Color transparency of the grounds at Asilomar

2025-01-29T15:24:15-05:00

Color transparency of the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California.

The Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA, held in 1975, was an influential conference organized by Paul Berg (1926-2023) discussing the potential biohazards and regulation of biotechnology. The Asilomar conference was a milestone in the history of science, marking the beginning of attempts to study the social implications of scientific progress and to mitigate against negative social impact. Change to: Color transparency of the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California. The grounds were the site of the 1975 Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA, an influential conference organized by Paul Berg (1926-2023) that considered the potential biohazards of, and need to regulate, biotechnology. The conference was a milestone in the history of science, marking the beginning of attempts to study the social implications of scientific progress and to mitigate against negative social impact.