn a molecular tool into a therapy. Drawing on examples from medicine, biotechnology, agriculture, and food production, the talk will explore both the promise and the practical challenges of…
Quick answers
When is Cut It Out! Gene Editing, Medicine, and the Future of Biology?
Tue 17 Nov 2026, 6:30pm.
Where is it?
Rob Roy Hotel, Adelaide, SA.
How much are tickets?
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