Anticipatory Workshop on Nano-Biosensors in the Agrifood Sector

农业食品领域纳米生物传感器预期研讨会

• 批准号: 1055542
• 负责人: Paul Thompson
• 金额: $ 5.04万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1055542&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Anticipatory; Workshop; Nano; Biosensors; Agrifood

Biosensors are one of the potentially transformative applications of nanotechnology. One of the promising application areas is in the agrifood sector, where biosensors could be used for the tracking and monitoring of potentially diseased animals. This proposal is for a workshop to convene multiple critical stakeholders to investigate the ethical and social issues involved in the deployment of biosensors in this domain.The workshop is conceived as a networking process that will generate and incorporate new interactions and ideas before, during, and after the workshop event. In so doing, the project creates some of the possible conditions for an anticipatory community of practice that is built around discussions of social and ethical issues. Such a community does not presently exist in responnse to the agrifood applications of nano-biosensors.Broader Impacts: A key outcome will be the beginning of a network map of the supply-chain within which nano-biosensors will be integrated. The information will be used for the development of larger stakeholder workshops that include up to 20-30 participants, and that can generate data on the social and ethical issues. The information will also improve further anticipatory governance activities for non-expert citizens like science cafes and consensus conferences, not just on agrifood, but nanotechnology more generally. For example, some of the ideas on social and ethical issues could be used by rganizers of these activities as the basis for discussion between citizens and experts, and as background material for preparing participants to discuss nanotechnology.

生物传感器是纳米技术的潜在变革性应用之一。有前途的应用领域之一是在农业领域，可以将生物传感器用于跟踪和监测潜在的病态动物。该建议是为了召集多个关键利益相关者的研讨会，以调查在该领域部署生物传感器所涉及的道德和社会问题。该研讨会被视为一个网络过程，将在研讨会活动发生之前，之中和之后产生并结合新的互动和思想。通过这样做，该项目为预期的实践社区创造了一些可能的条件，这是围绕社会和道德问题的讨论而建立的。目前，这种社区不存在于纳米生物传感器的农业应用程序中。Boader的影响：关键结果将是将纳米生物传动器集成的供应链网络图的开始。该信息将用于开发更大的利益相关者研讨会，其中包括多达20-30名参与者，并可以生成有关社会和道德问题的数据。这些信息还将改善科学咖啡馆和共识会议等非专业公民的进一步预期治理活动，不仅在农民方面，而且更广泛地纳米技术。例如，关于这些活动的一些关于社会和道德问题的思想可以用作公民与专家之间讨论的基础，以及为参与者准备讨论纳米技术的背景材料。